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Russian Deputy PM proposes resuming international flights from June 15

Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova proposed that Russia resume international flights to and from the country from July 15, two weeks earlier than the scheduled date of August 1 for resuming international air travel.

Golikova said foreigners travelling to Russia would have to have proof of a negative test for COVID-19, taken in the last three days before their arrival, in order to enter the country.
 
EasyJet has been accused of intending to use pilots' sickness records when drawing up plans for over 700 job cuts.

The Balpa pilots' union said it was "unnecessary and wrong", claiming the airline was risking safety because unwell staff would report for work.

EasyJet said general absenteeism could form part of its assessment, but denied sickness might be a key component.

The airline said it had put forward initial proposals for talks with Balpa which were at a very early stage.

EasyJet is planning 727 pilot redundancies as part of up to 4,500 job cuts and a restructuring that includes closing bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle airports.

The airline has blamed the collapse in air travel due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Ahead of the start of formal talks, Balpa said the airline has told pilot representatives it will use sickness as a component in choosing who loses their job.

Brian Strutton, Balpa's general secretary, called it outrageous. "Flight safety is built on a culture of openness and not fear of repercussions. This is a well understood and fundamental tenet for everyone involved in ensuring our skies are safe.

"It is unnecessary and wrong that easyJet is intending to use sickness as a stick to beat its safety-critical staff. EasyJet has in the past rightly encouraged pilots to report in sick or fatigued if they are unfit to fly - that is in everyone's best interest."

Attendance and conduct

He said EasyJet was planning to use the start of the coronavirus period as part of its sickness timeframe, when staff may have been sick or shielding themselves.

But the airline rejected Balpa's claims: "We would never put forward proposals which would compromise safety as we have an industry-leading safety culture, as Balpa acknowledges.

"Safety is our number one priority and we are focused on doing what is right for the long term health of the company and our people so we can protect jobs going forward," the airline said in a statement.

The airline said it is still setting out formal proposals for talks with Balpa, and while sickness might be one of the criteria, the focus would be on attendance and conduct.

"It is not true to say that sickness is a key component of the proposals. We have put forward a full range of criteria, including absence, for discussion with the union," the airline.

EasyJet added that any general absentee assessment would be based on data from before coronavirus hit.

The airline said: "We are focused on doing what is right for the long term health of the company and our people so we can protect jobs going forward."

Meanwhile, EasyJet said it had begun re-building its summer schedule and would be flying to and from all its UK bases across July and August, but at reduced capacity.

The airline said it planned to fly 50% of its 1,022 routes in July and 75% in August.

"We continue to monitor the flight volumes every two weeks and adjust capacity accordingly to latest booking trends," the EasyJet said.

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Qatar Airways makes virus test 'mandatory for Pakistan travellers'

All Qatar Airways passengers from Pakistan must show a negative test result within 72 hours of their flight.

The new measure will take effect on Monday, a spokesperson told Bloomberg via email. The airline operates in four Pakistani cities currently - Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.

Pakistan has confirmed more than 250,000 infections and 5,266 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University.

In June, travelers from the country tested positive in South Korea and Hong Kong, prompting Emirates Airlines to temporarily suspend flights from Pakistan. The airline resumed operations to three cities in the country last week, reported Gulf News.
 
Southwest Airlines warns it may need job cuts without jump in travel

Southwest Airlines Chief Executive Gary Kelly has told employees the airline needs a dramatic jump in passenger demand or it will be forced to take new steps to reduce staffing.

Employees face a Wednesday deadline on whether to participate in a voluntary incentive program to leave the airline.


"Although furloughs and layoffs remain our very last resort, we can’t rule them out as a possibility obviously in this very bad environment," Kelly said in a message to employees.

"We need a significant recovery by the end of this year - and that’s roughly triple the number of passengers from where we are today."
 
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Coronavirus: Virgin Atlantic finalises £1.2bn rescue deal

Troubled airline Virgin Atlantic has finalised a rescue deal worth £1.2bn.

The package includes support from its main shareholder, Virgin Group, and loans from outside investors.

It also includes deferring hundreds of millions of pounds owed both to Virgin Group and to fellow shareholder Delta Air Lines.

Virgin Atlantic had initially hoped to obtain emergency funding from the government, but ministers said any subsidies would be a last resort.

The funding comes largely from existing shareholders and a new investor, hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management.

The company said the plan paved the way for the airline to rebuild its balance sheet and return to profitability in 2022.

The Covid-19 outbreak plunged Virgin Atlantic into an acute crisis.

Like other airlines, it was forced to ground most of its fleet for months and is not due to resume services until next week.

The company had initially hoped the government would step in, but ministers made it clear taxpayers' money could only be considered once all other options had been exhausted.

Under the package announced on Tuesday, the airline will receive loans worth £170m from Davidson Kempner, while Virgin Group, its biggest shareholder, will put in a further £200m.

Both Virgin Group and its fellow shareholder Delta Air Lines will defer payment of money owed to them by the airline worth £400m. Other creditors are expected to defer payments worth £450m.

The plan will still require formal approval from Virgin Atlantic's creditors under a court-sanctioned process.

The airline said more than 3,500 jobs had been lost as part of a cost-cutting drive that included the closure of its base at London Gatwick.

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British Airways has said it will retire all of its Boeing 747s as it suffers from the sharp travel downturn.

The UK airline is the world's largest operator of the jumbo jets, with 31 in the fleet.

"It is with great sadness that we can confirm we are proposing to retire our entire 747 fleet with immediate effect," a BA spokesman told the BBC.

Airlines across the world have been hit hard by coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

"It is unlikely our magnificent 'queen of the skies' will ever operate commercial services for British Airways again due to the downturn in travel caused by the Covid-19 global pandemic," the spokesman added.

BA, which is owned by International Airlines Group (IAG), said the planes will all be retired with immediate effect. The 747s represent about 10% of BA's total fleet.

It had planned on retiring the planes in 2024 but has brought forward the date due to the downturn.

BA is currently the world's biggest operator of 747-400s and first took delivery of them in July 1989. Originally, the upper deck contained a lounge which was known as the "club in the sky".

Fuel efficient

The British carrier added it will operate more flights on modern, more fuel-efficient planes such as its new Airbus A350s and Boeing 787 Dreamliners.

It expects them to help it achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Boeing's 747 helped democratise global air travel in the 1970s, and marked its 50-year flying anniversary in February 2019.

US-based Boeing signalled the end of the plane's production a year ago.

A wave of restructuring triggered by the virus outbreak is hitting airlines across the world, along with plane-makers and their suppliers. Thousands of job losses and furloughs have been announced in recent weeks.

Hundreds of BA ground staff face redundancy as the airline slashes costs in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

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The fortunes of the American airline industry nosedived when coronavirus cases hit the United States.

Airlines were given a bailout worth $25bn in exchange for an agreement to not lay off workers.

But that deal ends in September and one airline has already announced massive cuts.
 
I know not getting to fly on ‘the queen of the sky’ pales in significance to what others have gone through.

But, for an aviation enthusiast, it is indeed the end of an era. The iconic BA and KLM 747s were always a sight to behold. Unfortunately, I never got to fly on the upper deck of a 747. I had the route and flight planned for a work trip, for this spring. Unfortunately COVID happened which led to the earlier than expected demise of the 747s.

Queen of the skies, you will be missed.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Despite massive disruptions in global air travel, we have fulfilled our promise of bringing back stranded Pakistanis & our overseas workers.250,000 Pakistanis from around the world have been brought home. My govt will continue to support overseas Pakistanis in every way possible</p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1284387893876842497?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Chinese aviation authorities have said passengers who book flights to the country must prove they have recently tested negative for Covid-19 before they board.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said on Monday passengers are required take the nucleic acid tests at least five days before the flight.

The tests must be carried out by institutions approved by Chinese embassies in each country, the CAAC said on its website.

It said passengers who do not provide evidence of a negative coronavirus test will not be able to board flights to China.

Commercial flights are operating to and from China, but restrictions on movement and quarantine arrangements remain for travel between different parts of the country.

China, where the coronavirus originated late last year, has largely managed to bring its epidemic under control, with localised outbreaks remaining in some regions.
 
In yet another example of just how hard the aviation industry has been hit by the coronavirus, India’s largest airline has said it will shed 10% of its staff.

Last month, the carrier said it would cut up to $533m (£420m) in costs as it grapples with a slump in revenues.

IndiGo, which has been grounded for several months as India imposed a strict lockdown, employs around 24,000 people which means some 2,400 jobs are on the line.

"It is impossible for our company to fly through this economic storm without making some sacrifices, in order to sustain our business operations", the company’s chief executive Ronojoy Dutta said in a letter to investors.
 
United warns travel demand will languish until COVID-19 vaccine

United Airlines Holdings Inc (UAL.O) warned on Tuesday that travel demand will remain suppressed until there is a widely accepted treatment or vaccine for COVID-19, which plunged the carrier to a deep quarterly loss on Tuesday.

Coronavirus infections are surging in the United States, causing some states to scale back reopening plans and reinstate quarantines in a fresh blow to airlines.

United, which is not blocking middle seats, plans to fly about 35% of its 2019 summer schedule in the third quarter and is forecasting a load factor of about 45% in July. Its planes flew about one-third full in the second quarter.

The setback does not bode well for airline jobs in the fall, when a U.S. government stimulus package expires. To avoid furloughs, airlines have rolled out a number of packages to encourage employees to leave voluntarily.

Chicago-based United said more than 6,000 employees had opted for such packages. But after sending 36,000 notices of potential furloughs earlier this month, that relatively low take-up suggests United might have to furlough a significant number of workers.

Airline unions have urged lawmakers to pass another round of aid through March, but airlines say they are not counting on fresh funds.

Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) and Southwest Airlines (LUV.N), which offered cash buyouts, have reported strong employee response for voluntary departures, meaning they could have a less costly workforce on the other side of the crisis since union contracts force airlines to furlough junior workers first.

While early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday was encouraging, it is still far from clear whether the efforts will result in a vaccine capable of ending the global pandemic that has claimed more than 600,000 lives.

With the timing of a recovery uncertain, investor focus has turned to airlines’ cash on hand and their ability to pick up demand once it returns.

United had $15.2 billion in liquidity as of July 20 and reiterated its forecast for liquidity to top $18 billion at the end of September as it taps additional capital.

The airline burned through about $40 million per day in the second quarter but sees that amount slowing to roughly $25 million in the third quarter as it matches its flight schedule to demand.

The airline, which is more exposed than peers to harder-hit international travel, reported an adjusted net loss of $2.6 billion for the June quarter, or a $9.31 per-share loss, versus a $4.21 per-share profit a year ago, as revenue dropped 87% to $1.475 billion.

Analysts on average expected a loss of $9.02 per share and revenue of $1.321 billion, according to data from Refinitiv.

Still, United Chief Executive Scott Kirby said in a statement he believed the quarterly losses and cash burn were lower than large network competitors.

Delta said last week it was burning about $27 million a day in June and July. American Airlines (AAL.O) and Southwest report on Thursday.

Shares of United, which will hold a conference call at 10:30 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, were flat after the bell.

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Major airlines have asked for a joint coronavirus testing programme, so that travel may resume between the US and Europe.

The owner of British Airways and United Airlines are among the carriers that have signed a letter to US and European Union leaders.

Currently travel between Europe and the US is largely barred.

Carriers are struggling to survive as the coronavirus pandemic has severely disrupted global travel.

In a letter sent on Tuesday to US and European governments, major airline chief executives called for a US-EU testing programme for passengers making trans-Atlantic trips.

Signees of the letter include bosses of International Airlines Group (IAG) - which owns British Airways - American Airlines, United Airlines and Lufthansa.

“Given the unquestioned importance of trans-Atlantic air travel to the global economy as well as to the economic recovery of our businesses, we believe it is critical to find a way to re-open air services between the US and Europe,” the letter said.

It was sent to US Vice President Mike Pence and Ylva Johansson, the European commissioner for home affairs.

“We recognize that testing presents a number of challenges, however we believe that a pilot testing programme for the transatlantic market could be an excellent opportunity for government and industry to work together,” the letter added.

The EU doesn’t currently allow visits from US residents, although it has relaxed rules for non-essential travel from 15 countries with lower coronavirus infection rates.

The UK requires people arriving from the US to spend 14 days in self-imposed quarantine, while the US restricts travel by most passengers coming for Europe.

Pilar Wolfsteller, Americas Air Transport Editor at FlightGlobal told the BBC that such measures are a crucial step towards restarting flights between America and Europe: "Until the US and EU open their borders to foreign visitors again, it will be very difficult to impossible for airlines to climb out of the crisis."

"For the major US carriers like United, American and Delta, European visitors are vital to their success and any progress towards re-opening transatlantic travel would be a great step forward towards normalcy for the airlines," she added.

China wants testing

​China has also come out in favour of testing kits and wants passengers of inbound flights to provide negative Covid-19 test results before boarding.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) made the announcement on Tuesday as the government looks to further reduce the risk of imported coronavirus cases.

The airline industry is facing a huge challenge amid a severe downturn in passengers. Most major airlines have announced job cuts and staff furloughs, while some smaller players have collapsed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53495768
 
Australian flagship carrier Qantas on Wednesday said goodbye to the last Boeing 747 carrier in its fleet with one final flourish - drawing a kangaroo into the sky off the Australian coast.

The plane was originally supposed to retire later this year, but the farewell was brought forward as a result of the virus bringing air travel to a virtual halt.

It was greeted with cheers at Sydney Airport, and is now on its way to the Mojave Desert in the US, where it will settle for its retirement.

"It's hard to overstate the impact the 747 had on aviation and a country as far away as Australia," said Qantas CEO Alan Joyce. "[It] was well ahead of its time and extremely capable."
 
Emirates to cover passengers' medical expenses

Emirates has become the first airline in the world to guarantee to cover customers' medical expenses if they are diagnosed with Covid-19.

The Dubai-based company said on Thursday that it would offer "free cover for Covid-19 medical expenses and quarantine costs", regardless of which class they travel in.

The new policy, which runs until 31 October, will offer travellers in any class up to €150,000 (£137,000 or $174,000) in medical costs, or €100 per day for up to two weeks if they are quarantined after testing positive.

The president of Emirates revealed earlier this month that the company planned to cut as many as 9,000 of its 60,000 staff due to the pandemic.
 
China's daily passenger flights rebound to 80 percent of pre-COVID levels

China's aviation regulator said the number of daily passenger flights had rebounded to about 80 percent of pre-COVID levels, suggesting further improvement in the aviation industry.

Daily transported air passenger numbers have recovered to nearly 70 percent of the levels seen last year, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said
 
Boeing 737 jets idled during pandemic must be inspected: FAA

The Federal Aviation Administration on Friday issued an emergency airworthiness directive for 2,000 US-registered Boeing 737 NG and Classic aircraft, warning of possible corrosion on parked planes that could lead to a dual-engine failure.

Inspectors found compromised air check valves when bringing aircraft out of storage following four recent reports of single-engine shutdowns on planes that had been parked, prompting the directive for aircraft not operated for seven or more straight days.
 
The UK's biggest tour operator, Tui, has suspended all flights from Spain and the Canary Islands scheduled to leave today.

Andrew Flintham, managing director of Tui UK and Ireland, made the announcement on Saturday evening hours before new rules came into force for UK travellers.

It comes after the government added Spain and the islands to its list of at-risk countries.

This means holidaymakers arriving back from Spain, the Canaries and the Balearic Islands face the prospect of isolating for two weeks from now.

Britons have been advised against all but essential travel to mainland Spain by the Foreign Office - though this part of the guidance does not apply to the Canaries and the Balearics.

Britons who are on holiday in Spain, the Balearics and the Canaries will have to quarantine when they return home
While Tui has cancelled flights, easyJet and British Airways are planning to continue operating as normal.

Tui's Mr Flintham assured passengers who are currently on holiday that they will be able to return on their intended flight home, while others would be contacted by Tui to arrange refunds or rebookings.

He said: "We're incredibly disappointed that we didn't get more notice of this announcement, or that this decision wasn't made yesterday, as many Brits travel on holiday at the weekend.

"We also look to understand why quarantine has been issued for a whole country, including the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands, when the travel advice isn't aligned (only applying to mainland Spain). It demonstrates why clear regional travel corridors need to be considered.

"The health and safety of our customers and colleagues is always our highest priority and welcome travel advice that protects those that holiday with us.

"However, the UK government must work closely with the travel industry as this level of uncertainty and confusion is damaging for business and disappointing for those looking forward to a well-deserved break."

Other travel firms and consumer rights groups have also criticised the government over its move to suspend with little notice the so-called "travel corridor" with the UK's most popular holiday destination.

Rory Boland, editor of consumer rights magazine Which? Travel, said: "Many holidaymakers will be deeply angry that the government didn't make this decision 48 hours ago, before tens of thousands of them flew off for their summer holidays in Spain.

"Many would not have travelled if they had known they'd face 14 days of quarantine on their return."

British Airways, which is continuing to operate flights, said the move was "throwing thousands of Britons' travel plans into chaos", adding: "This is sadly yet another blow for British holidaymakers and cannot fail to have an impact on an already troubled aviation industry."

EasyJet also expressed its disappointment because "the increased occurrence of coronavirus is regional rather than nationwide".

The airline said it planned to operate a full schedule "in the coming days", adding that customers no longer wishing to travel could seek to transfer their flights without a fee or receive a voucher.

A spokesperson for the Association of British Travel Agents said: "ABTA has said consistently that protecting public health must be the priority at this time, and it is vital to base decisions about travel on the best health and scientific advice.

"We suggest the government considers lifting the quarantine rules for flights to and from certain regions with lower infection rates, or to places such as the Balearic Islands or the Canaries - which are geographically distinct from mainland Spain - to avoid further damage to the UK inbound and outbound tourism industries."

But government sources said the "fast moving picture" regarding Spain's coronavirus cases meant ministers had to act "immediately".

A UK government spokesman said: "The Joint Biosecurity Centre together with Public Health England have updated their coronavirus assessments of Spain based on the latest data.

"As a result, Spain has been removed from the lists of countries from which passengers arriving in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are exempted from the need to self-isolate.

"Protecting public health is our absolute priority and we have taken this decision to limit any potential spread to the UK.

"We've always been clear that we would act immediately to remove a country where necessary."

On Friday, Spain logged 922 infections, slightly down from 971 the day before, but officials are tracking more than 280 active outbreaks across the country.

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Ryanair has outlined the scale of the financial hit to its operations from the coronavirus lockdown and warned a second wave of the disease is its "biggest fear".

The no-frills carrier's parent firm, which was forced to ground almost all its planes from mid-March to the end of June as COVID-19 swept across its key European market, reported a €185m loss for the first quarter of its financial year.

That compared to profits after tax of €243m in the same April to June period in 2019.

Revenues, Ryanair revealed, came in at €125m following sales of €2.3bn in the same quarter last year.

The bulk of its sales in the period came from repatriation and medical flights on behalf of EU nation governments, with just 500,000 passengers carried compared with 41.9 million.

It re-started meaningful services on 1 July and said it expected to operate approximately 40% of its normal July schedule, rising to around 60% in August and 70% in September.

But it refused to give financial guidance for the year given that the skies ahead remain clouded by uncertainty.

Ryanair, which had initially gone to court with rivals BA and easyJet to challenge early UK quarantine plans, said it was "regrettable" the UK government had reimposed 14-day periods of isolation on travellers arriving from Spain.

The company confirmed it had no current plans to reduce the frequency of flights to and from Spain.

Meanwhile, it was reported by the Daily Telegraph on Monday that France and Germany were considering new lockdowns in a bid to control fresh coronavirus outbreaks.

The airline said: "It is impossible to predict how long the COVID-19 pandemic will persist, and a 2nd wave of COVID-19 cases across Europe in late autumn (when the annual flu season commences) is our biggest fear right now.

"Hopefully EU governments, by implementing effective track and tracing systems, and EU citizens by complying with recommended face masks, rigorous hand hygiene and other measures, will avoid the need for further lockdowns or restrictions on intra-EU flights."

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All travelers arriving in or transiting through the United Arab Emirates must present a negative COVID-19 PCR test result from August 1, authorities announced on Wednesday.

The announcement is a change in policy, and now tourists, residents and citizens, as well as those transiting through the airport, must take a coronavirus test before arriving in the UAE.

Latest: Coronavirus: Countries that need two COVID-19 PCR tests to travel to Dubai list

Previously, the UAE had said that taking a PCR test on arrival at the airport was sufficient.

According to the latest Emirates information, 29 countries required a coronavirus test before boarding the plane and again on arrival, while all other countries just required a test before boarding.

The update also added that flying from Dubai to the United Kingdom or European Union required taking a PCR test before arriving at the airport within the UAE.

Here is all you need to know about the latest regulations, based on Wednesday’s announcement and the information listed on the official screening.purehealth.ae website.

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Note: While the announcement says that it applies to all seven emirates of the UAE, in the past regulations announced regarding the UAE have not always been applied to the emirate of Dubai. Al Arabiya English reached out to NCEMA for confirmation on Thursday morning but had not received a response at time of publication. As of Thursday morning, Emirates airlines still listed only 10 countries that required a test before departure to Dubai.

Update: On Thursday lunchtime, NCEMA issued an update in Arabic via Twitter extending the period of validity required for a test before arrival from 72 hours to 96 hours

https://english.alarabiya.net/en/co...-to-travel-to-UAE-here-s-all-you-need-to-know
 
The UK's biggest tour operator, Tui, has urged the UK government not to slap blanket quarantines on whole countries.

The call came after it was announced that people arriving in the UK from Spain would be required to self-isolate for 14 days.

Andrew Flintham, managing director of Tui UK and Ireland, said the government should have a "regionalised" policy. That would mean only travellers returning from coronavirus hotspots should be forced to quarantine.

"Everything in life has risks, but it's about taking a proportionate risk-based approach," said Mr Flintham.

Tui has cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August.

It has said that customers due to travel to all areas of Spain between 27 July and 9 August will be able to cancel or amend holidays. They will also be able to receive a full refund or the option to rebook their holiday with a booking incentive. People with holidays from 10 August will be updated on 31 July.

Meanwhile, airline Ryanair has said it will continue flights in and out of mainland pain despite the government's 14-day quarantine.

Neil Sorahan, Ryanair's chief financial officer, told the BBC "the schedules remain in place" but said the carrier was keeping its entire operation "under consideration".
 
Best way to track US traffic trend is ,

https://www.tsa.gov/coronavirus/passenger-throughput

Per day number is around 700K right now. It went down as low as 100K. Normal traffic used ot be around 2600K.

It's running at 30% capacity and it may take 1-2 years before we are back to normal. Most business travels are impacting big time because they had fatter margins for airlines. Low cost airlines are coming back quicker because they don't depend too much on business travellers.
 
Tour operator Jet2 has cancelled flights to Spain and Portugal following the latest UK government guidance.

The company said it was suspending routes to Almeria, Alicante, Malaga and Murcia from Tuesday up to and including August 16, as well as to Faro, in the Algarve region of Portugal.

A spokesperson said Jet2 would be monitoring the situation closely and that it would be proactively contacting customers already in the countries to inform them of their options.

Its announcement came before the Foreign Office updated its non-essential travel advice for Spain to include the Spanish islands.

On Saturday a 14-day quarantine was introduced for visitors returning from Spain after an increase in coronavirus cases there.
 
Emirates has become the first airline to offer free Covid-19 insurance as it tries to get people flying again.

Passengers will be covered for medical treatment, hotel quarantine, and even their funeral if they catch the coronavirus while travelling.

The announcement comes as carriers around the world have been hit hard by travel restrictions and other moves to tackle the pandemic.

Earlier this month, the world's biggest long-haul carrier told the BBC it was set to cut as many as 9,000 jobs.
 
France to reconsider plans to build fourth terminal at Paris airport

The French government will reconsider plans to build a fourth terminal at the Paris Charles de Gaulle airport because of the impact of the coronavirus crisis, Transport Minister Jean-Baptiste Djebbari has said.

"The project to receive 40 million more passengers by 2030 is probably no longer justified as it was planned," Djebbari said on Europe 1 radio.

He said French airports would still need investment for upgrades and would have to make sure that new types of planes, such as hydrogen-powered planes, can land.
 
The head of the trade union Unite has warned British Airways that it plans to move towards industrial action against the airline "with immediate effect".

In April the airline's owner, IAG, warned it could cut up to 12,000 jobs due to the impact of coronavirus.

Staff were warned that if agreement was not reached, they would be handed their notice and rehired on new contracts.

BA said it was disappointed by Unite's criticism and the company was doing "everything it can to save jobs".
 
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain reacted with outrage on Tuesday to recommendations from Britain and Germany that their citizens avoid its islands and beaches because of an increase in coronavirus cases during what should be the height of the tourism season.

With advisories piling up on top of a quarantine order from Britain for returning travellers, Spain, which depends on summer visits by sun-seeking northern Europeans, is facing a major blow to any hopes of reviving its economy.

Tourism accounts for 12.3% of Spain’s GDP and 12.7% of jobs, Spain’s INE statistics office said, based on 2018 data. The country lost one million jobs between April and June, its biggest ever quarterly decline.

“It’s very unfair because it’s not based on any sanitary criteria,” Francina Armengol, the head of the key tourist Balearic region, told Cadena Ser radio of the travel advisories.

Britain’s decision had no logical explanation, Armengol said, adding that the archipelago’s contagion rate was lower than that of the United Kingdom.

Her comments chimed with those of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, who on Monday said it was a mistake for Britain to have considered Spain’s overall coronavirus rate rather than having a granular, regional approach.

But Britain stood firm, saying it would stick to the sudden quarantine announced on Saturday and its late Monday move to extend a travel advisory against travel in mainland Spain to the Canary and Balearic islands.

‘OUR JOB TO ACT SWIFTLY’
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday Britain would take action to impose quarantines on other countries should COVID-19 infections rise.

“I’m afraid if we do see signs of a second wave in other countries, it is really our job, our duty, to act swiftly and decisively to stop travellers coming back from those places seeding the disease here in the UK,” he told reporters.

Junior minister Simon Clarke said the British government disagreed with Sanchez’s assessment that imposing a quarantine on travellers from all of Spain was disproportionate. The decision was made in good faith, he said.

Spain’s Aragon region said the no-travel advisories were “discriminatory” and asked Foreign Minister Arancha Gonzalez Laya to issue a formal complaint.

Britons make up the biggest group of foreign tourists in Spain, with some 18 million travelling there last year, just over a fifth of the total number of visitors. Some 11.2 million Germans visited Spain, making them the second-largest group.

Spain has recorded 278,782 coronavirus cases and 28,434 deaths, but the infection rate varies widely from region to region, with Catalonia and Aragon hardest-hit by an increase in new cases over past weeks.

A senior Aragon official, Mayte Perez, said the pandemic was under control in most parts of her region and added tourism operators had made huge efforts to guarantee health safety.

Catalonia’s regional government also complained about the move and said more cooperation and coordination were needed within the European Union.

Britain’s quarantine on travellers from Spain could cost the Spanish tourism sector 10 billion euros ($11.73 billion) in lost revenue, Jorge Marichal, the head of tourism association CEHAT told La Sexta television.

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Global airlines have cut their recovery forecast, saying it will take until 2024 - a year longer than initially predicted - for passenger traffic to return to pre-pandemic levels.

In a report the International Air Transport Association - which has 290 member airlines - said demand for air travel has collapsed due to the slow containment of coronavirus in America and developing countries.
 
As the UK faces criticism from Spain for reintroducing quarantine measures, Heathrow Airport chief executive John Holland-Kaye says the restrictions have already caused "a few more drop-outs" among people with flights booked.

He told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that the government needed to introduce an "alternative to the cliff-edge" of quarantine for free travel and said a testing system could be "up and running within the next couple of weeks".

He said it would likely involve people quarantining for eight days rather than 14, after which they could leave if they received a negative test result. Other countries such as France are testing similar approaches, Holland-Kaye said.

"We all have the same interests here. Nobody wants to have a second wave. We will always put the interests of health and safety first. But the government also has a responsibility to protect jobs and support the economy," he said.

The airport boss said that unless the country can find a "balance" between safety and getting the economy moving, the UK could face "a huge jobs epidemic" as well as a viral one.
 
The UK's biggest tour operator, Tui, is to close 166 high street stores in the UK and the Republic of Ireland after changes in customer behaviour.

Regional managing director Andrew Flintham says 70% of all bookings are taking place online and coronavirus "has only accelerated this change in purchasing habits".

The firm says it plans to move 70% of the 900 affected jobs to a new "home-working sales and service team" and around 350 retail stores will remain following the closures.

Last week, Tui cancelled all mainland Spanish holidays until 9 August in reaction to quarantine measures being reimposed for those returning from the country.
 
Singapore Airlines Ltd.'s shares fell to their lowest price in more than 21 years after the carrier posted its biggest quarterly loss ever as the coronavirus wiped out travel demand.

The shares fell as much as 5.1% to S$3.35, the lowest intraday price since September 1998, before paring to S$3.40 as of 1:44 p.m. in Singapore. The stock, which has declined by almost half this year, was among the worst performers Thursday on a Bloomberg gauge of carriers in the Asia Pacific region.

Air traffic the world over has plunged because the pandemic led to tight border controls and a reluctance to travel. The International Air Transport Association said Tuesday the airline industry is unlikely to recover fully before 2024. The situation is particularly difficult for carriers like Singapore Airlines that have no domestic market to cushion the blow.
 
Jet2 is contacting customers on the Balearic and Canary Islands to ask them to end their package holidays early, the BBC has learned.

Hundreds of customers have had flights back to the UK cancelled and been asked to leave sooner.

Jet2 says it cannot afford to keep sending empty planes to pick up passengers on many different dates.

Customers due to return from Spain in early August have been told to return earlier.

But the BBC understands that passengers meant to be flying with the firm on Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August are not affected - their flights are scheduled as normal.
 
KLM says 1,500 new job cuts will bring total reduction to 20 percent

KLM, the Dutch arm of Air France-KLM, said it would cut 1,500 additional jobs as part of a restructuring in which it needs to cut emissions by 50 percent by 2030 as well as prepare for recovering traffic after the coronavirus outbreak.

Parent company Air France-KLM on Thursday reported a 1.55bn euro ($1.8bn) operating loss for the second quarter, with traffic down 95 percent from a year earlier.

KLM said the new cuts would mean its workforce, 33,000 before the pandemic, would be reduced by 20 percent in all by 2022. It did not rule out further cuts.
 
British Airways owner IAG says crisis worst in its history

The boss of British Airways owner IAG says the coronavirus pandemic has hit it harder than anything before.

Willie Walsh told the BBC: "These are extreme times. BA has lost more in a quarter than a record loss for a year."

IAG reported a loss of €4.2bn (£3.8bn) for the first half of the year, and Mr Walsh said it would take until at least 2023 for passenger levels to recover.

Passenger numbers fell 98% in the April-to-June period, and the airline group is planning to cut jobs.

Losses for BA outstrip those made in both the credit crisis of 2008 and following the 9/11 attacks in 2001. The loss for the second quarter of the year was £711m, compared with £187m in 2001 and £309m after the financial crisis.

IAG, which also owns Iberia and Aer Lingus, said it planned to raise €2.75bn and had support for this from its main shareholder, Qatar Airways.

However, shares in IAG were down 7% in morning trading at 167p.

BA employs about 45,000 staff and has more than half of these on furlough. Earlier this year it said it was planning to cut up to 12,000 jobs, and the airline is facing the threat of strike action by staff whose jobs are under threat.

However, Mr Walsh suggested that the job cuts might not be as steep as previously indicated. He told the BBC: "We are in consultation with the trade unions. We want them to work with us to try to mitigate the measures that we have to take.

"That figure of 12,000 is the maximum that would be required I'm would hope that it will be significantly lower than that."

Mr Walsh said: "The industry will recover from this crisis, though we do not expect this to be before 2023, and there will be opportunities for IAG to capitalise on its strength and leadership positions."

He added that business had begun to pick up as guidance on travel abroad was loosened: "We have seen evidence that demand recovers when government restrictions are lifted."

But he said the industry would never be the same again: "Anyone who believes that this is just a temporary downturn and therefore can be fixed with temporary measures, I'm afraid seriously misjudges what the industry is going through.

"This will represent a structurally changed industry and that's why we've taken the action that we've taken and that's why we believe now the the right time to raise additional capital."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-53605691
 
British Airways pilots vote to accept jobs deal

British Airways pilots have voted to accept a deal that will temporarily cut pay by 20% and eliminate 270 jobs, says the pilots' union Balpa.

The deal prevents a controversial "fire-and-rehire" scheme where staff would have been handed new contracts "on worse conditions".

The 20% pay cuts will reduce to 8% over two years and to zero in the long term.

The ballot result saw 85% of members accept the deal on an 87% turnout.

"Our members have made a pragmatic decision in the circumstances, but the fact that we were unable to persuade BA to avoid all compulsory redundancies is bitterly disappointing," said Balpa general secretary Brian Strutton in a statement.

BA said it was facing an "enormous challenge" and that it did not expect to return to 2019 levels of business "until at least 2023".

The airline had proposed to make 12,000 staff redundant, as it struggles with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, with 1,255 pilot jobs at stake.

Balpa said there would still be some compulsory redundancies, estimated at 270 jobs, although that number is "likely to fall" as BA will be working with the union to mitigate the impact of the changes.

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France starts testing passengers from 16 countries at airports, ports

Travelers entering France from 16 countries where the coronavirus is circulating widely must have virus tests upon arrival at French airports and ports, AP news agency reported.

French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced last month the tests would be required starting on Saturday for the arriving passengers, unless they present proof of a negative test within 72 hours of their departure.

Those who test positive in France must quarantine for 14 days.

France is not permitting general travel to and from the 16 countries, which include the hotspots of the United States and Brazil.
 
Kuwait has banned commercial flights to 31 countries, including Pakistan, regarded as 'high risk' due to the spread of the coronavirus, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said on Saturday. The ban will remain in place until further notice.

Apart from Pakistan, the countries include India, Egypt, the Philippines, Lebanon and Sri Lanka, which all have large numbers of expatriates in Kuwait. The list also includes China, Iran, Brazil, Mexico, Italy and Iraq.

The ban was announced the same day Kuwait began a partial resumption of commercial flights. The authorities have said Kuwait International Airport would run at about 30 per cent capacity from Saturday, gradually increasing in coming months.

Kuwait, which has recorded nearly 67,000 coronavirus cases and more than 400 deaths, began a five-phase plan at the start of June to gradually lift restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the virus. A partial curfew remains in place.

In June, three UAE airlines including Emirates, Etihad and Fly Dubai had suspended flight operations to Pakistan after several outbound passengers tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

Emirates suspended its operations after 30 Pakistani passengers bound for Hong Kong tested positive for Covid-19, saying that the airline was "coordinating closely with the various authorities and will review and implement any required additional measures to satisfy all parties before we resume services from Pakistan".

Soon after Emirates' announcement, Fly Dubai and Etihad took the same decision and suspended operations for outbound passengers.

A few weeks after suspension of services, Emirates and Etihad Airways resumed flights from Pakistan for passengers who tested negative for Covid-19.

No 'zero risk'
On Thursday, the World Health Organisation (WHO), in its long-awaited update to its guidance on travel, said that countries must prioritise essential travel for emergencies. Cross-border trips for emergencies, humanitarian work, the transfer of essential personnel and repatriation would constitute essential travel, the world health body said.

“There is no ‘zero risk’ when considering the potential importation or exportation of cases in the context of international travel,” it said in the updated guidance posted on its website on Thursday.

The WHO’s guidance can be used by governments and industries to help shape policies but is not enforceable.

The updated travel advice is little changed from previous guidance, which also included infection control advice applicable to other settings such as social distancing, wearing masks, washing hands and avoiding touching the face.

The WHO urged each country to conduct its own risk-benefit analysis before lifting any or all travel restrictions. Authorities should take into account local epidemiology and transmission patterns, it said, as well as national health and social distancing measures already in place.

Countries that choose to quarantine all travellers on arrival should do so after assessing the risks and consider local circumstances, the WHO said.

“Countries should continuously plan for and assess their surge capacities for testing, tracking, isolating and managing imported cases and quarantine of contacts,” it said.

The WHO said this week that international travel bans cannot stay in place indefinitely, and countries will have to do more to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus within their borders.

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Flights between Turkey, Iraq suspended over coronavirus

Flights between Turkey and Iraq have been suspended because of rising coronavirus infections in Turkey, Iraq's Aviation Authority has announced.

Iraq reopened Baghdad and southern airports last week for international travel after months of closure caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
 
Auckland International Airport in New Zealand is to be separated into two zones in preparation for a potential air corridor between the country and the Cook islands.

Zone A would be for countries that have a “bubble arrangement” with New Zealand and for people who have been in New Zealand for more than two weeks.

This zone would have restaurants,

Zone B would be for travellers from countries without a safe travel arrangement and for those who would have to go into quarantine, along with others transiting through the airport.

People in this zone would be completely closed off from the rest of the airport, according to Radio New Zealand.

The Aviation Council said plans were under way for similar moves at Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown airports.
 
For a while during lockdown, the Welsh Government had a rule in place called "stay local" - asking people to stay within five miles of home.

But despite this, Ryanair still ran some flights out of Cardiff Airport to European destinations Malaga and Faro.

Now, emails between the Welsh government - which owns Cardiff Airport - and the budget airline have been released. They show that Ryanair told ministers that if they wanted to stop the flights, they would have to shut the airport.

The emails - released thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request - show that the Welsh government asked the airline to cancel the flights on 3 July because it would flout the "stay local" travel law. The rule was lifted on 6 July.

But Ryanair refused. In a response, the airline's chief executive said: "Our flights from Malaga and Faro to Cardiff on Fri 3 July will operate, unless the Welsh Government closes Cardiff Airport to international flights.

"There are a considerable number of Welsh citizens who are already booked to travel home from Malaga and Faro, as well as a small number of Spanish and Portuguese citizens who are travelling on the outbound flights."
 
The aviation industry has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, and airlines like EasyJet have criticised the government's "blanket approach" to quarantine rules for travellers from countries with high levels of Covid-19.

But the budget carrier is now adding more flights to cope with increasing demand from holidaymakers.

EasyJet had expected to operate at just 30% of its normal capacity, but chief executive Johan Lundgren said bookings for the remainder of the summer "are performing better than expected".

As a result, he said it has expanded its schedule over the July-to-September quarter to fly at around 40% of normal capacity.

It comes as the airline has launched a major restructuring programme which includes reducing its workforce by up to 30%. It plans to cut up to 4,500 jobs and close bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle airports.
 
Virgin Atlantic has filed for bankruptcy in the US as part of its bid to survive the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated the aviation industry.

The airline, founded by the tycoon Sir Richard Branson, is seeking protection under a section of the US bankruptcy code, which allows a foreign debtor to shield assets in the country.

The move was linked to a separate court process back in the UK, where the carrier is looking to secure approval from creditors for a restructuring plan aimed at safeguarding its future.

A Virgin Atlantic lawyer said in legal papers that the company needs an order from a US court to make the terms of the rescue deal apply in America.

The airline, which is mainly a long-haul operator, stopped flying in April as a result of the COVID-19 crisis and only resumed flights in July.

As a result, it has closed its operation at Gatwick and cut more than 3,000 jobs.

Sir Richard appealed to the UK government for financial help earlier this year - even saying that he would pledge his Caribbean island resort as collateral for a loan - but was rejected.

Last month, Virgin Atlantic announced that it had put together a deal to raise £1.2bn from private backers, including £200m from Sir Richard's Virgin Group and support from Delta Air Lines - which owns 49% of Virgin Atlantic.

London's High Court heard on Tuesday that Virgin Atlantic could run out of money by the end of September if creditors did not approve the bailout package.

David Allison QC, for Virgin Atlantic, told Mr Justice Trower that without a "solvent recapitalisation", including an injection of new money, Virgin Atlantic's directors would have "no choice" but to place the company into administration in mid-September 2020 in order to wind down the business and sell any assets, where possible.

He said: "Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the group was not in any difficulty at all. The group remains one of the leading airlines in the world and is an icon of British business and aviation.

"The problems that the group now faces are not of its own making but are the result of a global health disaster."

In written submissions, the barrister said that, "to prevent a collapse into administration", Virgin Atlantic's restructuring plan needs to be approved at the beginning of September.

In response to an application, Mr Justice Trower gave the go-ahead for meetings of creditors to enable them to vote on the bailout.

These are due to take place on 25 August.

Meanwhile, the brand's Australian arm, Virgin Australia, has announced it would cut around 3,000 jobs as it exits voluntary administration under the new ownership of US investment company Bain Capital.

Virgin Atlantic has previously said it does not expect demand for air travel to return to pre-coronavirus pandemic levels until 2023.

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Italy's national civil aviation authority has threatened to suspend Ryanair flights in the country after accusing the budget airline of "repeated violations" of the country's coronavirus safety measures.

"Not only is the obligation to distance passengers not respected, but the conditions for making an exception to that rule are also being ignored," ENAC said in a statement.

The body added that it would suspend the airline's activities in Italy's national airports if it failed to comply with the rules.

Italy has been one of the countries worst hit by coronavirus, with more than 35,000 deaths.
 
Nigeria to reopen for international air travel in weeks
After months of closure, Nigeria will reopen for international air travel in a matter of weeks, said the aviation minister.

"It will be in weeks rather than in months," Minister of Aviation Hadi Sirika told a regular briefing in the capital Abuja.

Nigeria began to close its airports in March, a month after Africa's most populous country confirmed its first coronavirus case. Domestic air travel restarted last month.
 
It has been dubbed "Black Friday" by unions.

Thousands of long-serving cabin crew at British Airways are expected to find out on Friday whether or not they will be made redundant.

Many of those who remain will suffer steep pay cuts, and significant changes to their terms and conditions.

Other workers such as engineers, ground crew and office staff are also expected to hear whether they have a future at the airline over the coming days.

British Airways says more than 6,000 staff across the business have applied for voluntary redundancy

The airline has begun culling employee positions as part of a major cost-cutting drive, which it insists is vital to ensure its long-term survival.

But the way in which it has done so has provoked deep resentment among a large proportion of its workforce - and threats of industrial action.

'Absolutely gutted'
"I'm looking at losing 50% of my take-home pay", says Vicky - a cabin crew member who works in BA's long-haul fleet.

"I'm a single mother. I can't afford to have half of my pay taken away from me".

Vicky - not her real name - is in her mid-thirties. She has been with the company for more than 15 years.

Although she lives in the north east, she was among hundreds of staff who travelled to BA's headquarters near Heathrow earlier this week, to vent their anger at the company's management.

"It's the most stressful time I've ever been through", she says. "I feel absolutely gutted".

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53687338
 
The government has green-lit international flight operations across the country at all airports on Friday, a day after coronavirus restrictions were lifted amid a reported decline in COVID-19 cases.

According to a NOTAM (notice to airmen) issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the operations will resume from August 9 midnight.

The government of Pakistan is pleased to allow all international passenger operations to/from all airports as available pre-COVID-19."

"International scheduled flight operations to/from Pakistan will revert to authorisations as per the summer-20 scheduling season. However, international flight operations shall be conducted in accordance with established guidelines and applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs)," read the official communique.

The official document also notified that the international cargo and special flight operations may also be conducted to/from Pakistan as per applicable standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Yesterday, the aviation authority had announced that the government of Pakistan had decided to resume domestic and special flights across the country.

In this regard, it issued a formal notice, according to which the previous notice banning domestic flights has been cancelled.

According to the issued notice, all special and scheduled flights will have to comply with the regulations, while special planes will also be allowed to operate from all airports.

"Government of Pakistan has been pleased to allow Domestic Flight Operations to/ from all Airports except Turbat, Pangjur, Dalbadin, Zhob, Pasni, Moenjodaro, Nawabshah and Bahawalpur airports, with effect from midnight of 6th August 2020, PST," read the CAA tweet.
 
UK's Heathrow Airport passenger numbers down 88 percent
Britain's Heathrow Airport renewed its call for COVID-19 testing at airports as it reported an 88 percent plunge in July passenger numbers due to ongoing restrictions on travel which it said were strangling the UK economy.

Despite thousands of Britons holidaying overseas after months of lockdown, the government has already reimposed quarantine on arrivals from Spain, Luxembourg, Belgium, the Bahamas and Andorra.

"Tens of thousands of jobs are being lost because Britain remains cut off from critical markets such as the US, Canada and Singapore," said Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye.

"The government can save jobs by introducing testing to cut quarantine from higher risk countries, while keeping the public safe from a second wave of COVID."
 
TUI agrees new 1.2 billion euro aid package

Tourism giant TUI and the German government have agreed to a second massive aid package to bolster the firm through its winter 2020/21 season.

The Hanover-based company agreed to a 1.2 billion euro ($1.4bn) package with German public lender KfW on Wednesday. The new funds add to the 1.8 billion-euro government loan that the company agreed to in April.

CEO Fritz Joussen said while the group had already introduced "massive" cost reductions, "no one knows when a vaccine or medication will be available and what effects the pandemic will have in individual markets in the coming months".


"Therefore it is right and important to take further precautions together with the German government."
 
British Airways' first flight takes off from Pakistan after ease in coronavirus curbs

British Airways on Friday fulfilled its promise to resume operations in Pakistan from August 14 after the first flight took off from Islamabad for London today, said the British High Commission in Islamabad.

The British flag carrier had halted operations for Pakistan after restrictions were imposed in a bid to stem the spread of coronavirus.

British Airways' direct flights resumed in June 2019 after a break of 10 years. The carrier first flew to Islamabad in 1976.

Global curbs imposed to fight the pandemic have drastically impacted air travel, placing the future of many airline companies in doubt.
The UK High Commission, in a tweet, wished everyone on board a great flight.

"Welcoming back @British_Airways to Pakistan! Keeping the [UK] and [Pakistan] — and our people — connected," it added.

Earlier, the High Commission had said that due to COVID-19, passengers will be required to wear masks and will have access to hand sanitisers during the flight. There are also extra measures in place at airports to ensure travellers stay safe.

British High Commissioner Christian Turner said this was an important moment for UK-Pakistan links.

"The resumption of British Airways direct flights is a big boost for the hundreds of thousands of travellers who travel regularly between our two great nations, many who have had their travel plans disrupted by the pandemic. I’d like to thank the Government of Pakistan, British Airways and my team in Pakistan who have worked hard to deliver this welcome news," he said.

https://www.geo.tv/latest/302768-br...ight-in-pakistan-after-coronavirus-curbs-ease
 
Airline Jet2 is to make 102 pilots redundant after it rejected alternative proposals, according to a union.

In June, the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) union said the Leeds-based carrier was proposing cutting 102 pilot jobs after flights were grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic.

On Saturday, the union said Jet2 was pressing ahead with the cuts despite a range of alternative options put forward by BALPA.

A union spokesperson told Sky News these options included part-time working, part-year working, unpaid leave, sabbaticals and voluntary redundancies.

Several other airlines have announced job cuts after a collapse in demand caused by plummeting passenger numbers.

BALPA general secretary Brian Strutton said the announcement "is yet another which shows the desperate state of the British aviation sector".

"Despite enormous efforts to work with Jet2 to find ways of saving these jobs, the airline is insisting on 102 redundancies.

"This will be a particular kick in the teeth as many of those who may lose their jobs have recently joined the airline after having been dismissed from Thomas Cook which went into administration last year."

Mr Strutton called for government support for the industry, which has also been affected by new quarantine rules for passengers arriving from various countries which "keep throwing every restart plan into chaos".

"If these quarantines are really needed, the government must stump up the support to help the airline industry, which is doing its best to get back on track but keeps being knocked back at every juncture," Mr Strutton said.

The struggling aviation sector has looked to cut costs where possible in an attempt to survive the disruption stemmed by the virus outbreak.

It believes it will take years for passenger numbers and flight volumes to recover, with British Airways and easyJet among airlines announcing plans to cut thousands of staff accordingly.

Airline RyanAir warned in May that it was being forced to slash 15% of its workforce, but the union Unite reached an agreement that would result in temporary pay cuts for UK crew in exchange for no job losses.

Early in the pandemic, Flybe - one of Britain's largest airlines - went into administration after struggling to raise funds amid a steep fall in bookings.

Major airlines have since been flying planes to smaller airports to save on storage fees.

Shares in airlines easyJet, British Airways and Ryanair as well as the travel giant TUI were down on Friday as the government imposed its latest round of travel restrictions.

Jet2 has been contacted for comment.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-102-jet2-pilots-to-be-made-redundant-union-says-12049854
 
China and US to double flights between the two countries

After curbing travel between the two countries because of the coronavirus pandemic, China and the United States are beginning to ease restrictions.

The US Department of Transportation says it will allow the four Chinese passenger airlines currently flying to the US to double flights to eight weekly round-trips, as China agrees to allow US carriers to double their flights to China.

US carriers voluntarily halted flights to China after the coronavirus outbreak. President Donald Trump, on January 31, barred nearly all non-US citizens from travelling to the US from China.
 
Boris Johnson has been told to "get a grip" of his coronavirus quarantine policy as Heathrow Airport pushes for the 14-day isolation period to be shortened.

The travel hub's chief executive told Sky News the prime minister needs to act swiftly to stop "holding back the recovery of the UK economy" due to the restrictions on many travellers arriving in the country.

The airport has revealed plans for a new testing facility which it hopes will lead to the end of the two-week mandatory quarantine for those returning from countries removed from the UK's safe list.

Arriving passengers will be able to book coronavirus swab tests and have results sent to them within seven hours.

Those testing negative could leave quarantine five to eight days after landing.

Heathrow said it has been working with aviation services company Collinson and logistics firm Swissport on a testing facility which is now "ready for use", adding that the positive economic impact would be "significant".

More than 13,000 passenger tests can be carried out each day, which can be further scaled with demand.

The pilot of the new testing procedure could be available as a private service to anyone with a flight landing at Terminal 2, and within a few weeks for those arriving at Terminal 5, it said.

The COVID-19 tests, which are identical to the swabs used by the NHS, would be booked online and cost £150. It is hoped this could fall to £50 a passenger - with a state subsidy.

Travellers can then do a second test at home a few days later and leave quarantine early if they pass both checks.

Similar double-testing schemes are being used in several other countries, including Germany and Iceland.

But the proposal needs government approval before it can begin in the UK.

Heathrow Airport CEO John Holland-Kaye said on Wednesday that "having started well" by introducing different policies for travellers coming from different countries based on risk, the UK has "now fallen behind".

"We need to move quickly to get people moving through the UK again to help us to recover the UK economy," he told Ian King Live.

"This is a cross-government decision, and this is a question for Number 10 to get a grip of our border policy to make sure that business can start flowing again...

"This is holding back the recovery of the UK economy and putting thousands and thousands of jobs at risk.

"The government needs to act now to allow testing as an alternative to quarantine so we can get the economy kick-started."

Heathrow boss: 'Virus test passengers twice'

Health Secretary Matt Hancock confirmed ministers are thrashing out details on the feasibility of such a regime.

He told Sky News: "We are working with Heathrow and other airports on this project.

"The challenge is - because the virus can incubate inside your body without coming forward and without therefore a test being positive even if you've got it - the challenge is how to do that testing in a way that we can have confidence enough to release the quarantine.

"It is absolutely a project that we are working with Heathrow on.

"I clearly understand the impact of quarantine on so many people's lives. It is not something anybody would want to do.

"So I hope that this project can bear fruit."

Coronavirus: Holidaymakers rebook tickets in order to beat the quarantine deadline

Britons rush to beat quarantine deadline

A Heathrow spokesman last week accused the government of playing "quarantine roulette" after a surge of coronavirus cases in France and other countries saw ministers suddenly remove them from the UK's travel corridor list, sparking a mass exodus as hundreds of thousands of British tourists rushed back home.

Documents released on Friday from the government's advice group known as SAGE show a meeting on 18 June found "double testing of travellers significantly reduces the risk of false negatives and could enable quarantine duration of less than 14 days".

Analysis published by the Office for National Statistics on Tuesday found that only around 28% of people testing positive for COVID-19 reported any evidence of symptoms at the time of their swab test, or at either the preceding or subsequent tests.

The remaining 72% of positive cases either did not report having any of the specific or general symptoms on the day of their positive swab test, preceding or subsequent swab tests, or did not answer both questions, the ONS added.

It said the findings suggested there was a "potentially large number" of asymptomatic cases.

Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair has also called for much wider testing to try to trace and control the virus given "we're not going to be able to eradicate this disease".

He told Sky News on Wednesday that airport testing "would give you a much, much better way of avoiding the strictness of the lockdown and the quarantine rules that are going to do so much damage to business".

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Qantas has reported an annual loss of almost A$2bn (£1bn; $1.4bn) as it deals with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Australian flag carrier's boss says trading conditions are the worst in the airline's 100-year history.

The firm also says around 4,000 of its 6,000 planned job cuts are expected to be finalised by the end of next month.

The global airline industry has been hit hard as travel restrictions have been imposed around the world.

"The impact of Covid on all airlines is clear. It's devastating and it will be a question of survival for many," Qantas Group chief executive Alan Joyce said in a statement.

"Recovery will take time and it will be choppy," he added.

Mr Joyce also warned that he expects a "significant underlying loss" in the next financial year.

Source BBC
 
Emirates to serve all 'network destinations' by summer 2021

Dubai-based airline Emirates expects to resume flights to all "network destinations" by summer 2021, its chief operating officer said, after the coronavirus pandemic halted most global air travel.

The Middle East's largest carrier, which has a fleet of 270 wide-bodied aircraft, halted operations in late March. Shortly afterwards, it resumed limited passenger flights focused on repatriations and has since been gradually expanding its network after Dubai eased travel restrictions to revive its tourism industry.

"I think we can easily say by summer 2021, we'll be serving 100 percent of our network destinations," Adel al-Redha told CNBC.
 
UK's Gatwick Airport to cut up to 600 jobs amid travel slump

Major British airport Gatwick said it needed to axe up to 600 jobs, or 24 percent of its workforce, because of the travel slump caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gatwick, which is owned by VINCI Airports and Global Infrastructure Partners, said in a statement on Wednesday that it was only operating about 20 percent of last year's flights and would now start formal consultations on job cuts.
 
RAWALPINDI: After resuming flight operations to Islamabad from the United Kingdom, British Airways (BA) is seeking permission from Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority (PCAA) to start operating flights to Lahore, as a team of experts from the airline visited Allama Iqbal International Airport earlier this week to review arrangements made by the airport management.

The airline resumed flight operations to Islamabad in August, which had been suspended due to outbreak of the coronavirus.

“Yes, the British Airways has been seeking permission from PCAA to resume flights to Lahore from the UK as a BA team has visited Allama Iqbal International Airport to review the arrangements made by the airport management,” a senior official from the PCAA said.

He said that the number of flights from the UK to Islamabad have also been increased. The airline started operating direct flights three times a week to and from London’s Heathrow Airport and Islamabad. The first flight landed in Islamabad on Aug 14 as extra precautionary measures were taken for the safety of its crew and passengers.

The airline had already sought confirmation from the airport management about routine cleaning and precautionary measures against coronavirus for safety of the crew and passengers.

Airportauthorities have been ensuring cleanliness at airports in both Lahore and Islamabad as washrooms, lounges, and check-in areas have been cleaned and disinfected on a routine basis, during the lockdown. Social distancing is also being being observed at both airports.

British Airways resumed flight operations to Pakistan in June 2019, more than 10 years after a hotel bombing in Islamabad in 2008 led to the suspension of its flights to Pakistan. However, flight operations were suspended again due to the global spread of coronavirus.

After being granted permission by the PCAA, British Airways started operating three flights a week to Islamabad which has been increased to five flights.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1576604/british-airways-seeks-permission-to-operate-flights-to-lahore
 
Around 1.3 million passengers arrived in the UK by air in July, according to figures published by the Home Office.

This was higher than the average for April, May and June when there were fewer than 200,000 arrivals by air each month, but 89% lower than the total of 11.1 million in July 2019.

At the beginning of July, blanket measures requiring people arriving in the UK to quarantine for two weeks were lifted for more than 50 low risk countries.

However, self-isolation is still mandatory for arrivals from some destinations, with Croatia, Austria and Trinidad and Tobago the most recent additions to quarantine list.
 
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Britain’s biggest airport could axe a quarter of its frontline staff after months of talks with trade unions about employee pay and conditions failed to land an agreement.

Sky News has learnt that Heathrow Airport informed union officials on Wednesday afternoon that it was issuing a formal Section 188 notice, triggering a 45-day consultation period that could lead to compulsory job losses.
 
RAWALPINDI: The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has amended its standard operating procedures (SOPs) meant to curb the spread of Covid-19 for passengers from Sept 2 to Oct 31.

The authority directed all scheduled and chartered airline operators, ground handling agents and private operators to ensure strict compliance with the revised SOPs.

Earlier, the CAA had issued SOPs for chartered and private flight operations between Aug 26 and Oct 31, deferring social distancing on domestic flights.

“In the larger interest of travelling passengers, the competent authority has deferred implementation of para 7 of the SOP for domestic passengers, chartered, private aircraft flights for a period of 48 hours from August 26, 2020,” the CAA’s standard operating procedures said.

Social distancing among passengers made non-compulsory

However, under the fresh SOPs issued on Sept 1, social distancing — gap of at least one adjacent seat between passengers — has been made non-compulsory.

Domestic flights
Under the new SOPs, the aircraft operations will be subject to full compliance with CAA instructions regarding aircraft disinfection as well as passenger and crew protection measures.

To ensure safety of passengers and crew and minimise the risks associated with Covid-19, certain measures have been adopted for all types of passenger and chartered aircraft flight operations within Pakistan.

Pre-embarkation
No person, except the passenger and airport staff, will be allowed to proceed beyond the parking area and the drivers will have to drop passengers in front of domestic departures. In case the vehicle has to wait, the driver will have to take the car to the parking lot.

Airport managers will have to ensure social distancing at every stage of the departure formalities while the Airport Security Force will see that no person, except the passenger, remained in the concourse area.

The aircraft will be disinfected in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the CAA at each station before the passengers board.

In case of domestic flights, the disinfection certificate from the airline/operator shall be countersigned or verified by the CAA staff.

The disinfectant brand’s name must be logged in the aircraft documents while the captain should express his satisfaction over compliance of CAA instructions on disinfection. The entity carrying out disinfection must be a CAA registered handling agent.

An inventory of essential personal protection equipment (PPE), comprising protection suits, gloves, surgical masks, goggles and N-95 masks should be maintained in each aircraft.

SOPs during flight
Passengers will be bound to comply with instructions issued during air travel in Pakistan. These are in addition to other directives which are otherwise mandated for safe air travel or as issued by the cabin crew from time to time during the flight.

Food and beverages will be served on flights with proper packaging and precautions while the cabin crew will spray disinfectant in the lavatory after every use. All lavatories will be available for passenger use to avoid congestion.

The cabin crew must use alcohol-based disinfection wipes to clean and disinfect their hands or use sanitiser or soap after touching or disposing of waste.

Post-disembarkation
Passengers will be disembarked row-wise in an orderly manner while ensuring social distancing.

All medical PPEs, if used during flights, should be disposed of while reusable items should be properly sanitised before next use.

Data of all passengers and flight crew with their mobile numbers will be kept for record and further follow up.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1577649/caa-amends-sops-for-flights-till-oct-31
 
'It's no surprise consumers are confused by the situation'

Glyn Jones, chief executive of Southend Airport, tells Kay Burley: "It is is not surprising that consumers are confused by the whole situation" given the four nations have reached different conclusions based on the same evidence.

"It just means fewer people travel and that just adds to the tsunami of job losses which seems to get worse every day," he says.

"Put down the sledgehammer, pick up the scalpel and let's have a route-by-route approach to this," he says, referring to Wales' decision to apply the quarantine rule to a handful of Greek islands and not all of Greece.

On airport testing, he says: "What we need is a test and trace scheme that is 100% accurate, not 70% accurate, and we need it to be quick, ideally in real time, and also affordable for consumers and airports."

He says people's confidence about using the airport and its airlines is "quite high".

"The issue is their nervousness about travel, and that has resulted in us seeing fewer passengers in a day, than we would normally see in an hour," he continues.

"That is not being driven by universal nervousness about the safety of travel, but about quarantine arrangements.

"That's what we need to see government address."
 
Virgin Atlantic is to cut a further 1,150 jobs after UK and US courts approved a £1.2bn rescue plan which will secure its future for at least 18 months.

The coronavirus pandemic has had a severe impact on the aviation industry, as lockdowns and quarantines devastate air travel.

Virgin had already cut more than 3,500 jobs, from the 10,000 employees it had at the beginning of the year.

The airline had previously stated that the rescue deal should mean no further job losses but said "regrettably" the company was compelled to make further cuts "one last time... to ensure it emerges from this crisis".

"Until travel returns in greater numbers, survival ispredicated on reducing costs further and continuing to preservecash," said Virgin Atlantic in a statement.
 
Abu Dhabi's Etihad extends wage cuts until end of year

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways has extended the period of reduced pay for their staff until the end of the year, a spokeswoman for the carrier said on Sunday.

Employees will have their salary reduced by 10 percent from September until the end of December, she said, compared to an earlier cut of between 25 percent and 50 percent which ended last month.

The state-owned airline had resumed paying allowances, the spokeswoman said. It had earlier stopped paying transport and other job-related allowances.
 
Horrible, I pray the industry recovers but with the repeated U-Turns on guidance when it comes to self isolating and stop / start with world wide lock downs there is a long road ahead. I feel though a bit of common sense and consistency could make things a little easier for avitation though.
 
shaz619 said:
Horrible, I pray the industry recovers but with the repeated U-Turns on guidance when it comes to self isolating and stop / start with world wide lock downs there is a long road ahead. I feel though a bit of common sense and consistency could make things a little easier for avitation though.
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Don't see how it is going back to normal till a vaccine comes.. Lets see what the Labor day reports are here in States but doesn't look good, most people are preferring to drive to destination even if they want to travel..
 
JaDed said:
Don't see how it is going back to normal till a vaccine comes.. Lets see what the Labor day reports are here in States but doesn't look good, most people are preferring to drive to destination even if they want to travel..
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The thing is though, peoples level of concern is directly impacted by the level of restriction imposed by their local government in my view. Because if say tomorrow things get eased, I feel people will move about freely, book holidays and travel etc don't you think so ? am not sure about the states but that's how I feel in this part of the world
 
shaz619 said:
The thing is though, peoples level of concern is directly impacted by the level of restriction imposed by their local government in my view. Because if say tomorrow things get eased, I feel people will move about freely, book holidays and travel etc don't you think so ? am not sure about the states but that's how I feel in this part of the world
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When I was in airlines IT domain(more than a year ago) from what I came to know is they really operate on not so great margins, most of their profits are dependent upon making sure flights are running everyday, yes this is the best time for them to evolve though considering how useless their spending was(owning sports stadium having boxes in others, buying back stock for their major investor to raise the price of stock) but coming to point, they require consistent flights with heavy business during long weekends and holidays to stay in business.


Maybe someone can correct me if I'm wrong but that's how airlines in States was doing business but now due to the situation even if govn takes off the restriction(it is low already) I don't see how it can go back to that level of traveling as Dec 2019..for atleast 1 year because they have to bring all those people back to flying incl the conspiracy theorists, the ones afraid, the ones that required consistent traveling,families etc etc.. tough road ahead for the domain.
 
The Chinese conglomerate which bought the Thomas Cook brand after its collapse last year is plotting an imminent relaunch of one of the most prominent names in the British travel industry.

Sky News has learnt that Fosun, which had been a big shareholder in Thomas Cook for several years prior to the company's demise, is drawing up plans to reinvent it as an online travel agent as soon as this month.

https://news.sky.com/story/chinese-...ok-relaunch-in-eye-of-pandemic-storm-12065825
 
Oman to restart international flights on October 1

Oman will restart international flights on October 1, state news agency ONA said on Twitter, after they were suspended in March as part of coronavirus precautions.

"Flights will be scheduled according to health data for specific destinations and according to bilateral agreements with other airlines," ONA said.
 
Etihad to provide COVID-19 insurance to passengers to boost travel confidence

Abu Dhabi's Etihad Airways said it would cover medical and quarantine costs for passengers if they contract the new coronavirus after travelling on one of its flights.

Medical costs of up to 150,000 euros ($177,000) and quarantine costs of up to 100 euro a day for 14 days will be covered by Etihad for its passengers who contract the disease within 31 days of first travel.
 
Heathrow Airport passenger numbers fall by 81.5% in August

Heathrow Airport says passenger numbers in August were down by 81.5% compared with last year, and repeats its call for the government to introduce testing as an alternative to the country's 14-day quarantine rule.

Heathrow, which before the COVID-19 pandemic was the busiest airport in Europe, said that North American passenger numbers were down by 95% compared with last year as the quarantine rule deters long-haul travel.

"Heathrow urges the government to introduce testing as an alternative to 14-day quarantine to protect millions of jobs across the UK and to kickstart the economic recovery," the airport said in a statement on Friday.
 
MenInG said:
Heathrow Airport passenger numbers fall by 81.5% in August

Heathrow Airport says passenger numbers in August were down by 81.5% compared with last year, and repeats its call for the government to introduce testing as an alternative to the country's 14-day quarantine rule.

Heathrow, which before the COVID-19 pandemic was the busiest airport in Europe, said that North American passenger numbers were down by 95% compared with last year as the quarantine rule deters long-haul travel.

"Heathrow urges the government to introduce testing as an alternative to 14-day quarantine to protect millions of jobs across the UK and to kickstart the economic recovery," the airport said in a statement on Friday.
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Aviation has been handicapped by the UK government, these tories are meant to be all for the economy and what not but they have damaged an entire industry almost beyond repair, the fact is they are not so economically sound as the narrative suggests and they have handled this pandemic like a bunch of children [MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION] [MENTION=7774]Robert[/MENTION] , no consistency and they haven't been proactive at all
 
If you are a tory, you should jump in the ocean and stay there!
 
Lufthansa's Swiss unit could cut 15 percent of jobs: Report

Lufthansa's Swiss unit could cut up to 15 percent of its 9,500 jobs if it cannot agree salary cuts with staff as it seeks to meet strict savings targets in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, Swiss weekly Sonntagszeitung said.

"It is our target to get through the crisis with as many employees as possible," the paper quoted a spokesman for Swiss as saying. "We have to cut costs by around 20 percent. We are not only focusing on personnel costs, but on every unit of the company."
 
London City Airport has announced it is cutting up to 239 jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

It means more than a third of all roles at the airport will go, as part of "crucial restructuring plans".

The airport was closed for nearly three months, from 25 March this year, as flights effectively shut down across the globe.

Chief executive Robert Sinclair announced the proposed job cuts "with huge regret".

"We...believe that the difficult decisions we are taking now will enable the airport to bounce back in a better shape when growth returns," Mr Sinclair said.
 
Any chance of Air Canada going bankrupt and shutting down for good?

Really hate ‘em!

High prices for cheap nasty food 🤢 and poor service. Not to mention, stealing money from travellers by refusing to refund them. Truly pathetic!

Air Canada are charging $750 for return flight from Toronto to Montreal. like WTH! It’s more expensive than return flight Toronto-Tokyo.
 
CanadianG00se said:
Any chance of Air Canada going bankrupt and shutting down for good?

Really hate ‘em!

High prices for cheap nasty food &#55358;&#56610; and poor service. Not to mention, stealing money from travellers by refusing to refund them. Truly pathetic!

Air Canada are charging $750 for return flight from Toronto to Montreal. like WTH! It’s more expensive than return flight Toronto-Tokyo.
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Do they have a monopoly on said route?

Not sure about bankruptcies but with the present outlook, additional redundancies will be happening across entire travel industry.
 
CanadianG00se said:
Any chance of Air Canada going bankrupt and shutting down for good?

Really hate ‘em!

High prices for cheap nasty food 🤢 and poor service. Not to mention, stealing money from travellers by refusing to refund them. Truly pathetic!

Air Canada are charging $750 for return flight from Toronto to Montreal. like WTH! It’s more expensive than return flight Toronto-Tokyo.
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Zero chance government will bail them out in absolute worse case scenario.
 
Gayle_Force said:
Zero chance government will bail them out in absolute worse case scenario.
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It would be utter waste if they did. If I’m not wrong they were bailed out in 2008 as well?

Air Canada refuses to refund passengers, lay off staff, complain about Govt closing borders, and now lobbying to remove 14 day quarantine.

I’m really ashamed that they are our flag carrier. Utter disgrace!

Thank God for Emirates and Qatar airways!!
 
msaaim89 said:
Do they have a monopoly on said route?

Not sure about bankruptcies but with the present outlook, additional redundancies will be happening across entire travel industry.
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To an extent yes. They have strong lobby among Canadian civil aviation which often gives them upper hand. Air Canada are really milking domestic customers(specially for Atlantic routes) where they are charging passenger so much that an international flights would be cheaper in comparison.

I’m planning to make a trip to Dubai and prices on Emirates are roughly $1200(2 luggage), whereas AC will charge $1400( with just one or even no luggage). I flew Air Canada a week prior to shutdown in March, and were offer a freaking banana and muffin for a supper!! Morons

I would never advise Air Canada to anyone who might be flying to Canada on international route.
 
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