Dutch airline Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (KLM) said Friday it would shed up to 5,000 jobs due to a “crisis of unprecedented magnitude” caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The cuts would involve around 1,500 compulsory layoffs from the airline’s current workforce of 33,000, the airline said. There would also be 2,000 voluntary redundancies announced earlier this […]
Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic have launched their expanded joint venture offering a greater choice of routes and loyalty options when travelling between Europe, the U.K. and North America. The new partnership provides customers with more convenient flight schedules and a shared goal of ensuring a smooth and consistent travel experience, whichever airline […]
Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise, East Africa’s biggest carrier by revenue, has again admitted it is in talks with Nigeria over plans to help set up national airlines in Nigeria and three other countries to expand its operations on the continent. This move is certainly going to elicit reactions from airline observers in Nigeria following failed engagements […]
In response to the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash, airlines around the world have commenced moves to implement a policy requiring two crew members to be in the cockpit at all times during flights. The implementation of the new policy is coming on the heels of European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) adoption of the policy, Germanwings […]