British Airways’ plans for a new short-haul subsidiary at Gatwick, meanwhile, have been shelved after it failed to come to an agreement with pilots union Balpa.
Elsewhere, hospitality staff are set to keep all their tips under new government proposals, while the cost-of-living crisis is also in the spotlight as the Bank of England expects inflation to rise above 4% in the next few months.
Here are the main headlines the travel industry woke up to on Friday (24 September)
Warning of petrol shortages amid supply crisis
