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'Maybe Grant Shapps can still end this film as the hero'

"There are only two scenarios that will result in the full long term recovery of the travel industry"

"Unite will be seeking commitments that they will have the first opportunity to apply for new positions with the resurrected airline"

'Rapid' pre-flight testing option being offered at Heathrow

Travellers flying to Hong Kong and Italy will have the option of paying for a test before checking in

WTM Virtual launches digital profile builder

Show attendees can connect with exhibitors, schedule meetings and select conference sessions

'Airport testing could save two million UK jobs' - WTTC

"We need a standardised international testing protocol"

Digital health passport trial begins this week

United Airlines and Cathay Pacific test new CommonPass system

Flybe brand acquired out of administration; 2021 restart planned

Cyrus Capital has acquired Flybe’s business and assets out of administration

New British Airways boss blasts quarantine inaction

BA chief executive makes first speech in new job

Shapps 'extremely hopeful' of testing system by December

‘We weren’t sitting on our backsides doing nothing – we were defining a lot of the detail,’ transport secretary says

Emirates brings back onboard showering and lounging for premium passengers

Emirates reinstates first and business class perks on A380s

Shapps hints at different testing plans for business and leisure

Transport secretary promised the UK would play “a leading role” in developing a globally adopted testing system

Jet2 expands Jersey programme for summer '21

The expansion of the Jersey programme means Jet2 will have more than 30,000 seats on sale to the island

British Airways fined £20 million over cyber attack

Airline receives record fine for failing to protect data of more than 400,000 customers

Jet2holidays and easyJet Holidays add Crete flights after travel corridor restored

Operator responds quickly after Greek island comes off quarantine list

Virgin Atlantic adds two Indian routes from Manchester

Airline wants to take advantage of region’s large VFR market to India

EasyJet Holidays moves to reassure customers in Northern Ireland

Country is due to implement new restrictions as part of a four-week “circuit breaker”

Jet2holidays suspends summer 2021 holidays to Zadar and Tivat

Operator blames Covid-19 for having to suspend programmes to two Balkan destinations

Aviation Action launches national fundraising effort

The charity was created to support those in the aviation industry who have fallen on hard times

Make tourism a force for good post-pandemic, urges Abta

Travel association has published a new report on how to rebuild travel for the better post-Covid

Virgin Atlantic boss slams ‘short-sighted’ govt view

Aviation ‘cannot be left to its own devices’ during pandemic, says chief executive Shai Weiss

Abta chief moves to give reassurance around RCNs

He also raised the issue of airline insolvency provision

Jet2 extends Spain, Turkey and Malta cancellations

Majorca, Bodrum, Dalaman and Izmir affected, while all Christmas market trips pulled

SPAA: 'Shapps showed inability to understand, empathise or support us'

President Joanne Dooey takes aim at transport sec’s Abta address

Govt urged to invest in sustainable aviation fuels

Sustainable Aviation coalition seeking £500 million to help get a network of up to 14 sustainable aviation fuel facilities up and running across the UK