Alitalia is reported to leave the SkyTeam transatlantic joint venture on May 21. That revenue stream will now disappear, but Alitalia will be free to pursue its own commercial strategy or to join another alliance or joint venture. All other SkyTeam transatlantic carriers will operate under a newly-created joint venture that now also includes Virgin Atlantic, in which Delta Air Lines owns a 49 percent stake.
Reuters reports that Norwegian air will likely run out of money in about two weeks. IMHO, Norwegian has been doing a great job as an airline, re-defining low-cost travel at really affordable fares, with good comfort on their (new) planes. Flying their 737s equipped with free wifi regionally, and 787s internationally is great compared to other (even non-lowcost) European airlines.
I really hope they can figure something out to avoid going bankrupt.
As a frequent flyer you might have a ton of questions and uncertainty about what to do with your miles and points. Are we going to loose them? Will miles get devalued? What happens if the airline goes bankrupt? Can I extend my elite qualifying period? When will I be able to book award seats again? Here are some thoughts…
Do you have an upcoming flight with Scandinavian Airlines? REBOOK WITHOUT FEES. SAS Scandinavian Airlines now allows (finally!) to rebook tickets without fees given the situation with COVID-19. The (long-awaited) announcement was made after Trump’s travel ban between US and Europe, effective March 14th.
Yesterday, Donald Trump announced a massive travel ban for flights between US and most of Europe (except for UK and a few other countries). The restriction is an effort to contain the spread of the latest coronavirus COVID-19, and it is effective from next Friday March 14th at midnight, and the economic impact is estimated to be $3 billion US dollars.
Turkish Airlines free rebooks due to COVID19. Turkish Airlines is offering FREE rebooking of both tickets bought before March 5th, and also newly bought tickets. Rebooking is free only once. Here are the conditions.
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