Covid-19: Colombian Airline Avianca Files for Bankruptcy

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Colombian airline Avianca on Sunday filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US Southern District of New York, due to “the unforeseeable impact of the Covid-19 pandemic”. According to a company statement, Avianca’s scheduled passenger operations have been grounded since mid-March, reducing its consolidated revenue by over 80 percent and placing significant pressure on its

SWISS Gets Loan Approval, Announces Capacity Increase in June

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The two chambers of the Swiss Federal Assembly – the National Council and the Council of States – last week approved a loan of CHF 1.5 billion to Lufthansa-owned Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and Edelweiss to help the airlines cope with the consequences of the current Covid-19 crisis. Eighty-five percent of the loan is guaranteed […]

Lufthansa Group: Crete Among 106 Destinations of June Flight Schedule

By admin 8 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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Lufthansa Group on Friday announced that numerous sunny destinations, including Crete in Greece, will once again be accessible with its members airlines, starting in June. For the past weeks the Group has had to cut much of its capacity due to continuing Covid-19 national and international travel restrictions. Lufthansa, Eurowings and SWISS next month will be […]

Heathrow to Test Temperature Screening Technology for Covid-19 Detection

By admin 8 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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London’s Heathrow Airport is getting ready to trial technologies and processes that reduce risk of coronavirus transmission, in an aim to form the basis of a Common International Standard for health screening at all global airports. “The aim of the collective measures being trialled is to reduce the risk of contracting or transmitting Covid-19 while […]

KLM Slowly Restores European Network, Makes Masks Mandatory on Flights

By admin 7 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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Photo Source: news.klm.com KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is gradually restoring its European network by resuming daily service to eight extra destinations, which were suspended in compliance with Covid-19-related travel restrictions. The airline, on May 4, resumed services to Barcelona, Madrid, Rome, Milan, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw and Helsinki, with one daily flight, seven

Qatar Airways Aims to Rebuild Network to 80 Destinations by End of June

By admin 7 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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Photo Source: @Qatar Airways Qatar Airways has announced that it will begin a phased approach to expand its network, initially to 52* destinations by the end of May and to 80* in June. Athens is scheduled to be among the airline’s destinations operating by the end of June. The airline said on Wednesday that having […]

Wizz Air Plans Ahead, Announces Routes from London-Luton to Greece

By admin 6 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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Wizz Air, a leading low-cost carrier in Hungary, on Tuesday announced its newest routes from London-Luton for this summer. The airline restarted commercial routes from London Luton and Vienna on May 1 and – following the easing of Covid-19 restrictions – is planning to launch new routes to summer destinations in Greece (Zakynthos, Heraklion, Corfu […]

Air France: Masks Compulsory on All Flights as of May 11

By admin 6 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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Photo Source: Air France Air France will be asking its customers to wear a mask throughout their journey as of May 11, in efforts to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus. This is in line with French instructions making the wearing of a mask compulsory on public transport. Customers will be notified via all […]

European Commission Approves €7bn French Aid to Air France

By admin 4 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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Photo source: Air France The European Commission on Monday approved a 7-billion-euro French aid measure to Air France for the company to obtain urgent liquidity in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. As a result of the imposition of travel restrictions introduced by France and by many destination countries to limit the spread of the coronavirus, […]

Covid-19: Greece’s AEGEAN Airlines Counting on Government Support

By admin 4 Μαΐου 2020 No comment

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Photo Source: AEGEAN Greek national carrier AEGEAN is hoping for government support after the company suffered massive losses due to the coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak. According to AEGEAN Chairman Eftichios Vassilakis, it will take the Greek airline at least six months to recover and two to three years to reach pre-coronavirus levels with revenue currently at […]