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[taurusthebear] 03/5/2020 14:40

Go camping in the Scillies, then. Simples! :0)

[loganair] 03/5/2020 13:54

Going on ones 2 week summer holiday this year.

Arrive at airport with mask on having to keep it on for the entire time in the airport and during the flight.

No refreshments can be served during the flight as will mean removing ones mask.

Arrival at ones summer sun destination to immediately be put into 14 days quarantine and not allowed out of ones hotel.

Returning to home to the UK, being put into another 14 day quarantine.

Ladies and Gentlemen I hope you enjoy your Summer holidays abroad this year being quarantined in your hotel, no swimming pool, no beach and no restaurants.

[loganair] 03/5/2020 13:37

In France, health minister Olivier Veran said people travelling into the country, including French citizens returning home, will be placed in a 14-day quarantine as part of new extended proposals to limit the spread of the new coronavirus.

[loganair] 03/5/2020 13:35

The Government is "actively looking" at holding people who arrive from abroad in quarantine to help control the spread of coronavirus, Grant Shapps has said.

The Transport Minister told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show that it is important that the social distancing "sacrifices" made by Brits "are matched by anybody who comes to this country."

[bigbigdave] 03/5/2020 11:36

Coronavirus: What global travel may look like ahead of a vaccine

[topazfrenzy] 03/5/2020 11:05

This could go 30%+ down this week after Buffett move

Airlines are stuffed

[taurusthebear] 03/5/2020 05:01

Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports are this week likely to force people to wear masks and gloves.

This is what happens with a dithering, inept government.

[loganair] 02/5/2020 20:02

United Airlines has informed the airplane manufacturer that it will be taking less than half of the new Boeing 737 MAX jets it originally ordered

[loganair] 02/5/2020 15:15

For a man who has built a fortune out of keeping his brand front and centre, Virgin Group's Richard Branson has been remarkably low-key as prospective bidders circle Virgin Australia.

Conservative estimates suggest Branson has pulled out close to $200 million from Virgin Australia since it listed back in 2003.

[loganair] 02/5/2020 15:12

American Airlines bidding a fond farewell to five fantastic fleets - The US mega-carrier American Airlines recently announced plans to accelerate the retirement of 99 older, less fuel-efficient aircraft from its fleet a fair bit sooner than it had originally planned.

American has officially retired the Embraer E190 and Boeing 767 fleets. The airline has also accelerated the retirement of its Boeing 757s and Airbus A330-300s. Additionally, American is retiring 19 Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft operated by PSA Airlines.

[bc4] 02/5/2020 10:08

Ryanair do

[taurusthebear] 02/5/2020 09:26

Apparently it's taking Ryanair up to 6 months to refund airfares because they don't have enough staff. You couldn't make it up...

[loganair] 01/5/2020 18:20

Boeing said it doesn’t plan to seek federal aid after raising a whopping $25 billion in a bond offering, with maturities ranging from from 2023 to 2060, the company’s biggest debt sale ever, as it faces what it expects to be a multi-year slump in air travel because of the coronavirus pandemic.

[philanderer] 01/5/2020 18:08

Social-distancing at airports is 'impossible', says Heathrow boss

[loganair] 01/5/2020 17:45

Air France must reduce capacity on routes with rail alternatives, France‘s Minister for Finance Bruno le Maire said.

He explained this will mean if there is a rail alternative on a city pair with a duration of less than 2h30, these routes “will have to be drastically reduced and limited simply to transfers to a hub”.

2h30 by high speed train is the approximate equivalent of flying 50mins which would be flying London to Newcastle.

[albert3591] 01/5/2020 17:34

Wonder what news/rumour comes out at the weekend,you can be sure any of the airlines will not have anything good to say.

[loganair] 01/5/2020 17:01

Lufthansa aims for autumn restart ‘at the earliest’.

Lufthansa Group will remain grounded throughout the summer and does not expect a new market “balance”; to be found until 2023, chief executive Carsten Spohr will tell the company’s annual general meeting on 5 May.

Even in 2023, the carrier believes that passenger demand will be significantly below pre-Covid 19 levels.

Adapting to a significantly smaller market, Lufthansa will remove older, less environmentally sustainable aircraft, reducing the fleet by around 100 jets, and is negotiating with manufacturers to postpone deliveries of new equipment.

Such cuts will leave the group with around 10,000 excess staff, opening up the possibility of large-scale redundancies.

Fixed costs for staff, aircraft, fuel hedges and material mean that for operations alone the carrier is currently burning through around €1 million per hour.

Demand for cargo flights is the only bright spot, prompting Lufthansa to remove the seats from four Airbus A330s so that they can be used for freight operations.

[loganair] 01/5/2020 16:56

German Government to take 25.1% stake in Lufthansa - Der Spiegel

Lufthansa is negotiating a 10 billion euro bailout that would result in Germany taking a 25.1% stake in the airline, weekly paper Der Spiegel said on Friday.

Of that total, 5.5 billion euros would be in the form of non-voting capital, for which the German government wants a coupon of 9%, the paper said.

A further 3.5 billion euros in loans would be provided by state bank Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KFW), the paper said, adding that Belgium, Austria and Switzerland might contribute towards the bailout.

[loganair] 01/5/2020 16:52

BA has told pilots that they will need to sign new contracts on reduced terms, and that other staff will also be forced to accept reduced pay rates and working conditions.

In a memo to staff, Alex Cruz, the BA chief executive, said: “There is no ‘normal’ any longer.

“We do not know when countries will reopen their borders or when the lockdowns will lift, and so we have to reimagine and reshape our airline and create a new future for our people, our customers and the destinations we serve.”

[loganair] 01/5/2020 16:48

Ryanair said all of its flights will remain grounded until “at least July”.