Monday, March 15th, 2010

The airline Blue1 has announced plans to lay off pilots starting next spring due to falling numbers of passengers on its routes. The company says that it will put its 100 pilots on ten days of unpaid leave and trim back on routes and aircraft.
Blue1 Communications Director Tom Christides told YLE that the company has [...]

Finnair has cancelled all weekend flights between Helsinki and Bangkok. Thai officials have announced Bangkok International Airport will remain closed until at least Monday. Meanwhile, nearly 300 Finnair passengers stranded in Bangkok were flown to Helsinki from Phuket, southern Thailand on Friday night.

Hundreds of other Finnair customers are still waiting in Bangkok. The Finnish airline [...]