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Airlines including BA and Easyjet are selling tickets for flights in April and May despite lockdown
Airlines including British Airways and EasyJet are selling tickets for flights in May despite health officials warnings a global lockdown could last for months (stock photo of a woman on a beach).
Saturday, 04 April 2020
BBC News
- Coronavirus: Cardiff Airport 'needs more money from UK government'Wales' economy minister wants the government to change its policy on giving money to regional airports.
- Coronavirus: Heathrow Airport sheltering '200 homeless people'Some rough sleepers have reportedly been at Terminal 5 for two weeks during lockdown.
- Coronavirus: 'I don't want a flight voucher, where's my refund?'The airlines' trade body wants to give vouchers for cancelled flights but passengers are unhappy.
- BA cabin crew contract virus on long-haul flightsPilots and cabin crew say the airline was slow to take action to protect them from the coronavirus.
Financial Times
- Ryanair hit by wrong way bet on fuelAirline caught out by oil price fall after hedging against rising market
The Independent
- Flight attendants told to continue flying even after coming into contact with coronavirus patientsExclusive: Flight attendants worry they could be silent carriers of the coronavirus and are helping to spread it across the country
Times Online
- Airlines are still selling tickets for May despite global coronavirus quarantine [Subscription]Airlines are selling tickets for flights scheduled to operate in the coming weeks despite a global lockdown to control the spread of coronavirus.
Daily Record
- Coronavirus: Mass testing centre set to open at Glasgow Airport in PaisleyThe centre is currently under construction at the airport’s long-stay car park at Arran Avenue, Paisley,
Mail Online
- Sacked Virgin Atlantic captain makes 1.7m compensation bidA Virgin Atlantic captain who says he was unfairly forced out of his job after rumours circulated that he had taken '40 winks' during a long haul flight is claiming 1.7m compensation.
- Airlines including BA and Easyjet are selling tickets for flights in April and May despite lockdownAirlines including British Airways and EasyJet are selling tickets for flights in May despite health officials warnings a global lockdown could last for months (stock photo of a woman on a beach).
Birmingham Post
- Coronavirus: Airbus response to reports it is cutting production of A320 planesThe company says it is 'assessing the implications of the pandemic'
- Cardiff Airport to receive Welsh Government aid during coronavirus pandemicThe Welsh Government will provide finance to support the reduced operations and to maintain solvency, half the staff at the airport will be put on furlough
Daily Post (North Wales)
- Airbus 'assessing' Covid-19 pandemic impact with reports of cut in A320 productionThe aerospace giant said it is 'closely monitoring' the situation amid the crisis in aviation due to coronavirus
- Virgin Atlantic says 'Thank you and Godspeed' to Airbus A340 after final commercial flightThe A340s have been part of the Virgin fleet since 1993 with 10 in total used by the airline
Wales Online
- Cardiff Airport puts staff on furlough as it receives Welsh Government fundingThe Welsh Government has also called on the UK Government for additional state support during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Economist
- Boeing ponders its bail-out optionsThe aircraft-maker can survive for now but will eventually need to raise cash
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- Airlines including BA and Easyjet are selling tickets for flights in April and May despite lockdown … 1 departures to virus-stricken Europe at 34.99 despite … for staff, passengers and cargo'. The airport has two runways … it would upload weekly data visualisations to Twitter to … .5 million fewer passengers travelling through its airports in 2020. Meanwhile …
- Cancelled flights: How do I get a refund with British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair? … a non-EU country to the EU on an EU airline. However … , amid the mass grounding of aircraft, UK airlines … mandatory refunds. The Canadian Transport Agency said: “An … grounding all its 344 Airbus aircraft across Europe. Previously, …
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