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Emirates steps up UK expansion after amber list move
Airline unveils plans to build up flights from four UK airports in coming months
Abta research shows continued resistance to travel
Survey finds some consumers need convincing about travel safety despite pent-up demand
Consumer support for traveller testing dips, new figures show
New ONS figures show traveller attitudes to testing and Covid precautions
Norse Atlantic Airways confirms UK plans
New budget transatlantic airline shows off livery
Aer Lingus gets CAA blessing for Manchester-US routes
Aer Lingus overcomes final regulatory hurdle before Manchester-US launch
Team GB athletes fly home with British Airways
On board the final flight are eight gold, nine silver and three bronze medals
Video: Emirates cabin crew member scales Burj Khalifa for TV ad
She joins a handful of people who have stood at the pinnacle of the world’s tallest building - including Tom Cruise and the Crown Prince of Dubai
Virgin Atlantic 'to seek stock market flotation'
Sir Richard Branson seeks investors for airline
Delta to ramp up Heathrow services this autumn
Delta to reinstate key London-US routes in October
In TTG: Stalled summer, US flux and cruise restart
The August edition of TTG assesses the impact of the latest travel rules and progress towards a resumption of UK-US travel, while in features we take a deeper dive into UK spa breaks and D&I training
Lib Dems demand cap on PCR costs and VAT dropped
The party said the "disparity" in testing prices risked international travel becoming "a luxury for only the wealthy in society"
Southend airport loses another carrier
Ryanair to quit base at Essex airport
Lib Dem leader backs TTG's SaveTravelJobs campaign
Sir Ed Davey becomes latest MP to pledge their support for TTG’s #SaveTravelJobs effort
Russians given the all-clear to return to Red Sea resorts
Russia allows tourists to visit Red Sea after six-year absence
Watch: Shadow transport sec backs #SaveTravelJobs
Labour’s Jim McMahon called on government to do "far more than they’re currently proposing” to support travel businesses
Emirates to restart Glasgow flights from 11 August
Airline’s decision to restore services to Dubai is a major boost to Scotland’s travel sector
Wizz Air launches major recruitment drive for pilots
Low-cost carrier plans to recruit 4,600 new flight crew by end of the decade
United Airlines rules all US-based employees must be vaccinated
Company is the first major US airline to mandate vaccination for staff
'Summer is lost, and any attempt to save it is over'
Industry blasts government’s latest traffic light update for ‘lack of ambition’ and failure to capitalise on UK’s Covid-19 vaccination programme
Norwegian Air reports best month for bookings since March 2020
Scandi carrier, which is rebuilding after being pushed to the brink by Covid, said the easing of travel restrictions and higher rates of vaccination against Covid-19 was driving demand anew
Middle East amber boost 'a long time coming'
The UAE is set to see its Covid risk downgraded later this week alongside Qatar and Bahrain
Qatar Airways grounds A350s over fuselage degradation
Carrier to return A330s to service to offset impact of grounding, and said it will not accept delivery of any more A350s from Airbus until it has ’permanently corrected’ the root cause
Ryanair to open base at Newcastle for summer 2022
Decision will allow carrier to add 12 new destinations from northeast airport