Reading Time: < 1 minute EasyJet has agreed to purchase 56 Airbus A320neo aircraft and convert a previous order to 18 new A321neo aircraft, the British airline said on Tuesday. According to the company, deliveries of the aircraft, which have a list price of $6.5 billion, will begin in the carrier’s 2026 financial year to replace the carrier’s older A319 […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Due to staff shortages, KLM airline has recently canceled another twelve flights within Europe. These are in addition to the 42 previously canceled flights for Sunday. Like other airlines, such as EasyJet and subsidiary Transavia, KLM suffers a lot from staff shortages and many employees being ill. As a result, not only are fewer aircraft […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute EasyJet will offer new and existing cabin crew a £1,000 bonus at the end of the summer holiday season since the staff shortage continues to grow. According to the airline, “EasyJet will pay its cabin crew a recognition payment at the end of the summer season to recognize their contribution to the operation this summer, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The low-cost carrier easyJet wants to hire 1,000 new pilots within the next five years. For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, easyJet is reintroducing its pilot training scheme and is encouraging everyone to consider a pilot career. Johan Lundgren, CEO of easyJet, said: “We are delighted to be reopening our pilot […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The low-cost carrier Ryanair has confirmed that it will close its two aircraft base in the London Southend Airport from the 1st of November. EasyJet made the same announcement last August. Ryanair aircraft base operations from London Southend lasted three years from 1st April 2019. Two low-cost carriers Ryanair and Wizz Air arrived in the […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute Low-cost airlines are asking the European Union to request airlines to apply a certain share of sustainable fuel to all flights but not only short-haul ones. The European Commission is drawing a plan for carriers to use a minimum share of sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) to restrain the aviation industry’s CO2 emissions impacting the planet […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute The low-cost airlines easyJet and Virgin have joined the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) to support its Covid-19 vaccination program. The UK is currently into the third lockdown due to a new, highly transmissible variant of the virus gaining momentum. Most crew members are now furloughed, therefore they can efficiently use their time helping with […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute After long speculations and a number of previously unconfirmed rumours, easyJet has announced that it reached an agreement with Airbus on the deferral of 24 aircraft deliveries to 2025-2027. Each aviation company, especially airlines, is currently looking into every possibility to cut costs and stay afloat. After the crisis hit the bottom line in April, […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute easyJet has announced about its plans to restart a small number of mainly domestic flights, from 21 European airports from 15 June. Services will be operating from London Gatwick, Bristol, Birmingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Belfast, and Isle of Man in the UK. In addition, flying will resume in France from Nice, Paris Charles […]
Reading Time: < 1 minute easyJet, a British low-cost airline, has also felt an extraordinary pressure put on the aviation industry by the coronavirus and made a decision to ground almost all its aircraft cancelling 90% of its scheduled flights starting 24 March. The airline still expects to maintain some of its key routes mainly to, from and within the […]