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Good news. Marriott has decided to extend the status benefits for all members by a year. This means if your status was valid till February 2021, it will be extended to February 2022. All this and more inside.
Indian carriers seem to have taken a call to not operate their flights abroad at the moment. All the carriers have stopped selling international tickets till April 30, 2020, now, extending from their earlier cancellations till April 14, 2020.
IATA predicts 25 million jobs related to aviation are at risk due to the CoVid-19 crisis. These include 11.2 million jobs in Asia Pacific region itself. It seems it will be a long winter ahead for aviation.
Good news. InterMiles has become the latest programme to decide to stall the expiry of miles through July 2020.
Air India has extended their flights cancellation through April 30, 2020. This should ideally mean others will follow and not expecting to fly anytime through April 2020.
Emirates, one of the biggest airlines around the globe, grounded since March 25, 2020, is planning to resume a limited flight schedule on April 6, 2020, working towards a gradual resumption of the schedule over the months ahead.
Qatar Airways is extending the status of everyone who is due to have their Qatar Airways status expire by January 2021. Everyone gets 1 more year of status, on the house. No Questions Asked.
In a new Marriott Data Breach just reported by Marriott, it is estimated that the data of up to 5.2 million customers may be in the wind due to potentially insecure access to the data using some authorised login credentials.
The UAE government has committed to bailing out Emirates via equity infusion in the coming days. This announcement was made in a series of announcements made by the crown prince of Dubai.
If you were thinking of flying into India or heading outside the country over the next few weeks, let’s forget it. India has formally announced that all flights outside the country will not be operative until at least April 14, 2020.
Boeing has decided to halt aircraft production activities at their aircraft manufacturing and delivery centres in the Seattle Area, including in Renton and Everett for a period of 14 days starting March 25, 2020.
