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A group of British airlines have launched a legal challenge against the UK Governments quarantine rules that come into force today. British Airways, Ryanair and Easyjet have sent a joint pre-action protocol letter saying that the rules are “disproportionate and unfair”. From today all passengers arriving into the UK will [read more]

Iberia (IB/IBE), which is wholly owned by International Airlines Group (IAG), has reportedly agreed terms to buy Spanish rival Air Europa (UX/AEA) for almost €1bn (approx £889m). The deal had come under scrutiny after it emerged that IAG was pressing ahead with the acquisition whilst still planning to cut 12,000 [read more]

London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) owners Stobart Group have raised £140m to transform and enhance the passenger experience in the new post-COVID-19 world. The airport will now invest the money over the coming years and will focus on maintaining a constant flow of passengers through the terminals and avoiding bottlenecks and [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) Chief Executive Alex Cruz has called the campaigns by Unite and the GMB Unions against BA’s plan to fire all of its workforce as ‘Bizarre’. He made the statement in a letter to staff in which he said the two biggest unions had refused to attend talks [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) declined to send a representative to a meeting between to the UK’s Home Secretary and key commercial aviation partners to discuss the Governments plans to quarantine passengers arriving into the UK. BA’s biggest competitor Virgin Atlantic and Low-cost carrier Easyjet were among the representatives to attend the [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has said it will resume passenger flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to five destinations across the globe from 20th July following the grounding imposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic. The airline will start back with flights to Orlando (MCO/KMCO) and Hong Kong (HKG/VHHH) on the Saturday before being [read more]

The first Airbus A220 built at the European Airframers Mobile, Alabama assembly line has completed its test flight. The first aircraft is destined for Delta Airlines and is the first to roll off the brand new assembly line which was only recently officially opened. Like the A320 assembly lines, parts [read more]

Aerospace engineering giant Rolls-Royce has confirmed that it is cutting 3,000 jobs across 11 UK sites as it deals with a slowdown in the aviation industry due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The majority of the losses will come at the companies UK headquarters in Derby where Jet engines are designed [read more]