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Birmingham airport boosted by British Airways return
BA will operate flights to Belfast this winter as part of strengthened domestic UK network
Gatwick to further subsidise Covid testing costs
Fit to Fly lateral flow tests now available for £33
Finnair boosts flights to Heathrow and Lapland connections
Airline is also increasing European frequencies and adding long-haul routes
Ryanair details plan to emerge stronger from Covid crisis
Budget carrier expects to carry in excess of 225 million passengers annually by March 2026, up 50% on pre-pandemic levels
British Airways operates 'sustainable' London-Glasgow flight
British Airways claims 62% sustainability gain in test flight compared with similar 2010 experiment
British Airways to serve the Azores next summer
British Airways to offer two destinations in the Azores in 2022
Latin American airlines seal refinancing deals
Avianca and Latam predict exit to bankruptcy procedures
Qantas to resume UK services this winter
Qantas reveals London restart date
Boeing predicts lengthy delay in long-haul travel recovery
Passenger traffic growth projected to increase by an average of just 4% per year, with long-haul unlikely to return to pre-pandemic levels for the best part of another two-and-a-half years
Industry lobbies PM again for 'common sense testing regime'
Bosses launch fresh plea for PCR testing to be axed after suggestions of an imminent end to the UK’s restrictive rules on travel were dashed on Tuesday
WTM London reveals initial conference programme details
WTM confirms return of conference programme for 2021
Government confirms 1 October travel rules update
Health secretary Sajid Javid, though, declines to reveal any major reform of travel restrictions during Commons address on Tuesday, despite speculation
Tiny percentage of travellers testing positive for Covid
New NHS data on red and amber list arrivals show less than 1.5% are testing positive for Covid-19
Travel Industry Training by TTG: ANA
Watch ANA - All Nippon Airways the largest airline in Japan’s training session at the Travel Industry Training by TTG
Nearly half of travel staff still furloughed as scheme ends
Latest government figures confirm aviation and travel as the two industries worst affected by Covid
Wizz restarts Cyprus route to serve winter sun demand
Weekly Larnaca flights from Doncaster Sheffield will operate on Sundays before shifting to Fridays from 8 October
More people finding travel jobs but competition hot, says C&M
Recruitment firm outlines travel jobs market in August
Abta joins call for end to PCR testing as new figures reveal extent of dire summer
Abta members detail second summer of devastated business, with seven in 10 suggesting they will have to make redundancies once furlough ends this month
MAG: 'Bring UK travel policy back in line with Europe'
Airport group says simplified two-tier system of travel rules would end the ’chaos and confusion’ of the traffic light regime and help restore consumer confidence
Travellers' PCR tests going unchecked, survey reveals
Research finds 76% of inbound travellers’ PCR tests are not monitored
Javid cracks down on more rogue Covid firms
Bigger fines for Covid test cowboys
Time to change the traffic lights, govt taskforce told
Airport Operators Association and Airlines UK say vaccine programme success mean restrictions can be relaxed
'Ditch PCR test and amber category', says Heathrow
Heathrow urges relaxation of restrictions in tomorrow’s announcement
Get ready for summer 2022 price hikes – O'Leary
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary says capacity restraints will ’dramatically’ drive up airfares next summer