Europe close: Travel names and banks pace rebound
29th Jun 2020 15:58
(Sharecast News) - Shares across the Continent finished higher with investors apparently cheered by some positive news on the pandemic front and snapping up shares of select travel names and lenders.
Read moreEU to publish list of Covid-safe nations on Tuesday
29th Jun 2020 08:31
(Sharecast News) - The European Union will have a list of Covid-safe countries for travel purposes ready by Tuesday at the latest, Spanish Foreign Minister, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, said on Monday.
Read moreEasyJet raises £419m to guard against more disruption
25th Jun 2020 07:40
(Sharecast News) - EasyJet has raised £419m from investors to strengthen its balance sheet against the potential costs of further disruption from Covid-19.
Read moreEasyJet raises cash to guard against renewed grounding, slow recovery
24th Jun 2020 17:34
(Sharecast News) - EasyJet has annunced that it will raise more cash in order to increase its liquidity and to guard against the risk of being forced to ground its fleet of aircraft again or that the recovery in demand might take longer than foreseen.
Read moreUK airports warn of 20,000 job losses, call for end to quarantine
24th Jun 2020 11:57
(Sharecast News) - UK airports face up to 20,000 job losses as the sector faced a significant decline in passenger numbers post-Covid 19, the industry body warned on Wednesday as it called for government help.
Read moreFrance to cut shortest-haul air routes in favour of rail
22nd Jun 2020 13:10
(Sharecast News) - 'Normality' in short-haul travel in the euro area's second-largest economy will be redefined as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreEurope open: Stocks rally on US stimulus news, volatility falls back
16th Jun 2020 12:17
(Sharecast News) - Stocks across the Continent are extending their rebound from the previous day stoked by news of further stimulus Stateside.
Read moreEasyJet to take delivery of deferred Airbus planes in 2025-27
16th Jun 2020 08:06
(Sharecast News) - Budget airline easyJet said it would take delivery of 24 Airbus planes between 2025 and 2027 after deferring the order to save cash during the coronavirus crisis.
Read moreEasyJet boss claims full planes are 100% safe to resume flights
15th Jun 2020 08:27
(Sharecast News) - EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren told Press Association that full flights on the airline's jets, which were set to ramp up as lockdown measures ease for the summer season, were 100% safe.
Read moreBA, Ryanair, easyJet start legal action over UK quarantine rules
12th Jun 2020 08:39
(Sharecast News) - British Airways, easyJet and Ryanair on Friday started legal action against the UK government over its coronavirus quarantine policy and called for an early court date.
Read moreAt least 70,000 UK aviation jobs at imminent risk, report says
10th Jun 2020 10:52
(Sharecast News) - At least 70,000 jobs are at risk in the UK aviation industry and its supply chains in the next three months as the sector is battered by the coronavirus crisis, a report said.
Read moreUK tourism group says government to implement travel corridors on 29 June
9th Jun 2020 08:18
(Sharecast News) - UK tourism lobby group said on Tuesday that travel corridors allowing unrestricted movement between Britain and some other countries will open from 29 June.
Read moreUK quarantine rules start amid row as airlines start legal action
8th Jun 2020 07:46
(Sharecast News) - The UK's contentious 14-day coronavirus quarantine rules took effect on Monday as three major airlines started legal action to have the measures overturned, claiming they were illogical.
Read moreGermany may downgrade travel restrictions to EU and other associated countries
2nd Jun 2020 13:53
(Sharecast News) - Germany may downgrade existing travel restrictions to European Union member countries and other associated ones as soon as the current week.
Read moreEasyJet to restart flights on 75% of routes by end of summer
2nd Jun 2020 13:10
(Sharecast News) - EasyJet has unveiled plans to resume flying this summer, with up to three quarters of its flight network expected to be operational by the end of August.
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