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Government open to air bridge agreements

Home secretary Priti Patel and transport secretary Grant Shapps confirm government working with transport industry to explore ’travel corridor’ agreements with other countries

Minister slams airlines making redundancies despite furloughing staff

Elsewhere, Kelly Tolhurst suggested the government may intervene on slots allocation

'Difficult road ahead' for Lufthansa despite €9 billion bailout

Carrier agrees revised conditions placed on federal support to allow rescue package to proceed

EasyJet launches 'Europe with Confidence' Covid safety pledge

Carrier sets out plans to protect passenger wellbeing with flights due to resume on 15 June

Ministers to debate quarantine and 'air bridge' proposals

UK’s 14-day quarantine on arrival measures to be laid before parliament on Tuesday (2 June)

Recovery will be slow but it will come, says Emirates boss

Sir Tim Clark said planning for resumption of services is "complicated" by different countries’ requirements

'Six out of 10 travel staff redundant' if quarantine introduced, poll finds

Survey of 124 companies warns of quarantine consequences

EasyJet to fly 75% of network by August

A range of new onboard health and hygiene procedures are being introduced

Jet2 parent sells haulage firm Fowler Welch for £98m

Sale to allow Dart Group to focus on leisure travel businesses Jet2.com and Jet2holidays

Gatwick MP leads cross-party opposition to UK quarantine

New Future of Aviation Group seeks ’long-term roadmap’ to restore sector and consideration of ’air bridge’ proposal

Lufthansa plans major resumption of UK and Irish services

Group to operate additional 115 weekly services from the UK and Ireland from 15 June

EasyJet to cut workforce by up to 30%

Carrier says 2019 market demand unlikely to return until 2023

Lufthansa delays decision on accepting €9 billion bailout

Airline may have to give up slots at hub airports if it accepts government cash

Wizz Air to launch new Palma and Malaga routes on 1 July

Fuerteventura route to follow on 3 July, and Lanzarote in late October

Advantage, Aito, SPAA and others look to form new alliance

"Travel is always seen as segmented"

Latam files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Latin America’s largest carrier said it was facing “the biggest crisis in the history of aviation”.

World's airlines will be half a trillion in the red, predicts Iata

Global airline debt to reach $550 billion this year, Iata says

Johnson: Govt 'actively looking' at BA job cuts

"People should not be using furlough to cynically keep people on their books and then get rid of them," he told MPs

PM: 'We want as sensible a quarantine scheme as possible'

Boris Johnson also outlined how "air bridges" could be created with other countries

EasyJet finance chief to stand down next year

Andrew Findlay to depart budget carrier next May after six years

Lufthansa seals €9 billion rescue deal

German government steps in to support its flag carrier

Virgin Atlantic pushes back service resumption due to quarantine

Virgin Atlantic won’t restart until at least August

EasyJet to restart with mainly domestic portfolio

EasyJet UK confirms 15 June restart with domestic routes

Ryanair: Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Portugal and Spain 'open for holidays'

Budget carrier ready to press ahead with restoring 40% of its normal July flight schedule from 1 July as various European nations seek to open up again