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Lufthansa Group will have shed 29,000 employees by year-end, bringing the total staff down to 109,000. Next year, the German airline will cut another 10,000 jobs in its home country as the company keeps on struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bild am Sonntag – citing unnamed company sources – said that Lufthansa would also axe 20,… read more
Lufthansa is recording a sharp rise in intercontinental and intra-European bookings for the upcoming Christmas and New Year travel season. Last week, up to 400 percent more people booked destinations overseas as well as Southern and Northern Europe than in the previous week. Particularly in demand were flight destinations in South … read more
Analysis reveals a potential overall loss of airline business trips ranging from a low of 19% to a high of 36%.
Travel for “sales activity and securing clients” is the largest category of business air travel (25% of the total); it’s projected to show a modest loss ranging from zero up to 20%. Intra-company meetings comprise 20% of a… read more
Avoya Travel, one of the travel industry’s most innovative brands, is set to kick off Part Two of its annual Avoya Conference, which takes place December 1-4, 2020, with a newly added pre-conference event on November 30. Understanding the financial difficulties travel agencies are experiencing due to the global pandemic and the importance… read more
According to the latest reports, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is taking some drastic steps, such as shutting down the capital city of Pyongyang and banning fishing, in order to halt the spread of COVID-19 in his hermit state.
Kim was reportedly taking “irrational measures” in a bout of coronavirus “parano… read more
Thailand has reported just 3,880 COVID-19 cases and 60 deaths since the start of the pandemic and is considered one of the lowest risk countries in the world. But travel and tourism are suffering. With no end in sight to the stifling government imposed travel restrictions, businesses large and small are hemorrhaging and struggli… read more
IATA, via its North Asia regional briefing, reported (26-Nov-2020) domestic passenger traffic in China declined by 2.8% year-on-year in Sep-2020, up 16ppts from contraction in Aug-2020.
IATA noted the pace of the recovery increased recently, with signs that consumer spending and the overall economy are almost back to normal.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Chief Executive Officer Pieter Elbers says the struggling airline will require more financial support, but it’s too early to speculate exactly when it will be needed.
In an interview on “Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe“, he also discusses the potential impact of a Covid-19 on the airline… read more
With rising concerns over climate change and increasing commitment from travel companies to become carbon neutral in the future, cleaner aviation is needed. It is vital that airlines adapt to this emerging demand and harness technology to create new, greener ways of flying, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company.
According t… read more
UK's Government introduced (24-Nov-2020) a new testing strategy for international arrivals into England, reducing mandatory quarantine by at least one week, effective 15-Dec-2020.
Passengers arriving from countries not featured on the government's travel corridor list will be provided the option to take a test after five days… read more
Lufthansa Group will have shed 29,000 employees by year-end, Bild am Sonntag writes
Airline business trips could drop 36% as corporate travelers embrace technology
Avoya prepares for the resumption of travel
KLM will need more financial help
