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The first Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner for British Airways is due to arrive at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) on Thursday 21st May at around 8 am (local). The extended version of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner will be used on the London to Atlanta route and offers a 25% fuel saving on the [read more]

Unite, the Union representing British Airways Engineers, Cabin Crew, Ground and Call Centre Staff has told members that the airline has no “honest intention” to consult on planned job losses. Last week International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns British Airways, CEO Willie Walsh rebuked calls from MP’s to put the [read more]

Air Canada will cut around half of its employees as it deals with the global crisis caused by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The cuts will begin on 7th June and will see at least 19,000 staff lose their jobs across the company but sources close to the airline warned the [read more]

Lufthansa Group has become the latest group of airlines to announce it will be resuming flights from the UK & Ireland to Germany from next month. The German airline will resume flights from Birmingham, Edinburgh & Manchester in the UK, as well as increasing its Heathrow flights. In Ireland, the [read more]

British Airways’ (BA/BAW) parent company International Airlines Group (IAG) has confirmed that it is to press ahead with the planned cuts to thousands of Pilots, Cabin Crew and Ground staff despite the UK Government extending the furlough scheme until October. Transport Select Committee Chair Huw Merriman MP and Chris Loder [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has today confirmed 250 job cuts at its offices in Dublin, Stansted, Madrid and Wroclaw. The airline says that the cuts are a direct result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) groundings and have been achieved through a combination of probation/fixed term contract ends, resignations and redundancies. [read more]

Guernsey-based airline Aurigny (GR/AUR) has confirmed its flights will remain grounded until the end of August. The airline says that the disruption to flights is as a result of the coronavirus pandemic and that its grounding until the end of summer is in line with the Coronavirus Exit Strategy produced [read more]

Delta Airlines (DL/DAL) has said that it plans to retire all of its Boeing 777 aircraft by the end of 2020. The Atlanta Hartsfield based airline currently has 18 Boeing 777-200 aircraft in its fleet. 10 of which are the Long-Range (200LR) variant. Delta says that decision is a strategic [read more]