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Antigen tests tend to be quicker and cheaper than PCR testing (Credit: Medakit)
Govt getting ‘better’ at removing failing Covid test providers
Consumer body Which? tells MPs that more test providers are being taken off govt list
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Aviation industry warns lack of booster proof will be a ‘problem’
Travellers could be affected by being unable to prove they have received Covid booster jab
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Reborn Flybe confirms Birmingham as its HQ
Flybe brand to make Midlands airport its HQ and main base
Emirates to conduct test flight using 100% SAF
The airline has signed a memorandum of understanding with GE Aviation to develop a programme that will see a Boeing 777-300ER conduct the test by the end of 2022
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Germany considers new lockdown and UK inflation soars
Rising numbers of new Covid-19 could see Germany become the next European country to reimpose restrictions, while UK household bills push up inflation
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Covid checks double airport queuing times to three hours
Airline passengers are now willing to share biometric data to reduce queues
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MAG airports hit one million monthly passenger milestones
Manchester and Stansted both catered for more than one million travellers in October for first time during pandemic
Wear brings experience managing air and tourism links in Philadelphia and Tenerife
Gatwick names new head of aviation development
Stephanie Wear to bring experience managing air links in Philadelphia and tourism projects in Tenerife
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Get booster to travel freely says govt and terror level raised
Tuesday’s national headlines focus on how travellers may need a booster jab to travel freely, as well as a rise in the UK’s terror threat level
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British Airways resumes US flights from Gatwick
British Airways’ Tampa flight is first from Gatwick since March 2020
Doors2Manual has joined the Hays Travel Independence Group, which means staff have access to all available product from a range of operators and all bookings are Atol-protected
New agency 'born out of pandemic' set up by cabin crew
Doors2Manual will offer ‘first-hand experience and advice’ for overseas holidaymakers
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Virgin reins in Caribbean expansion at Manchester
Virgin Atlantic delays Montego Bay start from Manchester and will suspend Barbados over the summer
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'Help us achieve net zero', Iata tells governments
Iata hails Cop 26 agreement but asks for more government help on sustainability
Walsh's career in aviation stretches back more than 40 years
Air travel in 2022 'still less than half' of 2019 levels - Iata
Iata boss Willie Walsh gives 2022 prediction
Delta reported that after spending £22.4 million a year on carbon-offsetting it has been carbon neutral since March 2020
Tackling climate change will make flying more expensive, says Delta boss
’Over time, it’s going to cost us all more, but it’s the right approach that we must take’, Ed Bastian told the BBC
Shapps will discuss travel and tourism's recovery from Covid-19
Shapps embroiled in lobbying row over airfield protection
Department for Transport defends secretary of state following Sunday Times allegations Shapps has lobbied to protect airfields from being redeveloped for housing
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Shapps lobbying row and Austria locks down unvaccinated
Transport secretary accused of fighting plans to redevelop airfields, while Austria is introducing a new lockdown for those unvaccinated against Covid-19
The value of the latest order by the Hungarian airline was not disclosed
Wizz Air places order for 102 new aircraft
The Hungarian carrier to expand fleet with further 102 Airbus A321 aircraft, with an option to buy another 94
Scoot will use Boeing 787 Dreamliners on the new Gatwick-Bangkok-Singapore route
Scoot to operate Gatwick-Singapore flights via Bangkok
Singapore Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary to launch first route from UK in December
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'It's good to be back in the city that never sleeps'
TTG features editor Abra Dunsby joined BA onboard its first flight to the US since the country reopened its borders to international arrivals, and rekindled her love affair with New York
BA operates direct flights to Beijing and Shanghai
BA Euroflyer set to take off from Gatwick in the spring
Name for carrier’s Gatwick short-haul operation revealed in Companies House filing
Heathrow is looking to fill hundreds of security and engineering posts (Credit: Heathrow Airport)
US reopening triggers Heathrow recruitment drive
Airport on the lookout for more than 600 new frontline roles after flights to US, which accounted for 20% of the airport’s pre-Covid passenger traffic, resumed on Monday (8 November)
Agenda 2021 - Ready to take flight
Aviation industry 'fully committed' to decarbonisation
Challenge facing now the sector is how quickly new technologies can be integrated, Sustainable Aviation director Andy Jefferson tells Abta’s Decarbonising Tourism webinar
Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye says a lack of government support now will make it even harder for the sector to resume
Overhaul UK travel rules to align with Europe – Heathrow
Airport wants ministers to ‘reassess’ testing requirements for fully vaccinated travellers and the role of passenger locator forms at next Global Travel Taskforce review