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This week’s airline news:
- Delta CEO: Coronavirus won’t cause any major US airlines to go out of business
- Delta expands onboard customer spacing with blocked seats on all aircraft
- JetBlue blocking middle seats through Fourth of July as airlines face backlash for not social distancing
- Qantas set to offer bargain $19 flights, enhanced in-flight safety when domestic travel resumes
- Two men are suing United including an NFL player and another passenger in the same row because a woman was making “unwanted sexual advances” before she was moved to a different seat
- Air France is retiring the A380
- A Hack To Continue To Use American’s Old Award Calendar
- United Airlines introduces CleanPlus which is a partnership with Clorox and Cleveland Clinic to inform and guide their new cleaning, safety and social distancing protocols
- Southwest Says New Bookings Now Outpacing Cancellations, a Pandemic Turning Point
- American Airlines said during the investor conference that its planes are flying about 35% full, up from 15% in April
- Delta Air Lines CFO said Thanks to a rise in domestic leisure bookings in June and July, net sales are up “modestly versus our conservative forecast”
- EasyJet says hackers stole 9 million customers’ personal data, including email addresses and credit card details
- Norwegian Air gets $271 million state-backed loan after debt restructuring
- United Airlines Will Provide Masks and Hand Wipes to Passengers
- Thai Airways survives for now as government orders overhaul
- Emirates is resuming flights to London, Frankfurt, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Chicago, Toronto, Sydney and Melbourne on May 21
- Qatar Airways’ new policy is letting customers book 2020 travel from the US to nearly anywhere in the world for under $500
- Delta Air to retire all of its 777 jets, in latest blow to Boeing
- Man who got voucher instead of refund targets Air Canada’s COVID-19 cancellation policy in U.S. class action
- Southwest memo says it will not deny boarding if customers don’t wear masks
- Starting May 15, every adjacent seat in Air Canada’s Economy Class will be blocked to increase your personal space. This distancing measure is just one component of our new end-to-end Air Canada CleanCare+ program, designed with your health and safety in mind.
- Canadian airline passengers are entitled to vouchers for cancelled flights from COVID-19 — but what about refunds?
- In April Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried a total of 13,729 passengers, a decrease of 99.6% compared to April 2019
- There’s a new shortest airline route in the US and its just 29 miles
- How Risky Is It To Fly? What Can I Do To Lessen The Risks?
- Analyzing Delta’s 777 Retirement Plan
This week’s airport news:
- PPE vending machines installed at Las Vegas’ McCarran airport
- Passenger service at Everett’s Paine Field will be suspended from May 22 until August 1
- International air travel may not return to normal until 2023, says IATA
- TSA Preps Passenger Temperature Checks at Some Airports
- Grounded passenger jets are causing an unexpected bottleneck
Are there any quarantines for inbound flights to LHR from US?
There’s a 14 day quarantine for all travelers
Great information. Thanks for putting this together.
Dear Johnny,
The beautiful message put out by the CEO of United Airlines is very far removed from our recent experience on a United airlines humanitarian flight from Tocumen Airport in Panama city to Houston on May 27, 2020. The airport enforced very strict social distance rules and we assumed that the airline would be limiting the number of passenger to allow for social distancing. In fact, we were shocked that we, a group of three, who were flying together, were placed with other passengers, two in middle seats between passengers, and that the plane was completely full, all seats occupied. This included , at least, five dogs and 1 cat (who were better behaved than some passengers). The flight attendants did not enforce mask wearing rules on those few fools who chose to remove their masks to visit others when we had to go to San Antonio to refuel as the Houston Airport was closed temporarily due to weather. Shame on United Airlines.
Friends who traveled on Spirit Airlines Humanitarian flight from Tucomen to Ft Lauderdale on June 3 then from Ft Lauderdale to Niagara Falls on June 4th, 2020 reported that the airline was very well-organized and no middle seats were occupied.