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Qatar Airways to 'relaunch UK services' next month

Qatar flights to Heathrow, Manchester and Edinburgh to ‘recommence’

Gatwick 'optimistic' despite Virgin Atlantic blow

Airport says Virgin will ‘always be welcome’ at Gatwick after announcing it would pull out amid the coronavirus crisis

Balpa: UK aviation sector risks falling into 'death spiral'

Pilots union calls for government to enforce moratorium on mass job cuts

Ryanair's April traffic shrinks to almost zero

Budget operator’s April carryings down 99.6%, while Wizz traffic also plummets 97%

Packed Aer Lingus flight prompts coronavirus safety review

Airline pledges to review processes and procedures after pictures emerge of ‘95% full’ Belfast-Heathrow flight

Etihad extends Heathrow rescue flight programme

Gulf carrier adds extra five Abu Dhabi-Heathrow services to May schedule, but there are no further Dublin flights planned

US outlines proposals for "new norm" in travel

Industry sends Covid-19 action plan to Trump

€7bn Air France-KLM state aid package green lit by EU

French government package to come with strict environmental commitments

EasyJet puts summer 2021 flights on sale early

More than 28,000 flights from 19 April to 4 May 2021 are now available to book

Former TTG photographer Alastair McDavid dies after Covid-19 battle

Tributes paid to McDavid, founder of Thistle Photography and WTM partner Digital Asset Lab

Airlines may be too hasty in making redundancies, says TMC boss

TMC boss sceptical of airline threats to staff

Virgin Atlantic to cut more than 3,000 roles in major restructure

Move would also see the airline temporarily cease operations at Gatwick, and rebrand Virgin Holidays as Virgin Atlantic Holidays

Wizz Air announces new 2020 summer sun routes

Budget carrier to embark on ‘new era of sanitised travel’

Heathrow chief warns of 'kilometre-long queues' at airports

‘Forget social distancing – it won’t work in aviation or any other form of public transport,’ says airport chief executive John Holland-Kaye

Eurostar makes face masks and coverings compulsory

Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands airports also planning to insist passengers and staff wear masks

Tanzer and Calder to appear before select committee

Abta chief and travel journalist will give their views to MPs on how the travel sector has been impacted by coronavirus

Norwegian stakeholders approve 'debt-for-equity' rescue move

Shareholders voted 95% in favour to approve the plans, allowing the airline to access a state bailout package

Non-profit targets 10k holidays for key workers

Give Them A Break hopes to offer bespoke and discounted breaks to those on the frontline of the coronavirus

Ryanair blasts 'state aid doping' as it prepares to cut up to 3,000 roles

Carrier claims competitive aviation landscape ’distorted’ by ’unprecedented volumes’ of state aid supplied by EU governments to national airlines

Heathrow expansion now facing 'at least' two-year delay

Airport reveals passenger numbers likely to come in down 97% in April, but stresses it has sufficient cash to sustain the business for the next 12 months ’even with no passengers’

Balpa issues plea for state aid as airlines set out job cuts

Pilots union calls for a “package of support” to stop industry falling behind competitors

Airlines hint at post-coronavirus flying norms

Face masks, social distancing, pre-flight health checks and stricter boarding controls likely to be implemented

British Airways could cut pilot headcount by a quarter

Plans to reduce pilot workforce set out in letter, seen by Sky News, which could result in more than 1,000 job losses

British Airways 'could pull out of Gatwick post-pandemic'

BA memo, cited by BBC News, suggests the airline may not resume operations at Gatwick after the coronavirus crisis