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EasyJet crew fast-tracked to become Covid vaccinators

Airline says it has more than 3,000 first aid trained and security cleared staff up and down the country ready to support the vaccine rollout

Jet2 suspends operations for the winter

Airline and operator to halt all flights and holidays until 25 March

'The focus must be on quickly returning travel to normal'

Industry cannot afford for pre-departure testing ’to be baked in over the whole summer’ says Airlines UK chief Tim Alderslade

Virgin Atlantic staff to help administer vaccine

Virgin employees to be fast-tracked into NHS roles

'Don't discriminate against unvaccinated travellers', says WTTC

WTTC says free movement dependent on testing, not vaccine

Virgin Atlantic trims schedule as it seeks Covid cash injection

Telegraph reports carrier in talks over £170 million sale and leaseback agreement to pay back a loan and further shore up its finances

EasyJet follows BA in banking £1.4bn state-backed loan

Agreement underwritten by syndicate of banks and partial guarantee from the UK’s export credit agency UK Export Finance

Heathrow counts the cost of Covid 2020 with plummeting numbers

Massive fall in Heathrow passenger numbers last year, new figures confirm

Stobart Group reveals new name for aviation business

Aer Lingus Regional and airport operator Stobart to change name

Jet2.com to offer Lisbon from Manchester and Birmingham

New flight, holiday and city break options to debut in September

Qatar flights to benefit from reopened airspace

Ending of dispute between Qatar and other Gulf nations reduces flight times as airspace is reopened

Shapps outlines pre-travel test requirement for arrivals

Passengers must now provide evidence of a negative Covid test result taken up to 72 hours prior to departure before they can enter England

Pre-departure testing 'must be short-term emergency measure only'

Aviation sector reacts to new pre-travel testing requirement for majority of UK arrivals

Boeing agrees $2.5 billion 737 Max settlement

Firm to provide additional $500 million in compensation to families of the 346 people killed in the two fatal crashes that saw the aircraft grounded in March 2019

WestJet to return 737 Max to passenger service this month

Phased resumption will start from 21 January

Norwegian 'fighting for survival' after 'challenging' year

Carrier’s December traffic down 94% year-on-year as Covid continues to decimate air travel demand

Ryanair slashes full-year traffic forecast

Budget carrier expects February and March carryings to fall to as little as 500,000 a month

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays put summer 2022 on sale

Launch brought forward on strength of demand and to help agents get clients booked for 2022

Covid travel testing 'set to stay for whole of 2021'

Testing will remain crucial to restarting travel despite vaccine roll-outs

Cathay Pacific to resume limited UK flights

Cathay Pacific UK-Hong Kong service to operate this month

New national lockdown fuels fresh plea for govt support

Abta calls on ministers to ‘urgently address’ gap in support for businesses across the UK unable to generate income owing to lockdown

Operators suspend programmes owing to new national lockdown

Tui, Jet2holidays and easyJet Holidays announce changes to near-term operations

What does England's new national lockdown mean for travel?

’Holidays in the UK and abroad are not allowed,’ states new government advice

Qantas to resume UK flights earlier than forecast

Qantas to return to UK this summer, airline says