Tag: #airline
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Indian low-cost airline, IndiGo, lays off 10% of its workforce
India’s largest budget airline, IndiGo, announced plans to lay off 10% of its workforce in the wake of the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to details, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the Indian airline, Ronojoy Dutta, on Monday announced that the airline was forced to cut costs due to an unusual…
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Icelandair to lay off cabin crew after collective bargaining fails
Icelandair Group is dismissing its entire cabin crew corps after efforts to reach a new collective bargaining agreement failed. According to details, the Iceland-based airline has fired all of its flight attendants, as the company will instead try to find “another party in the Icelandic labor market” to replace current employees. “Although the negotiations were…
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7 Killed as Reconnaissance Plane Crashes on the Mountains in Turkey
Seven Turkish security personnel lost their lives when a reconnaissance plane crashed Thursday on a mountain in the eastern province of Van in Turkey. The plane crashed at an altitude of 2,200 metres on Mount Artos in Van late on Wednesday. The aircraft took off from Van Ferit Melen Airport at 1535 GMT. The 2015…
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PALPA ex-GS turns cockpit into a dance floor, video went viral
Pakistan International Airlines’ (PIA) pilot and ex-general secretary (GS) of Pakistan Airlines Pilots’ Association (PALPA) was filmed “dancing” in the cockpit. According to the details, ex-GS of the pilots’ association, Captain Ali Mansoob was seen dancing in the cockpit minutes before the flight was scheduled to take-off. The kind of behavior seen in the video…
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Portugal Threatens To Nationalise Airline TAP
Lisbon, (AFP/APP): The Portuguese government threatened on Tuesday to nationalise TAP airline if the company’s main private investor refuses the conditions attached to a public rescue of the airline. Like most airlines, TAP has been hit hard by the coronavirus lockdowns that saw most air travel halted, and the government has proposed a loan of up…
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India suspected of nearly 4000 ‘fake pilots’
Saturday, June 27th: According to the report of Baaghi TV, news of fake pilots was coming in Pakistan. Now news has come that there are more fake pilots in India than in Pakistan. A few days after suspension of Indigo airline, pilot Parmandar Kaur Gulti, who was arrested on charges of forging his mark sheet…
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Airlines may adopt new social distancing seating
Airlines are making plans to fly jets only two-thirds full when travel restrictions are finally lifted, amid fears that it will take up to two years for the aviation industry to recover from the novel coronavirus crisis. The most common single-aisle jets, used for short-haul flights, would cut seats available from 180 to 120, which…
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Southwest Airlines Sought More Time for Engine Inspections
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These Will Be the Busiest Days at the Airport This Summer
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