Virgin Atlantic

Ryanair rated joint-worst airline at dealing with refunds in 2020

Delaying and refusing refunds for cancelled flights due to lockdown results in ‘abysmally low’ scores in Which? survey

Coronavirus: US to require negative test from UK passengers for entry

Airlines must deny boarding to anyone flying who does not get a test

Aer Lingus to move aircraft from Ireland to UK for US flights

Airline to fly from Manchester to Boston, New York and Orlando using jets normally based in Ireland

Aer Lingus owner IAG launches discounted rights issue to raise €2.7bn

Shareholders can apply for three new shares for every two they currently hold

Virgin Atlantic creditors vote for €1.3bn rescue package

Airline has closed Gatwick base and cut more than 3,500 jobs in response to Covid-19 fallout

Branson says Virgin Atlantic will run out of cash unless rescue plan approved

£1.2bn package includes £450 million of creditor deferrals

BA fast-tracks retirement of Boeing 747 jumbo jet

Fleet of 31 aircraft will not return to service in move accelerated by air travel downturn

Delta Air Lines scales back flights it planned to add in August

It will be more than two years before the industry can recover from ‘staggering’ impact of pandemic, says airline

Branson’s Virgin Group commits £200m of immediate funding for Virgin Atlantic

Additional shreholder support of £400m also committed

Wild Geese: ‘A lot of cabin crew would commute, it’s not unusual’

Catherine McGuinness balances flying part time with managing property in London, Dublin

Virgin Atlantic and United cut jobs, while Qantas raises millions as Covid-19 bites

Qantas’s Irish chief executive Alan Joyce says it will be ’some time’ before pre-crisis demand for international travel returns

Fintan O’Toole: Governments need to resist corporate blackmail over bailouts

A repeat of the last crash, with ordinary people bled dry, would be catastrophic

Branson’s collateral, ‘crazy losses’ and paying to give oil away

Planet Business: Anyone for an acre of Necker Island?

Healthcare rally buoys nervy markets

Investors fear worst quarterly earnings season since global financial crisis

Branson says Virgin needs UK government help to survive

Billionaire tells staff his net worth is calculated on value of his businesses before crisis

‘Huge environmental waste’ as US airlines fly near-empty planes

A 96% drop in passenger numbers because of coronavirus restrictions has not been matched by cuts in flights

Covid-19: Aer Lingus Regional operator eyes court protection

Aer Lingus Regional operator likely to ask court to appoint examiner

Heathrow Airport predicts passenger numbers will be down 90% in April

Call for common international practices for healthcare screening in airports

EasyJet grounds entire fleet as coronavirus pushes airlines to brink

British Airways extends credit facility, while Virgin Atlantic requests UK state aid

Coronavirus: Airline crises, Cheltenham gels, Australian plummets and Olympic wobbles

Planet Business: Now wash your hands

Loganair will take up two of Flybe’s Belfast routes

Scottish airline says it will operate flights to Aberdeen and Inverness

Belfast City Airport says talks to replace Flybe underway

Fears for connectivity to the North after ‘simply devastating’ airline collapse

How airlines are working to reduce their CO2 one olive at a time

While we wait for battery-powered aircraft to take flight, airlines are using all sorts of tricks to cut fuel and weight

British airline Flybe expected to collapse in coming hours

Airline flies from Belfast City, Cork, Dublin and Knock to regional airports in the UK

Emirates to axe charges for changing flight booking over coronavirus

Lufthansa to ground 150 aircraft as Airbus reviews delivery targets

Coronavirus: Irish in China advised to be ready to leave

Department of Foreign Affairs updated advice follows new recommendations from UK authorities

Willie Walsh condemns UK government for Flybe bailout

The IAG boss said the rescue is a misuse of public funds

Flybe averts collapse as UK reviews air passenger duty bill

Shareholders agree to pump money into struggling airline after government support

Flybe is on the brink of collapse, reports say

Airline flies from Belfast City, Cork, Dublin and Knock to regional airports in Britain

'Android for boats with the intuition of Apple and the dynamism of Tesla'

Raceix CEO says ‘game-changing’ software provides clear navigational data that is easy to use

Datalex’s former auditors ‘conspicuous by their absence’ at AGM

EY declined to give opinion on travel retail software company’s 2018 accounts

When things go wrong Ryanair staff hardest to find, says Which!

Consumer group surveyed passengers on how European airlines dealt with complaints

Avolon signs $2bn deal for aircraft engines

Irish lessor is buying 140 engines from CFM international to power 70 Airbus neo planes

Loganair in discussion to agree codeshare with Aer Lingus

Scottish regional carrier hopes agreement can be active from fourth quarter

Flybe chief executive to leave airline mid-July

Ourmieres-Widener steps down following sale of airline for ‘disappointingly low’ £2.2m

Thomas Cook receives offer for northern European business

Private equity firm Triton Partners make unsolicited bid

Extinction rebellion just 'more of the same shit that hasn’t worked'

Environmental entrepreneur Norman Crowley says inventions not governments - or protests - will provide solutions

Flybe’s future in North uncertain after flights are cancelled

Rescued airline looking to trim fleet and reduce workforce

Aer Lingus to drop mandatory make-up for female cabin crew

Airline to follow the lead of Virgin Atlantic in changing uniform policy

Make-up is no longer mandatory for Virgin Atlantic’s female cabin crew. How progressive!

Comment: If this seems a reluctant shunt, rather than a leap forward – it’s because it is

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