SkyTeam

Romanian air transport company TAROM introduces on Tuesday flights from Bucharest to Rome and Milan and back, according to an announcement on its Facebook page.

KLM is expected to resume flights from Amsterdam to Greece on June 6, according to an announcement on Tuesday.

The Dutch airline said that the initial plan is for five flights a week to Athens International Airport from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in the context of a gradual restoration of the airline's European network, which includes Greece.

The imposition of social-distancing measures on commercial flights would mean an end to "cheap travel", according to IATA director general Alexandre de Juniac.

Twelve European Union governments urged the EU executive on Wednesday to suspend rules forcing cash-drained airlines to offer full refunds for cancelled flights instead of vouchers for future travel because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Turkish Airlines will not operate any domestic or international flights until May 28, the company announced on April 28.  

Turkey's national flag carrier said the decision to extend the suspension of operations has been taken in the public interest.

Turkish Airlines on April 3 announced that due to the continuing coronavirus outbreak, it will suspend all domestic service until April 20.

On the heels of earlier flight suspensions due to the virus, the national flag carrier's "limited number of flights to and from 14 major cities will all be canceled until April 20," announced Bilal Eksi, Turkish Airlines' CEO.

The first Serbian national airline to fly to China, the Airbus A330, is already returning from that country and bringing in doctors and medical help. The plane arrives in Serbia at 7.30 pm.

Foto: Er Srbija

The second plane to China departed this morning at 6.15 am.

The activity of the Otopeni Airport and of air traffic controllers is not affected, in the context in which a TAROM pilot was confirmed to have coronavirus, informs the Strategic Communication Group (GCS).

TAROM national airlines received the first aircraft from the series of nine ATR 72-600 airplanes, currently being the only airline in Romania which included in its fleet this type of aircraft, with this configuration, a release sent to AGERPRES on Wednesday informs.

Aeroflot topped the annual ranking for the most punctual airline in in the world for 2019, and Sheremetyevo - for the most punctual airport, Daily Mail reported, citing data from analytics company Cirium.