Air

From new destinations to fresh facilities: how Birmingham Airport is planning for the future

Birmingham Airport plans to serve 18m passengers by 2033 and is investing more than £300m over this period in infrastructure and efficiencies, ensuring it is well on its way to serving the region.

Tui to resume flying from Southampton after 15-year hiatus

Flights to Majorca will run every Tuesday from 27 May 2025 and 20 September 2025 to align with Marella Cruises’ summer programme

What will the chancellor's Budget statement mean for travel?

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has unveiled the first Budget of the new parliament, billed as a ’once-in-a-generation’ reset of the country’s finances

Budget 2024: What does the travel industry want and need from the chancellor today?

The travel industry has laid out what it would like to see in Wednesday’s crunch Budget (30 October) as chancellor Rachel Reeves prepares the new government’s first taxing and spending plan

Virgin Voyages, Travelopia, Flight Centre: this week’s travel trade people moves

This week has seen another departure from Virgin Voyages’ sales team, and a shake-up at Travelopia. Elsewhere, a familiar face to many agents makes a return with Ramble Worldwide

How chef Monica Galetti is spicing up Singapore Airlines inflight dining

The famed chef is fusing her Samoan roots with classical French training to create new dishes for business and first passengers out of the UK

Tui runway skid 'avoidable' despite 'catastrophic' nose wheel failure

The failure of a wheel bearing on a Tui flight, which skidded off the runway at Leeds Bradford airport in 2023, was not to blame for the incident, investigators have concluded

Birmingham airport: operations resume after suspicious vehicle prompts evacuation

All-clear issued at around 3.30pm on Wednesday (23 October) after operations were suspended while officers from West Midlands Police attended the scene

November launch for new EU border rules would have been ‘carnage’, Lords told

A House of Lords committee has been told of chaos if the EU Entry-Exit Scheme had been introduced in early November, with no communication or, in some cases, the necessary technology

Airlines' struggles to renew fleets could push up air fares, new data shows

The number of new aircraft deliveries is below demand, new figures from Cirium show, meaning potential expansion headaches for airlines and upward pressure on fares

Govt promises fewer delays and less pollution with airspace revamp

Department for Transport opens consultation on biggest shake-up of airspace use for 70 years in a bid to cut congestion and pollution

Tui to leave Luton home of 20 years and move in around the corner from easyJet holidays

Tui UK and Ireland has agreed a deal to relocate from Wigmore House to a newly refurbished office space in Capability Green on the other side of Luton airport

‘Positives’ for travel in new govt's first 100 days, says Abta

While the travel association warned of potential downsides to come in the Budget, it added the industry could draw some positives from the new government’s first 100 days

Jet2 adds Slovakia and Sweden to city break line-up

Jet2 will offer city break packages to Malmo and Bratislava this winter, it has confirmed, with flights from most of its UK airports

Loganair to resume Glasgow-Newquay service

The carrier will reinstate a weekly Glasgow-Newquay service next summer, it has confirmed

EasyJet, A-Rosa and On the Beach: this week’s travel trade people moves

People moves this week include a familiar face returns to the cruise industry after a short spell away, a top budget carrier appoints a new chief financial officer and there’s been a high-profile departure at On the Beach

'Hundreds' of British Airways flights grounded by engine parts issue

The carrier has axed services this winter and pushed back the launch of its Heathrow to Kuala Lumpur route from November 2024 to April 2025

P&O Cruises threatens legal action against former airline partner Maleth

The Carnival Corporation brand is considering recovering costs through the courts from former charter airline partner MalethAero following delays and passenger complaints last winter

European Union confirms further delay to Entry-Exit System

The European Union has said the EES biometric registration scheme will now be phased in, with the 10 November deadline scrapped

Why budget holidays and green taxes don’t mix – plus five other travel talking points

Delegates at the Abta Convention heard how important it is to have a collaborative approach when tackling the pressing issues facing travel today

Hurricane Milton: Travel industry braced as Florida battens down hatches

Meteorologist predicts Hurricane Milton could weaken as it approaches Florida but still warns of devastating tidal surges as theme parks and airports close

Tui would like govt to 'do more' ahead of EU border rules roll-out

Neil Swanson insisted the operator is fully focused on helping customers arriving into EU destinations after the scheduled EES roll-out on 10 November

Lundgren: SAF mandate could 'wipe out' easyJet's profitability

The SAF mandate will force airlines to use a mix of sustainable fuel from next year at 2% of the total UK jet fuel demand which the government expects to raise fares by £4

Aer Lingus to launch 'almost year-round' UK-Nashville link via Dublin

Irish carrier will operate the route four times a week, with feeder flights from eight UK airports