The World of Aviation

Since the country’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs closed borders to all non-essential travel on 19 March, Finnair has had to scale back its operations to 5 per cent of regular carrying capacity.

British transport secretary Grant Shapps has indicated that countries with low Covid-19 infection rates may be exempted from quarantine measures set to go into effect in the UK over the coming weeks.

Emirates has abandoned coronavirus blood tests after Dubai’s Department of Health said they were inaccurate. 

Ireland’s Ryanair has received £600 million from the UK’s Covid Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF). This comes despite chief executive Michael O’Leary being heavily critical of state aid provided to other airlines across Europe, including the Lufthansa Group, Air France-KLM, Alitalia and more, calling it “unlawful state aid”. Speaking to SKY News at the end of

The Thai government has confirmed suspicions that Thai Airways is beginning bankruptcy proceedings. On Monday, 18 May, Reuters reported that Thailand plans to take a rehabilitation plan for Thai Airways to the bankruptcy court. A key government panel has backed the undisclosed plan. It is now due for consideration by the Thai cabinet on Tuesday.

The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others didn’t have drugs in his system when his Sikorsky S-76 crashed into a hillside in January, an autopsy has revealed.