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Kuoni will offer Covid testing packages (Credit: Mufid Majnun/Unsplash)
Competition watchdog tells PCR testers to play fair
Competition and Markets Authority writes to PCR firms warning them about their conduct
Blue Islands will operate three additional returns to Malaga in October (Credit: Jonas Denil/Unsplash)
Guernsey's Malaga link extended into autumn
Blue Islands to put on additional flights to the Costa del Sol this October
Oman will reopen to fully vaccinated arrivals from 1 September (Credit: Katerina Kerdi/Unsplash)
Oman Air to restart Heathrow-Muscat flights next month
Three-times-weekly service to resume, with Gulf state poised to reopen borders to fully vaccinated visitors from 1 September
South African Airways says it will be ‘reviewing further possible flight schedule amendments’
South African Airways to fly again after investor deal
SAA set to resume flying next month after majority stake sold
Play is hoping for take off to the US in 2022
Budget Icelandic airline plans UK-US link
Iceland’s Play applies for permission to fly to the US
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Wizz announces new route to Bulgaria's 'cultural capital'
Three-times-weekly Luton-Plovdiv service set to debut in November
Hans Airways plans to be flying by the end of this year
Start-up airline to India begins crew recruitment
New airline Hans Airways takes another step towards 2021 launch
Emirates to resume Newcastle flights and increase Heathrow services
Emirates reveals more UK capacity from October
Portugal is one of only a number of viable destinations on the UK government's green list (Credit: Algarve Tourism Board)
New poll raises prospect of extended summer peak
More set to go away next month than in August, new survey by Holiday Extras finds
Aviation has pledged to make the UK’s airlines carbon free. Picture: Ethan McArthur
Balpa: UK airports suffering worse Covid fate than European counterparts
The association is calling for the UK government to recognise that the sector is being "stifled by the rules"
A strike by BA pilots would be the first for 40 years
Charity launches mental health support initiative for pilots
Pilots, regardless of employment status, will be able to text #WePilots to 85258 and will be put in touch with a trained crisis volunteer
This new service is easyJet's second Scottish route announced this month
EasyJet names former RBS chief as new chair
Stephen Hester to take over from John Barton on 1 December
Air Astana will operate a twice-weekly Heathrow to Nur-Sultan service starting 18 September
London to regain direct air link with Kazakh capital
Air Astana flights to Nur-Sultan to resume on 18 September
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Emirates seals interline deal with another South African carrier
Emirates adds to African partner carrier network
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2 extends late summer green list capacity
Extra flights and holidays added to Malta, Madeira, Croatia and Jersey
Steve Heapy said Jet2 looked at its numbers again following the collapse of Thomas Cook
Heapy urges govt to 'take the handbrake off international travel'
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays boss frustrated by lack of destinations on green list with ’no discernible reason’ for their omission
Police are investigating a ransomware attack on Travelex (Credit: Annie Spratt / Unsplash)
Iata warns ‘blocked funds’ could delay global airline recovery from Covid
Association estimates $1 billion in airline revenue is being blocked from repatriation by governments
British Airways will fly from Heathrow to Phoenix three times per week from 31 August
British Airways plans to resume flights to Phoenix
Airline will restart route to Arizona after gap of 18 months later this month
Test results are supervised and verified within two hours by a certified health advisor
Qured offers discounted home test kits to Heathrow passengers
Test results are supervised and verified within two hours by a certified health advisor
The budget carrier will fly to the Albanian capital three times a week, starting from 10 December
Wizz Air to host cabin crew recruitment roadshow
The airline is planning to hire 800 new staff across its network by December 2021
BA will start retiring its iconic 747s on Tuesday
BA resumes daily Dubai flights and ups India services
Heathrow-Dubai link back on for first time since January, while BA’s London-India schedule doubled from 10 flights a week to 20
Hays launches own Caribbean flights ahead of stores reopening on Monday
Most consumers with cancelled trips would book again with same travel firm
Which? study finds 70% of consumers who had holidays cancelled would book again with same travel company
The app will certify pre-departure test results and Covid vaccination status (Credit: Iata)
NHS Covid Pass recognised by Iata Travel Pass
The UK’s digital Covid certificate can now be uploaded into airline industry travel pass
St Kitts and Nevis plans to reopen to tourists from the end of this month
St Kitts & Nevis set to lift ban on UK visitors
Caribbean destination will allow fully vaccinated Britons to visit from 1 September