Airline News

Medical Aid Sent by UAE to Occupied Palestine is Still Sitting On Ground at Ben Gurion Airport

American Airlines Tells Flight Attendants They Are Categorically Not Allowed to Wear Face Shields

Unions at Israeli Airline El Al Accused of Chair Throwing Melee in Heated Meeting With Airline Management

Photo Credit: Cathay Pacific

Hong Kong Will Allow Transit Passengers to Connect Through its International Airport from June 1

German Government to Take 20% Stake in Lufthansa in Return for €9 Billion Bailout

Nearly 800 Fiji Airways Staff Laid Off Including Every Single Flight Attendant and All Expat Pilots

Why is United Being Sued for an Accident That Took Place On A Completely Different Airline’s Plane?

Cyber Attack Takes Down Union Website Accusing British Airways of “Betraying Britain”

Huge Loopholes Exposed in UK’s “10 Weeks Too Late” Quarantine Rules

Airline Amenity Kits Have Quickly Adapted for the COVID-19 Era With Face Masks and Sanitising Wipes

Aer Lingus to “Unilaterally Lay Off Staff” From June 21

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Delta Flight Attendant Uniforms Found to Contain Toxic Chemicals in Levels 10x Higher Than What’s Permitted by H&M

Emirates Denies Reports it Will Retire 40% of Airbus A380 Fleet, Refuses to Discuss Job Losses

Pakistan International Airlines Airbus A320 Crashes in Residential Area of Karachi

jetBlue Pushes Ahead With Crew Pay Cuts Because “There Are Quite Literally No Hours For Our Crewmembers to Work”

Qatar Airways Accused of Forcing South Asian Cabin Crew to Work COVID-19 Repatriation Flights While Sparing European Crew

easyJet Makes Mask Wearing Mandatory But Drops the Idea of Onboard Social Distancing

Emirates Redeploys Onboard Cleaning Assistants to Sanitise Aircraft Lavatories Every 45 Minutes

NFL Player Sues United Airlines Alleging Flight Attendants Failed to Protect Him from a Predatory Female Passenger

Air France to Write Off Entire Fleet of Airbus A380 Superjumbos by End of June

Finnish Cabin Crew Association, SLSY

Finnair to Increase Temporary Layoffs Affecting All 6,100 Staff For Up To Three Years

Could a New COVID-19 Test That Returns Results in Seconds Usher in a Return to Normalcy for the Airline Industry?

Etihad Airways Flies Direct from Abu Dhabi to Tel Aviv in Historic First to Deliver Aid to Palestinians

Doha’s Post-COVID Airport of the Future Includes Smart Helmets and Disinfection Robots

easyJet Victim of “Highly Sophisticated” Cyber Attack; Personal Details of Nine Million Customers Stolen

The UAE Slightly Eases Travel Restrictions; Foreign Residence Visa Holders Now Free to Return

Etihad Airways - Etihad and Lufthansa deepen cooperation

Etihad Airways Confirms Job Losses as Staff Allegedly Told to Pack Up and Leave as Soon as Possible

Qantas Will Start Handing Out Face Masks But Passengers Won’t Be Made to Wear Them

A Member of British Airways Cabin Crew is Missing After Posting Goodbye Message Claims Union Boss as Airline Ploughs Ahead With Mass Redundancy Plan

“Game Changer” Rapid COVID-19 Tests Trialled by Emirates Only Had an Accuracy Rate of 30%

Qatar Airways Cabin Crew to Wear Full PPE Including Hazmat Suits

Finnair to Gradually Increase Flights Starting in July… Including Services to Mainland China

Qantas Is Hiring Cabin Crew On Casual Hours for Domestic Flights

Qantas Wins Right Not to Pay Sick Leave to Cancer Sufferer With 30 Years Service and Employee Awaiting Triple Bypass

Ryanair Reports €1 Billion Annual Profit But Refuses to Estimate COVID-19 Damage for Year Ahead

Dubai Government Responds to Claims One Third of Workforce is to be Laid Off, Aircraft Fleet Slashed

Exclusive: Emirates to Permanently Decommission 40% of Airbus A380 Fleet, Axe Nearly a Third of Cabin Crew and Pilots

Oops… Fire suppression System Smothers Two American Airlines 787 Dreamliners in Foam

Are Aircraft Fume Events Something to be Concerned About? British Airways Responds...

NSFW: British Airways Cabin Crew Reveal What They Think About Management in Airplane Graffiti

United Only Needs 3000 Out of 25,000 Flight Attendants in June… But is it Even Newsworthy?

Air Canada to Slash Workforce By Between 50% and 60% as Coronavirus Decimates Airline Industry

Flight Attendants Warn Aviation System Will "Unravel" Within Days: Mass Flight Cancellations On Horizon

The TSA Reported its Busiest Day for Passenger Numbers Since March 25; Numbers Steadily Rising

Las Vegas McCarran Airport Becomes First in the United States to Offer Face Mask Vending Machines

Cathay Pacific Carried Less Than 500 Passengers a Day Last Month; Outlook Remains “Very Bleak”

British Airways Boss Pushes Ahead With Mass Layoffs While Welcoming Government Support to Avoid “Devastating Cuts”

Dubai Airport Chief Doesn’t See Air Travel Demand Returning to Normal Until a Coronavirus Vaccine is Found

Delta Will Retire Entire Fleet of Boeing 777’s by Year End as Airline Prepares to Shrink in Size

The Brexit Express: People Are Booking Tickets for a Flight That Might Not Be Able to Land

British Airways and its Unions Finally Find Some Common Ground But it Might Justify Huge Job Cuts

United Airlines Flight Attendants Told to Get Their Personal Finances in Order as Mass Lay-Off’s Loom

Airline Group Begs Governments Not to Impose Quarantine Restrictions

Qatar Airways to Ground Airbus A380 Sumperjumbos for at Least a Year But Maybe Forever

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