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Tui Airways cabin crew join coronavirus effort

Carrier to back new St John Ambulance scheme to deploy expertise and first aid training in hospitals and relieve pressure on the NHS

Norwegian forced to cut March capacity by 70% in just a week

‘Covid-19 has had a profound impact on our network,’ says chief executive Jacob Schram

British Airways to suspend direct UK-Japan flights

The last BA flight back to the UK from Tokyo will depart on Wednesday (8 April)

EasyJet founder warns airline 'at risk of running out of money by August'

Stelios Haji-Ioannou has called for easyJet’s £4.5 billion Airbus contract to be cancelled, and threatened to remove two members of the airline’s board – including its finance chief

Wizz Air suspends UK-Romania flights

Budget carrier to suspend flights to Romania from 6-18 April, citing local travel restrictions

Heathrow boss calls for global unity on airport screening

“I can completely understand why passengers would wonder”

EasyJet borrows £600m from govt's Covid Corporate Financing Facility

EasyJet has also drawn down $500m on its revolving credit facility

FCO extends non-essential travel ban for 'indefinite period'

The move follows the FCO’s advice against non-essential international travel for 30 days issued last month

Ten more airlines join FCO repatriation mission

BA, Norwegian, Tui, Virgin Atlantic, easyJet, and Jet2 are among those helping to bring Brits home

Agents 'should not take chargebacks lying down'

’Don’t sit on them, get your response sorted’ agents are told, to ensure they avoid getting ’caught in the middle’ of cash and refund demands arising from Covid-19 cancellations

Aviation bodies demand EU 'acts now' to help it survive coronavirus crisis

Associations have called for “quick and targeted support” for an industry “that has come to a complete halt”

Emirates and Etihad to resume limited repatriation operations next week

Emirates says its flights will help stranded travellers ’return home to their countries and families’

Heathrow to move all flights to one runway

It will come into force from 6 April

British Embassy confirms additional repatriation flight from Peru

Further charter flight to London confirmed, although it may yet not be for at least another 10 days

Ryanair slashes pay by 50% across the board

The airline is currently only operating less than 20 flights a day

British Airways sets up Covid-19 volunteer taskforce

After proposing to furlough tens of thousands of employees, BA wants to put their skills and expertise to good use in communities across the UK

Gallery: Virgin flies in 350k pieces of NHS coronavirus equipment

It includes respirators, ventilator parts, face masks, scrubs, aprons and eye protectors

'Govt must accept most travel firms cannot refund customers on time'

Abta financial chief John de Vial said “the battle was not yet won” to secure PTR changes for the industry

British Airways reportedly set to furlough 36,000 staff

Airline reportedly locked in negotiations with Unite union over final details

Wizz Air passengers numbers down nearly 36% in March

Budget carrier operates rescue flights to several European destinations, and is flying medical equipment into Hungary from China

Loganair converts aircraft into temporary air ambulances

Regional carrier ‘working closely’ with Scottish ambulance service to increase air ambulance capacity

See transformed Stansted in drone footage

The footage was taken by an Essex Police drone during the coronavirus pandemic

British Airways and Unite strike deal over staff furlough plans

BA will introduce a “modified version” of the government’s Job Retention Scheme

British Airways' 'misleading' advert banned

The December 2019 website and radio ad claimed consumers could benefit from a two-for-one flight ticket deal if they spend £10,000 on membership for the British Airways American Express Premium Plus Card.

However, customers would still have to pay carrier charges, taxes and fees for both tickets.

Although BA argued the adverts contained a disclaimer stating “taxes, fees and charges apply”, and even proactively amended this to “taxes, fees and charges apply per person” when complaints were lodged, the ASA ruled it was still misleading.