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Airfares hit $1,000 as British tourists rush to leave Portugal

Bloomberg UK tourists scrambled to return from Portugal before a quarantine requirement kicks in on Tuesday, driving up ticket prices as travellers rearranged flights ahead of the deadline. A three-hour British Airways flight from Faro, in the popular Algarve region, to London City airport on Monday night costs $1,000, according to Skyscanner. The following day, when passengers will be subject ...

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Labour unions protest Breeze Airways approval

Bloomberg Labour unions have asked the federal government to review its approval of Breeze Airways to operate in the US, citing concerns over the discount carrier’s recruitment and employment policies. The unions said Breeze, an upstart domestic carrier founded by airline entrepreneur David Neeleman, violated age discrimination and diversity statutes with a plan to hire flight attendants solely through a ...

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Covid-19 crisis drives IndiGo to worse-than-expected loss

Bloomberg IndiGo, one of Asia’s biggest budget airlines, reported a wider-than-anticipated loss as passenger traffic shrank with the coronavirus tearing through India. The carrier, operated by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, posted a loss of $157 million in the three months through March, its fourth quarter. That compared with a loss of 8.7 billion rupee a year ago. The average forecast from ...

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