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Channel Islands carrier puts summer 2021 on sale

Airline Blue Islands makes new programme available

In TTG: Shapps slammed over PLFs; could govt open Spanish islands?

From exclusive news to advice from agents and industry experts, here’s what’s in this week’s TTG.

Virgin Atlantic to learn refinancing fate this week

High Court set to decide airline’s fate in refinancing vote

Shapps under fire over Passenger Locator Forms

“The system is pointless and open to abuse,” according to one travel boss

Why travel's leading figures are backing #SaveTravel

’Let us help you to help us’, say travel’s top bosses and trade bodies as government continues to ignore outbound travel

Union urges 'tailored support' to save 90,000 jobs

Travel is a special case and needs help, says TSSA

Virgin Atlantic now offering Covid-19 insurance cover

Airline offers coronavirus insurance to stimulate demand

Delta confirms summer 2021 UK and Ireland services

Airline to reinstate several US services and destinations

Jet2 to restart Algarve holidays next week

Airline and operator to resume Faro flight and holiday programme on Monday (24 August)

Tui confirms Portugal restart later this month

The country was added to the UK government’s travel corridors list on Thursday (20 August)

Jet2 poised to immediately boost Algarve capacity

Airline and operator reports soaring demand in the hours following Portugal’s addition to the UK’s safe travel list on Thursday afternoon

Manchester airport to close Terminal Two again

All flights will use Terminals One and Two from early September

Jet2 issues Spain and Croatia restart dates

The operator and airline will return to Portugal next week

Advantage: 'Govt must support Heathrow testing plan'

Plans for Covid testing facility at Heathrow hailed ’a positive step towards redressing the damage done to the travel industry by blanket quarantine procedures’

Qantas unlikely to restart international flights before July 2021

Australian carrier reveals devastating impact of coronavirus crisis on balance sheet

SPAA calls for mandatory Covid testing at airports

Without testing, Scotland’s travel sector faces ’imminent decimation’ says president Joanne Dooey

BA facing 'months of industrial unrest', union warns

Unite said the carrier’s “appalling behaviour puts that of a Victorian mill owner to shame”

JetBlue expects transatlantic debut in Q3 2021

Chief executive Robin Hayes says transatlantic programme, which will include flights to London, would come ’later in 2021 than originally though’

EasyJet Holidays launches to independent agents

Operator aims to be sold by 3000 agents by early September

Government confirms it is considering Covid arrivals testing

Measure to replace 14-day quarantine under consideration

Wizz launches Vilnius routes; restores St Petersburg link

Flights to Lithuanian capital from Birmingham and London slated for late-October

Ryanair to cut September and October capacity by 20%

Budget carrier says forward bookings have weakened owing to ’continuing uncertainty’ over recent spikes in coronavirus infection in Europe

Airlines plead government for airport testing

Airport Covid testing must replace quarantine say carriers

Wizz to launch four new leisure routes from Gatwick

Flights to Spain, Greece, Italy and Malta to get under way in October