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Coronavirus: No extra help for airlines, chancellor says
The UK chancellor has told airlines to find other forms of funding and not turn first to the government for help getting through the coronavirus crisis.
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Work on some of Britains biggest infrastructure projects was halted or scaled back yesterday.
Wednesday, 25 March 2020
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- Coronavirus: SMS messagesThe government is texting people across the UK to inform them of the new rules announced by the Prime Minister
BBC News
- Coronavirus: KLM cuts Cardiff Airport flightsOne of Cardiff Airport's longest-serving airlines is to
- Coronavirus: Sadiq Khan warns 'stop Tube travel or more will die'Commuters pack into trains for a second day despite the PM banning non-essential travel.
- Coronavirus: Carmakers answer pleas to make medical suppliesThe car industry is pledging to help tackle a shortage of ventilators and masks as virus spreads.
- Coronavirus: No extra help for airlines, chancellor saysThe UK chancellor has told airlines to find other forms of funding and not turn first to the government for help getting through the coronavirus crisis.
Financial Times
- US airlines seek to delay day of reckoning with $50bn bailoutEmergency capital injection may not last long as carriers burn through millions of dollars a day
- Sunak warns airlines they will receive only ‘bespoke’ helpCash-strapped industry urged to explore all other funding avenues first
- Qantas secures A$1bn in funds despite credit crunchOne of first successful private debt raisings by an airline during coronavirus crisis
The Guardian
- The UK airline industry should first ask their own shareholders for bailoutsCarriers such as IAG and easyJet have boasted of healthy cash balances – it’s the regional airports more worthy of Treasury helpRishi Sunak is right: airlines should ask their own shareholders for a bailout before they tap up the Treasury for public money.The chancellor’s stance can be considered a U-turn since he seemed only last week to be ready to regard aviation as a special case. But a lot can happen in a few days and, in the interim, Sunak unveiled his flagship “furlough” scheme to keep workers in jobs by paying 80% of wages, up to £2,500 a month. That’s a huge help for all service indus...
Times Online
- PM advised to tighten travel restrictions on commuters [subscription]Boris Johnson is under mounting pressure to impose further travel restrictions to stop the spread of coronavirus after commuters crammed on to public transport yesterday.
- Crossrail and HS2 put on hold amid safety fears [subscription]Work on some of Britains biggest infrastructure projects was halted or scaled back yesterday.
- Ryanair offers to fly in vital supplies [subscription]Ryanair expects its fleet to be grounded until at least the end of May. The Irish airline said yesterday that it had offered its planes to governments to transport medicine, personal protective equipment and, if necessary, emergency food supplies. It added that it was continuing to operate flights to return stranded passengers to their home countries.
- Airline anger as Sunak says he wont fly to industrys rescue in coronavirus chaos [subscription]Aviation bosses have warned that Britains airports could be temporarily closed after ministers ruled out a comprehensive state bailout for the industry.
City AM
- Australian authorities investigating Qantas over Virgin claimsAustralian competition authorities are investigating claims from Virgin Australia that rival carrier Qantas has been briefing the media that it is not financially viable and should be excluded from any state bailout of the struggling sector.
Sky News
- Police on rail patrol to urge people to only make essential journeysFive hundred British Transport Police officers are being deployed to rail stations to "remind" people that only essential journeys should be made.
Belfast Telegraph
- Virgin Australia slashes 90% of domestic capacity and 8,000 jobs amid pandemicVirgin Australia has cut 90% of its domestic capacity and stood down at least 8,000 people as the coronavirus pandemic continues to disrupt the aviation sector.
Birmingham Post
- Toll cut call for Humber Bridge during coronavirus pandemicStruggling economy, social distancing and physical payments cited by commercial property agent
London Evening Standard
- Row as Matt Hancock demands Sadiq Khan put on more Tubes due to overcrowdingRead live virus updates here Coronavirus: The Symptoms
- 500 British Transport Police officers deployed to remind Tube and rail passengers of non-essential travel banRead our coronavirus live updates HERE Coronavirus: The symptoms
- Qantas makes historic non-stop flight from Australia's Northern Territory to London due to coronavirusIts flagship Sydney to London service usually flies via Singapore but due to travel restrictions on international journeys it was forced to find an alternative route.
Wales Online
- The bleak state of the departure board at Cardiff AirportKLM has announced it is cutting flights from the airport
Leeds Live
- Northern unveils new key worker timetable on all Yorkshire routesThe coronavirus pandemic means that services across the network have been significantly reduced as more and more people are told that they must work from home
- All council run car parks in Leeds are now free for key workersLeeds City Council says it is now free to use on-street parking bays and all of its car parks
North Wales Live
- Airbus Broughton to keep operating amid coronavirus crisis - aerospace giant explains whyThe aerospace giant has been in contact with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy for clarification on measures
Reading Evening Post
- How much will it take to get your local roads up to a decent standard?The figures are from a damning new report
Other Regional Press
- Bus station and multi-storey car parks mothballed due to virus crisisThe move follows Monday night's Government guidance that people should stay at home and avoid gatherings and all unnecessary travel
Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport
- Massive expansion of testing and protections needed to protect supply chainsThe British Ports Association is calling on Government to broaden the scope of testing and ensure that those working to keep the country supplied with imported food, energy and medicines are protected. The ports industry is cooperating very closely with the Department for Transport and other agencies and the sector understands and supports the need to prioritise clinical staff and frontline emergency workers. As soon as capacity can be made available for wider testing, this should be extended to key workers in the transport and logistics sector to ensure that food, energy and oth...
Rail Advent
- Heritage Railways to provide manpower for Network Rail during coronavirus outbreakThe Heritage Railways Association has announced that heritage railways are on standby to provide staff to Network Rail to fill in for shortages expected by the coronavirus outbreak.
Rail Technology Magazine
- Birmingham New Street has opened an NHS outpatient clinic From today (Mar 24th), Network Rail has opened an empty shop at Birmingham New Street station for an NHS outpatient clinic. This will allow patients to have routine blood tests away from hospitals. The space will be open for medics for sixth months to alleviate pressure on Midlands hospitals as...
Railnews
- Protests as London Underground trains stay crowded Pictures of rush hour crowds on the London Underground have sparked protests, amid claims that Tube drivers are furious about the situation. The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has backed entreaties from central government that anyone who can possibly work from home should do so, while the rail unions have issued a joint statement saying As railway workers, we cannot work at home. But we plead with the travelling public, if you can work from home, please do.
- Crossrail work suspended during coronavirus emergency Work on Transport for London and Crossrail construction sites has been temporarily suspended, in a bid to limit the spread of coronavirus. London transport commissioner Mike Brown said: The Government and the Mayor have given clear instructions to stay safe and to stop travelling in all cases other than critical workers making absolutely essential journeys. In line with this, TfL and Crossrail will be bringing all project sites to a temporary Safe Stop unless they need to continue for operational safety reasons. This means that work on all such projects will be temporarily suspended as soon...
Other News Sources
- Transport for London tells commuters 'stop travelling right now' as images emerge of packed London Underground The message comes just hours after Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the country into lockdown
- Coronavirus: Network Rail worried schoolchildren will trespass A RAIL company has urged parents to keep children away from railway tracks during their time off school.
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