Air

Diversity and rebuilding themes of Aviation Festival pre-event summits

TTG Media has partnered with the Aviation Festival on two pre-event summits

Doncaster Sheffield to get 13 Wizz Air routes this winter

More expansion from Wizz Air at northern airport

Aer Lingus 'planning UK transatlantic flights'

Aer Lingus reportedly in talks with UK airports for direct US services

Emirates reopens Birmingham-Dubai link

Emirates restores fourth UK gateway

Virgin Atlantic confirms September flight resumptions

Five more Virgin routes re-start this month, airline confirms

Passengers 'escorted from flight after Covid test text'

Dramatic footage from the Ryanair flight showed officials in hazmat suits removing two people from the aircraft on Thursday (27 August)

Norwegian forced to lay off or furlough 8,000 staff

Airline warns Norwegian government loan is “not enough to get through this prolonged crisis”

Vistara begins flights between Heathrow and Delhi

Indian carrier will operate route until 24 October as part of “transport bubble”

'If you're going to apply measures that destroy my industry, take them seriously'

Why would I, on an empty plane, at an empty airport, be more of a threat than the people crammed on every spare aircraft seat, ferry or train back to the UK?

Virgin Atlantic to launch three new Pakistan routes

Carrier announces Heathrow-Lahore, Heathrow-Islamabad and Manchester-Islamabad services, scheduled to start in December

EasyJet boss signs #SaveTravel campaign letter

CEO Johan Lundgren calls for greater government support for travel sector upon signing TTG letter to Grant Shapps and Rishi Sunak

Jet2 adds 100,000 seats to Greece, Turkey and Portugal

Airline increases capacity for the latter part of summer 2020 season

Jet2 suspends summer 2020 Balearic programme

Airline and operator suspends flights and holidays to Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca

MAG chief: 'No sign govt wants to avoid further job losses'

’Throughout the pandemic, there has been no evidence of recognition from govt of the need to protect travel,’ says MAG boss Charlie Cornish

Ryanair ups Portugal capacity after travel corridor boost

Extra 14 late-summer Faro flights a week to be laid on from 12 UK airports

Tui extends late-summer Portugal flight programme

Three additional weekly Faro flights to get under way this weekend

Up to 600 roles at Gatwick at risk amid Covid downturn

‘Significant restructure’ will see airport’s workforce reduced by nearly a quarter

Lufthansa tops list of Covid-safe carriers in new research

German carrier praised for its coronavirus precautions in independent survey

Iata repeats face masks call after instances of 'violent resistance'

"Some on-board incidents have become violent, resulting in costly and extremely inconvenient diversions to offload these passengers"

80 MPs urge govt to shorten quarantine through airport testing

The Future of Aviation Group warned the UK risked “being left behind” in its approach to travel policy

Lufthansa Group eliminates rebooking fees for remainder of 2020

German airline group relaxes rebooking rules to reassure consumers

Virgin Atlantic jumps first hurdle in £1.2 billion refinancing bid

Creditors overwhelmingly back Virgin’s restructuring plan

Abta warns pandemic threatens more than 90,000 travel jobs

Association says member survey shows nearly 20% of roles in outbound travel already lost or placed at risk

Sophie Griffiths: 'The industry's frustration is palpable'

With ministers set to meet this week to discuss Covid testing, might government finally find a solution to lift the shackles holding the travel sector back?