Air

Virgin and San Francisco search for UK's next drag star

A competition to crown the UK’s next drag star has been launched, with the winner jetting off to the California city next month

Western Australia hails early return of non-stop Perth service

The direct Qantas flights to London, originally slated to restart on 19 June, will now resume ahead of schedule on 23 May

JetBlue's bid for low cost carrier rejected

JetBlue’s attempt to buy Spirit Airlines looks to have failed

P&O Ferries restarts Dover and Airbnb bookings boom

Ferry company restarts key route for first time since sacking 800 workers

Tui grows Doncaster Sheffield long-haul with Cancun route

Tui already offers weekly flights to Melbourne Orlando using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner

Air Canada resumes Nova Scotia route

Air Canada reinstates another route from London

Jet2 marks inaugural flight to Izmir from Bristol

First flight departed from Bristol airport on Tuesday (3 May), followed by first flight to Bodrum on Thursday (5 May)

Qantas opens NDC channel to UK agents

Qantas promises discounted fares to UK agents who sign up for its NDC channel

Wizz Air passenger numbers underline recovery

Wizz Air sees big leap in load factor in April

Croatia removes all Covid entry requirements

Croatia moves to drop pandemic restrictions

New Zealand welcomes UK visitors following border reopening

Fully vaccinated travellers from visa waiver countries can now travel to the destination without needing to isolate on arrival

Qantas plans non-stop London-Sydney and travellers face more delays

Australian carrier looks to launch world’s longest flight while travellers faced airport delays at the weekend

EasyJet holidays reveals new brand campaign and logo

The campaign will be the ‘biggest standalone marketing activity’ the tour operator has undertaken since it launched in November 2019

Air Transat relaunches Gatwick-Montreal service

The carrier will relaunch its Gatwick-Montreal service and add a new route to Quebec later this month

Qantas to launch non-stop Sydney-London route

It comes after the Australian carrier ordered 12 Airbus A350s capable of flying direct to long-haul destinations

Eva Air to restart Bangkok flights from Heathrow

Carrier plans to resume service to Thailand capital in July

Norse Atlantic puts flights from Norway to US on sale

Transatlantic start-up airline has yet to announce details of UK services

EgyptAir crash caused by ‘pilot smoking in cockpit’

All 66 people onboard were killed when the aircraft, flying from Paris to Cairo, went down in the Mediterranean Sea

World Cup accommodation worries, plus hotel price rise warnings

Football fans complain about barriers to securing accommodation for World Cup in Qatar

Virgin seeks ‘next generation’ of aircraft engineers

Airline’s apprenticeship and graduate schemes will run for the first time in three years

EasyJet adds new Greece and France summer services

The new routes include the carrier’s first flights to Kos, Kefalonia, Corfu and Chania

British travellers to Portugal able to use airport e-gates

British travellers can now use the electronic passport control gates in Lisbon, Faro, Porto and Funchal

Heathrow's updated recovery plan to benefit local communities

The airport wants to share the benefits of aviation’s recovery through jobs, skills development and education

Malaysia Airlines hails end of testing for fully vaccinated

Malaysia will remove all remaining entry restrictions for fully vaccinated arrivals from 1 May, and will restore its twice-daily Heathrow-Kuala Lumpur service in June