Taiwanese “China Airlines” want to change its name

Taiwan’s China Airlines (CAL) may change its name according to a report from “the other China.” Taiwan News reports that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) said it would be open to renaming the airline. Ever since China Airlines was founded many years ago there has been endless confusion by passengers and the media over […]

Lufthansa shuts down Germanwings and lays off 43 airplanes

Lufthansa, one of Europe’s biggest airline groups, is permanently reducing the size of its fleet and shuttering one of its low-cost carriers, as it warns that the aviation sector will take years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The airline group, which owns national carriers in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Belgium, said in a statement Tuesday that it will […]

EasyJet cancels all flights and grounds all 330 airplanes until June

EasyJet has grounded its entire fleet of aircraft due to the coronavirus pandemic. The airline has said that it cannot give a date for when it will start flying planes again – but its staff are currently being given a two-month leave of absence, meaning the measures will last at least until June. The Luton-based […]

Ryanair considers grounding all airplanes or cancelling 80% of the flights

Irish low-cost airline Ryanair released a statement today announcing possible grounding of all Ryanair airplanes in next few days. The second option is cancelling up to 80% of the flights. The current situation caused by spread of COVID-19 virus makes travelling virtually impossible for citizens of many countries. Here’s the full statement from Ryanair: Over […]

Trump bans flights from 26 European countries to USA

US President Donald Trump has announced sweeping travel restrictions on 26 European countries in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. The ban applies to travellers from countries which are members of the Schengen border-free travel area. The UK, Ireland and other non-Schengen countries are unaffected. US citizens are also exempt. The EU condemned […]

EU finally cancels “use it or lose it” airport slots rule, end of empty flights across Europe

Brussels has finally reacted to the coronavirus epidemic by suspending the EU’s use-it-or-lose it rules on airport landing slots, freeing airlines to halt “ghost flights” in which planes have been taking off without any passengers. Currently, European Commission rules state that an airline must operate at least 80% of their allocated slots under normal circumstances. […]

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