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EasyJet holidays grows trade team to six with two experienced hires

Jo Brookman and Dale Marriott join the airline and operator’s trade team as trade distribution managers, bringing almost 50 years’ industry experience

Engine cover falls off Boeing aircraft prompting new safety investigation

A Southwest Airlines service to Texas was forced to turn around after an engine cowling fell off during take-off

Border Force officials call off threat of imminent strike action

Walkout at Heathrow airport over 11-14 April suspended to allow for fresh talks with the Home Office

Virgin Atlantic and British Airways aircraft collide at Heathrow

Investigation under way after a Virgin Atlantic aircraft clipped a British Airways plane while being towed at the weekend

Delayed end to liquid rule risks ‘significant’ disruption, trade warned

Advantage boss Julia Lo Bue-Said urged passengers to ‘keep to current 100ml rules’ to ensure they won’t face any disruption

British Airways to increase capacity to Barbados this summer

BA will operate its Heathrow-Barbados service this summer using a larger Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft

Government concedes airports not ready to end liquid rule this summer

Airports to be given extensions to June 2024 deadline to install new scanners on ’case-by-case’ basis

Virgin Atlantic 'on track' for 2024 profit despite another year of losses

Virgin Atlantic will return to profit this year as it celebrates its 40th birthday, its chief executive promises

Spring Atol renewals indicate ‘growing demand for packages’ – CAA

CAA says the March round of Atol renewals indicates healthy demand for package travel

Virgin Atlantic adds second daily Heathrow-Mumbai service

The new frequency will launch 27 October, with tickets going on sale next week

South African Airways ‘here to stay’, troubled carrier's boss insists

South African Airways will continue to fly despite the collapse of a privatisation deal, its chief executive has said

Tui expands summer 2025 programme to more than 10 million seats

Operator adds 345,000 seats for summer 2025 and will base an extra aircraft in Exeter

MPs demand airlines ‘be held accountable to green pledges’

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has said the government must do more to ensure airlines achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

EasyJet relaunches Alicante route from Newcastle airport

Twice-weekly service took off on Tuesday (2 April) and will operate through to the end of October on Tuesdays and Saturdays

Heathrow operations chief Emma Gilthorpe to head up Royal Mail

Gilthorpe will take over as chief executive of Royal Mail on 1 May, with Heathrow chief financial officer Javier Echave stepping into her chief operating officer role

Jet2 confirms resort flight check-in, flight deck and cabin crew redundancies

Consultations with affected employees under way following the airline and operator’s review of its operations in Spain

Jet2 to up capacity at new Liverpool base by more than a quarter next year

Jet2 will operate flights to 20 European destinations this summer, and expects to increase capacity at Liverpool by 28% next year

Norse Atlantic to launch Gatwick-Las Vegas route in September

Norse will operate the route three times a week starting 12 September

Jet2holidays to stop selling marine parks featuring captive cetaceans

Jet2’s announcement comes after easyJet holidays earlier this month confirmed it would stop selling zoos and marine parks under its new animal welfare policy

Jet2 boss rules out Gatwick launch and says no more new bases after Bournemouth

Steve Heapy has signalled an end to Jet2’s expansion into new UK bases following the announcement of a move into Bournemouth airport in 2025

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays names Bournemouth as its 12th UK base

Jet2 flights will take off from Bournemouth next summer (2025), flying to 16 destinations across Europe, the Canaries and the Med

'Expect disruption' Tui warns as Spanish airport workers plan walkouts

Disruption will likely take place at several Spanish airports, including Majorca, Madrid and Valencia

'Things need to start happening now': why, for easyJet, the future is hydrogen

EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren believes the 2040s will be the decade ’hydrogen takes off’ – TTG’s Gary Noakes headed to Birmingham airport to find out what’s fuelling his confidence

Virgin Atlantic marks 40th anniversary with aircraft honouring Sir Richard Branson

Virgin Atlantic’s founder Branson said that he went against everyone’s advice when he founded the airline in June 1984