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JetBlue confirms transatlantic launch plans amid rumours of Heathrow slots

New York budget carrier to launch UK flights next year despite pandemic

Monarch administration concludes, confirming no payouts to creditors

KPMG finishes administration of Monarch and Avro after three years

Wizz Air adds two new Birmingham routes from October

Two new routes to Romania confirmed by Wizz Air

European aviation faces further post-Covid consolidation

Sector could see more failures as well as “shrinking” operations

Regional carriers to do battle over Cornish route

Eastern Airways and Loganair both planning to serve former Flybe route next summer

Covid to drive digitisation and shift to touchless travel

Aviation experts believe pandemic will accelerate innovation

United to launch 15-minute Covid tests for passengers

Airline to trial “rapid” testing system on flights from San Francisco to Hawaii

'No compulsory redundancies at easyJet' – Balpa

Union hails ’breakthrough’ in negotiations with carrier

Lufthansa hopeful testing breakthrough will reopen transatlantic routes

Airline group says pre-flight tests could restore key long-haul services before Christmas

Low-cost airlines ‘more likely’ to fail post-Covid

Carriers who have not received state aid could be more vulnerable after pandemic

Union urges Heathrow to halt 'fire and rehire' plans

Unite says new Job Support Scheme should be grounds for Heathrow to change course

O'Leary: 'We've never seen such awful forward bookings'

Ryanair chief calls on chancellor to slash APD as an Out Out to Help Out-esque gesture to the travel sector

US testing 'face mask-on' ID scanners

"There is a likelihood we will be able to verify some people’s identities without them needing to remove masks”

Airlines ‘likely’ to need more govt support this winter

Iata boss says the industry will “probably” need more state cash

Vaccine holds key to releasing ‘pent-up’ travel demand

Airlines and travel firms call for more ‘standardised’ Covid measures across the world

EasyJet boss brands Sunak’s support plan ‘disappointing’

Chancellor criticised for failing to offer specific support to aviation sector

EasyJet Holidays offers flexibility with ‘Protection Promise’

Operator insists new guarantee for consumers is here for the “long term”

Iata calls for systematic Covid testing on departure

Association seeking development and deployment of rapid, accurate, affordable, easy-to-operate, scalable and systematic Covid testing in lieu of quarantine

Time running out to get testing sorted, Heathrow chief warns

Heathrow boss says industry is dependent on testing solution within months

CAA director hints at licensing overhaul

Paul Smith also reiterated the CAA’s call for greater enforcement powers amid the pandemic and following the collapse of Thomas Cook

Iata: Airlines facing just six months-worth of cash

The figure is only one month for carriers with poor reserves

Covid 'won't derail airlines' sustainability plans'

Sustainable Aviation Fuel must play a part ahead of new technology, World Aviation Festival panel agree

Jet2 extends holiday and city break suspensions

Budapest, Paris and Prague trips affected

Need a quarantine concierge? Yours for £5k

A new service for private jet clients aims to take the sting out of being stuck in quarantine