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Air Canada resumes transatlantic routes
Dublin-Toronto and Heathrow-Montreal services restored
Tui to offer Antalya from Teesside International
New Turkey route to complement previously announced new Majorca service, also launching next May
Budget carriers report bounce in July traffic
Ryanair and Wizz Air carryings more than double year-on-year in July
Iata spells out massive 2020 slump in air travel
New Iata figures show devastating effect of Covid on air travel in 2020
Aer Lingus seals deal to provide regional connections
Emerald Airlines to fly as Aer Lingus Regional under 10-year contract
Virgin Atlantic to launch Heathrow-Nassau route this winter
The new service, launching on 20 November, will operate twice a week
Middle East hubs UAE and Qatar set for amber list
Dubai and Doha to benefit from latest changes to the government’s traffic light regime
Hotel quarantine charges rise to 'better reflect' costs
The cost of staying in a quarantine hotel after travelling from a red list country is set to rise by more than £500 from next week
Govt urged to axe amber category plus Heathrow 'quarter mile' queues
The government is facing calls to switch to a red and/or green travel warning system only amid a U-turn on the amber watchist while there are fresh reports of significant queues at Heathrow
Government's top Covid travel advisor 'left post weeks ago'
Government’s main travel advisory is without leader, it has emerged
Minister denies government climbdown over amber watchlist
Government looking at "all options’ on traffic lights scheme, says minister
Jet2 puts 2022/23 winter sun programme on sale early
Airline and operator’s programme includes the Canaries, Madeira, Antalya and Paphos
EU confirms Esta-style visa waiver coming in 2022
New system will cost €7 per passenger heading into the union from a third country, such as the UK
Jet2holidays launches 'bid for a break' incentive
The campaign, said Jet2, would give people the chance to pay just ’a few pence’ for a holiday by making the lowest unique bid for a trip via the airline and operator’s mobile app
UK 'not on path' to sustainable travel and aviation recovery
Aviation chiefs call for expanded green list, easing of testing burden on travellers and certainty of rules for the remainder of the summer
Iata questions 'scope' of UK govt's reopening of travel
Association calls out continued insistence on expensive PCR testing and decision to exempt only fully vaccinated US and EU arrivals from quarantine
Tui Airways resumes long-haul flying
Tui Airways sees first UK long-haul departure in 15 months
New long-haul carrier to reveal brand identity
Norse Atlantic Airways to give launch details next week
Flybe's former domestic network 'now replaced'
Loganair says it has filled final major air route left by Flybe’s collapse
Unite calls for support based on numbers travelling
Union calls for government help as summer season slips away
BA parent firm prepares for ‘surge’ in demand for flights
But IAG admits plans remain “uncertain and under review” over the summer
BA plans to expand US and European flights after quarantine relaxation
Airline sees increased demand following this week’s government announcement
United Airlines to add 40 flights a week from US to UK
The airline will up capacity to six daily flights to London next month after the easing of quarantine rules for fully vaccinated US arrivals
Quarantine update 'important piece of travel recovery puzzle'
Jacqueline Dobson, president of Barrhead Travel, welcomed the news that Scotland will lift quarantine restrictions on fully vaccinated EU and US arrivals from Monday (2 August)