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Cruise Ships With Fewer Passengers??
This week, Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line announced a series of enhanced health and safety protocols in preparation for when its cruise ships resume operations from 25 July.
Among the new measures, the cruise line has said that it w… read more
Boeing restars 737 MAX production in Renton, Washington
Boeing has resumed production of the 737 MAX at the company’s Renton, Washington factory. The 737 program began building airplanes at a low rate as it implements more than a dozen initiatives focused on enhancing workplace safety and product quality.
“We’ve been on a continuous journey to evolve our production system and make it eve… read more
Latin America: Latam Air files for bankruptcy
Latam Airlines Group SA, Latin America’s largest air carrier, sought bankruptcy court protection in New York after the Covid-19 pandemic grounded flights across the region.
The Chapter 11 petition allows Latam to keep operating while the Chilean carrier works out a plan to pay creditors and turn around the business. Latam, whose sha… read more
British Airways still to do 47,000 repayments for unused tickets
British Airways boss Willie Walsh said that repayment for 47,400 bookings remained outstanding as airlines came under fire for failing to reimburse travellers. Mr Walsh said that it had refunded 921,000 tickets and provided vouchers for another 346,000 customers who had cancelled bookings.
The UK consumer organisation said that it h… read more
Only 7 out of 14 Airbus A380s Lufthansa will fly again
Today, Lufthansa has confirmed that only half of its 14 Airbus A380s will ever fly again once the coronavirus pandemic is over and they will all operate out of Munich Airport, not Frankfurt.
From Lufthansa’s point of view, a distribution to two locations is no longer justifiable “logistically and economically” as the crisis hit the … read more
German Government agrees on a rescue package for Lufthansa
The German government has agreed on the final details of a rescue package for Lufthansa, German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Wednesday.
Lufthansa… read more
Air France To Phase Out Its A380 Fleet with immediate effect
Air France (AF) has today announced it will be phasing out its Airbus A380 with immediate effect due to low demand caused by the Coronavirus pandemic.
Out of the nine units in the fleet, five are directly owned by AF or are on finance lease, with the other four being on operating lease. It is understood that the cost for the aircraf… read more
Lufthansa Group airlines to take off again with 160 aircraft
Starting in June, Lufthansa, Eurowings and SWISS will be offering monthly restart schedules to significantly more destinations in Germany and Europe than in the past few weeks. The repatriation schedules will thus end on 31 May.
A total of 80 aircraft will be reactivated with the "June timetable". This means that a total of 106 dest… read more
Dubai Expo 2020 postponed to October 2021
The postponement of Expo 2020 Dubai is set to be approved by the Bureau International des Expositions, with the change of dates having already surpassed the required two-thirds threshold.
LOT Polish Airlines stops all operations
As of today, 15th of Marsch 2020, the governement of Poland has decided to close all borders. This has effect also for the National Airline, LOT. First the airline said they will stop all international operations out of Warsaw (Poland) and Budapest (Hungary). However, later the airline said they will stop all flights, also the domestic routes. T… read more
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