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Watch: TTG flies from LHR to Gran Canaria - what's changed?
TTG headed to Gran Canaria to see how the destination has prepared to welcome UK holidaymakers safely.
Pegasus to restart London-Tel Aviv flights
Three-times-weekly Stansted service to resume next week
Lufthansa: Further group-wide cost cuts 'inevitable'
Group to cut 20% of leadership positions and 1,000 admin roles, on top of a total workforce reduction of around 16% (22,000 jobs)
Etihad plans to ramp up flight capacity as demand returns
Etihad wil fly nearly half its pre-Covid capacity this summer
Eastern Airways adds Southampton-Dublin link
Eastern Airways replaces another former Flybe Southampton route
Scotland releases quarantine exemption list; Spain not included
Travellers arriving into Scotland via an English port or airport will still need to quarantine if they have been in a country which is not on the exemption list
Ryanair gears up for late summer start
Budget carrier puts more than 500 routes on sale
Teesside-London air link re-established after 10 years
Eastern Airways links Teesside with London and Cornwall
Scottish aviation 'in immediate jeopardy' as air bridges not adopted
"This is not just about family holidays to Torremolinos being under threat – it’s about a whole sector of the Scottish economy being in immediate jeopardy"
Jet2 outlines new Covid safety policies
Video shows clients what to expect on a post-pandemic holiday
One Week At A Time - Deben Travel's Lee Hunt on travel list confusion and credit card charges
We catch up with Lee Hunt, managing director of the UK & Ireland’s No.1 Travel Agency 2020 Deben Travel, to discuss air bridges and the FCO destination exemptions, credit card charges and appearing on BBC News
Ryanair to pay 90% of Covid refunds by end of July
’We have made significant progress during June,’ says chief Eddie Wilson
Trade could face ‘reluctant’ clients despite quarantine easing
Many consumers may decide not to take an overseas holiday this summer
Ryanair pilots agree temporary pay cuts to save jobs
Budget carrier still considering four UK base closures
Richard Branson to pump £200m into Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Group founder reportedly ready to help beleaguered carrier secure £1 billion rescue package
Govt to ditch air bridges in favour of quarantine exemptions
Telegraph reports as many as 75 countries could make initial quarantine exemption list
Analysis: Is govt's traffic lights plan a car crash?
“Owning a travel agency is like being on a roller coaster, but this is loop the loop”
Emirates expects to clear refund backlog 'within two months'
Gulf carrier processing up to 200,000 refund requests a month, and has cleared nearly 650,000 in the past two months alone – returning more than £400 million to customers
Dnata Travel chief slams govt's 'indecision' around travel
"Every day of indecision causes further damage, leading to more strain on already beleaguered businesses, job insecurity and the erosion of trust" 
Flight prices will stay ‘competitive’ despite Covid fallout
Virgin Atlantic says tickets will become more flexible to encourage bookings
Qatar Airways makes face shields mandatory
Besides the shields, Qatar will provide passengers ’protective kits’ containing a surgical face mask, gloves and hand sanitiser
WTTC blasts govt inaction on safe travel destinations 
’Each day we delay, more jobs in the travel and tourism sector will be lost – or put at risk’
British Airways to expand long-haul operations this month
More US routes to resume, along with selected Caribbean services, while BA will restore flights to dozens of European and domestic destinations
Pakistan's flag carrier banned from UK
Pakistan International Airlines banned from UK until 2021