Coronavirus: EasyJet grounds entire fleet of planes due to virus
Mar 30, 2020 | 5:54 am
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Coronavirus: EasyJet grounds entire fleet of planes due to virus
EasyJet has grounded its entire fleet of planes and said it cannot give a date for when they will restart.
The budget airline said it had made the move due to the "unprecedented travel restrictions" imposed by governments globally due to the virus pandemic.
It had already cancelled most services but had been running rescue flights to repatriate Britons stranded abroad.
"We will continue to work with government bodies to operate additional rescue flights as requested," it said.
EasyJet has flown 650 rescue flights so far taking 45,000 people home.
The budget airline said it had made the move due to the "unprecedented travel restrictions" imposed by governments globally due to the virus pandemic.
It had already cancelled most services but had been running rescue flights to repatriate Britons stranded abroad.
"We will continue to work with government bodies to operate additional rescue flights as requested," it said.
EasyJet has flown 650 rescue flights so far taking 45,000 people home.
Mar 30, 2020 | 6:32 am
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I guess we can't submit a chargeback request until there's official communication from Easyjet. Would the likes of Amex treat a news article as enough proof of undelivered services?
Mar 30, 2020 | 8:37 am
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And some positive news...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...irus-hospitals
EasyJet and Virgin among companies asking staff to retrain for service in hospitals
The NHS will draw on airline cabin crews to help staff the new Nightingale hospitals that are being constructed to cope with the wave of patients expected to need critical care as the coronavirus outbreak unfolds.
EasyJet has written to 9,000 UK-based staff, of whom 4,000 are trained in CPR, to invite them to volunteer for further training before helping out at the critical care field hospitals in London, Birmingham and Manchester.
The NHS will draw on airline cabin crews to help staff the new Nightingale hospitals that are being constructed to cope with the wave of patients expected to need critical care as the coronavirus outbreak unfolds.
EasyJet has written to 9,000 UK-based staff, of whom 4,000 are trained in CPR, to invite them to volunteer for further training before helping out at the critical care field hospitals in London, Birmingham and Manchester.
Mar 30, 2020 | 4:01 pm
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That is a really not bad reinvention of life, temporary or long term, for those who have a basic medical training anyway. In the planes they are on the front line, and working as medical staff they will be on the front line too. But at least they have a lot of the basic skills they need for doing this.
Apr 1, 2020 | 2:00 am
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That is a really not bad reinvention of life, temporary or long term, for those who have a basic medical training anyway. In the planes they are on the front line, and working as medical staff they will be on the front line too. But at least they have a lot of the basic skills they need for doing this.
Good for them ^
Apr 1, 2020 | 3:20 pm
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I always thought cabin crew were pretty good at dealing with medical issues. The one time I keeled over like a Christmas tree in the aisle, they were pretty brilliant (that was on Virgin Atlantic and I had not slept well the night before; all ok otherwise).