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The British government is still allowing flights to arrive at the nation’s airports from the countries where coronavirus infection is most widespread.

Hundreds of Americans are stuck in Peru after the government shut down the country’s borders to slow the number of coronavirus infections.

British airliner Virgin Atlantic has announced that it will be grounding 85 per cent of its aeroplanes by next month and cutting 80 per cent of its flights due to the impact of coronavirus.

An angry Chinese passenger unleashed chaos aboard a Thai Airways flight on Friday by coughing on a flight attendant to vent her displeasure at the long wait for a coronavirus check after arriving in Shanghai. The passenger had to be “subdued” by other flight attendants after a scuffle ensued.

A United Airlines flight en route to the Newark International Airport on Sunday diverted to Denver, Colorado, after a few passengers became disruptive over a passenger who was sneezing and coughing on the flight amid festering coronavirus fears.

Southwest Airlines Co. warned investors on Thursday that a drop in bookings and an increase in cancellations will diminish their expected first-quarter revenue.

Industry experts say airlines worldwide could lose as much as $30 billion this year, with Chinese carriers facing a $12.8 billion deficit.

Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg’s campaign to make people feel “flight shame” if they travel by plane has led to the reduction of bookings in her native Sweden. Now the U.S. airline industry is worried that the trend could take hold in this country.

Southwest Airlines flew more than 17 million passengers on planes with unconfirmed maintenance records over a roughly two year period, according to draft government report reviewed by the Wall Street Journal.

All flights will be suspended started Febuary 6 through April 30.

Chinese airlines are dramatically reducing, or even completely halting, flights to Hong Kong due to civil unrest on the island. Hong Kong’s airport, which has been the scene of a few demonstrations over the past five months, was once the busiest hub in Asia and one of the busiest airports in the world.

Rupert Hogg, chief executive officer of Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific, announced his resignation on Friday along with chief customer and commercial officer Paul Loo.

A fire caused by a portable battery pack forced a Virgin Atlantic flight to make an emergency landing Thursday after flames began emanating from a passenger seat.The flight, which was en route to London Heathrow from New York’s JFK Airport,

JetBlue, Delta, United, American, Southwest, and Alaska Airlines all reportedly experienced “systemwide outages” across multiple U.S. airports, Monday, which led to the grounding of flights. The FAA has said a flight planning weight and balance program used by the airlines caused the outages.

The crisis facing aviation giant Boeing intensified this week as 737 Max 8 aircraft were grounded around the world following the deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash on Sunday. President Donald Trump issued an emergency order following suit on Wednesday afternoon as they were banned by almost every other country in the world.

VILNIUS, Lithuania — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a trip Thursday to Lithuania, welcomed the decision by major international airlines to end their direct flights to Iran’s capital of Tehran in September.

After holding out until almost literally the 11th hour, the big three U.S. airlines capitulated on Wednesday to China’s demand that they change website references to Hong Kong, Macau, and especially Taiwan to portray them as part of China. Beijing is not satisfied, however, as the Civil Aviation Administration of China deemed compliance by American, Delta, United, and smaller Hawaiian Airlines “incomplete.”

The three biggest U.S. airlines – American, Delta, and United – finally caved on Tuesday to China’s demands and changed their websites to no longer describe Taiwan as a country distinct from China. It might at best be seen as partial capitulation at the last possible moment, as the airlines now list Taiwan’s capital of Taipei as a city without a country instead of “Taipei, Taiwan.”

Passengers aboard Air China flight CA106 from Hong Kong on Tuesday night found themselves plunging 25,000 feet in ten minutes because their co-pilot was smoking an e-cigarette in the cockpit and hit the wrong switch when he attempted to keep the vapors from wafting into the passenger area.

The Chinese government insisted on Thursday, through its foreign ministry and the propaganda publication People’s Daily, that China’s policy of harassing foreign corporations that acknowledge Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, and Macau as distinct from mainland China is “non-negotiable” after the U.S. requested a dialogue on the subject.

Most U.S. airlines are still defying China’s order to change their websites so that Taiwan is expressly identified as part of China, according to an Associated Press report published three days before China’s deadline on compliance.

The Wall Street Journal noted on Monday that several U.S. airlines appear to be resisting Beijing’s demand to change their websites to describe Taiwan as part of China. The Trump White House denounced such demands as “Orwellian nonsense” over the weekend.

TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Taiwan on Sunday thanked the White House for standing up to China, after Beijing recently threatened U.S. airlines to change the way they listed Taiwan on their websites.

The Skyrider 2.0, a new “super-economy” airplane seat designed by Aviointeriors, allows airlines to fit more passengers onto each flight by keeping them “almost upright.”

A woman is crying foul after a United Airlines denied her request to bring her emotional support peacock aboard a flight leaving from Newark Liberty International Airport this week.

Tea Party Patriots is asking President Donald Trump to tackle violations of the Open Skies executive agreements by three Persian Gulf airlines as part of his America First policy to help protect U.S. companies from being undercut by other countries that are subsidizing their foreign workers.

Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly confirmed Wednesday that his department will be implementing additional measures aimed at securing air travel from terrorist threats.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is considering implementing a ban on laptops in the cabins of flights from Europe due to terror concerns.

Malaysia Airlines is set to be the first airline to take part in a new satellite tracking program for its fleet of planes.

“A toxic cocktail of capitalism and corporate culture led to a man being dragged along the floor,” Father James Martin argues.