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April 30, 2020 3:33 pm ET -
British Airways May Cease Gatwick Operations Permanently
British Airways may permanently withdraw all operations from London's Gatwick Airport as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. BBC News cited a memo to staff from the airline’s head of operations at Gatwick which stated: "As you know, we suspended…
April 28, 2020 11:49 am ET -
SAS Looks to Cut Workforce By Up to 5,000 Jobs
SAS has announced that it will look to remove up to 5,000 full-time positions of its future workforce as the airline "adapts the business to a lower demand environment." The flag carrier of Denmark, Norway and Sweden employs around 11,000…
April 27, 2020 9:58 pm ET -
United Becomes Latest U.S. Carrier to Schedule Tag Flights
As airlines reduce schedules and flying hours, yet another airline has followed the suit of Alaska Airlines and JetBlue: United Airlines. The main condition of airlines being eligible to receive money from the federal government under the CARES Act is…
April 27, 2020 9:34 am ET -
Honoring the Giant: An Homage to the A380 on Its…
The Airbus A380, the largest passenger airplane in existence, celebrated the 15th anniversary of its first flight Monday amidst the coronavirus pandemic’s hold on the aviation industry. Airbus developed its superjumbo as a response to Boeing’s wildly-popular 747 superjumbo, which…
April 26, 2020 5:47 pm ET -
Cash Struggles for Airlines Mean Refund Struggles for Passengers
With the travel industry coming to a grinding halt, there a lot of people not taking their vacations or traveling for business. This has brought up a big problem for the industry beyond some of the most obvious reasons: customers…