Airlines & Routes

Finnair has received permission from Chinese authorities to begin operating one weekly flight as of July 23, between Helsinki and Shanghai with its Airbus A350 aircraft. The flight schedule will be published in all Finnair sales channels.   Finland has opened its borders for work-related travel from China but entry to Finland is still restricted for the time being pending an EU-level decision on reciprocity.  Finnair currently offers connections to 24 European destinations from Helsinki. 

The Austrian Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection has massively expanded the list of landing bans for aircraft. Since Thursday, July 16, 2020, no regular flights from the following countries, among others, will be permitted to land in Austria: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Egypt, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania and

With the rise in numbers of COVID-19 cases in many U.S. states and new quarantine restrictions come into force, American Airlines (American) has announced that it has sent out 25,000 furlough notices to its employees with a warning that demand for air travel will likely drop once again. The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act

Austrian Airlines has published the remaining summer flight schedule 2020, which will run until the end of October. By then, Austria’s home carrier will double its offer from the current 20% to almost 40% compared to the previous year’s schedule, subject to new official restrictions. Starting in August, Austrian Airlines will be flying to Shanghai

Air New Zealand has put a hold on new bookings on international services into New Zealand following a request from the New Zealand Government. The move is to help ensure the country is able to provide quarantine accommodation for inbound passengers for the required 14-day period. As well as the temporary hold on new bookings

United Airlines is further expanding its international schedule in September with new nonstop service three days a week between Chicago O’Hare and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion International Airport. United also announced it is reinstating service between Chicago and Hong Kong as well as between Los Angeles and Sydney. “Throughout 2020, United has been the only

The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) has accepted a four-year agreement for Ryanair’s U.K. pilots, which includes a 20% pay reduction restored over four years, along with productivity improvements on rosters, flexible working patterns and annual leave to minimize U.K. pilot job losses. The BALPA agreement was accepted by 96% of Ryanair’s U.K. pilots on