Air

British Airways tops Heathrow’s latest ‘green’ league table

Airport gearing up to reveal masterplan defining how it will meet environmental conditions placed on its third runway plan

South African Airways appoints acting CEO

The move comes following the resignation of the previous CEO

Heathrow to speed up security checks with new scanners

Passengers will soon be able to keep liquids and laptops in bags when passing through security

Air Italy adds non-binary gender option to booking process

Carrier claims to be ‘first in Europe’ to make the option available

Norwegian grows revenue despite Max grounding

Fewer passengers, but increased revenue for Norwegian last month

EasyJet loses ‘blue chip’ status after shares fall

Low-cost carrier has dropped out of Ftse 100 for first time in six years

Thomas Cook Airlines to fly to Florida year-round

Operator to launch new Manchester-Orlando flights early next year

Cathay Pacific bolsters European marketing team with new hires

Edward Fotheringham joins airline as regional head of marketing and sales while Lisa Delaney takes up role of regional head of marketing and digital sales

Private airline named as potential new bidder for Cook airline

Reports suggest Portugal’s Hi Fly is interested in purchasing carrier

Virgin Atlantic launches new SME loyalty scheme

Carrier is introducing Air France-KLM’s Bluebiz programme in the UK

30 Under 30: Meet Chris Ion

Chris Ion, aviation development executive, Newcastle International airport, tells Andrew Doherty about his passion for the North East and his dedication to promoting it

Extinction Rebellion threatens to cause 10 days of disruption at Heathrow

Group, though, has distanced itself from suggestions it may use drones to disrupt operations at Britain’s busiest airport

British Airways resumes direct flights to Pakistan after more than 10-year hiatus

Three-times weekly Heathrow-Islamabad route took off on Sunday (2 June)

US to demand social media details from visa applicants

US State Department to request social media handles and five years’ of email addresses and phone numbers

UK airspace upgrade will ‘reduce’ delays and pollution

Government reveals plans for overhaul of airspace management

Man 'with knife in each hand' tasered and detained at Gatwick airport

Incident happened at the airport’s South Terminal during the early hours of Monday morning (3 June)

EasyJet's Sophie Dekkers: 'Diversity is critical for us'

Dekkers tells Daniel Pearce how easyJet is absolutely clear on why having a diverse workforce throughout the organisation is so important

Tui vows to 'ensure' summer holidays amid 737 Max grounding

’We are prepared for all scenarios,’ a spokesperson told TTG

Travelport to offer new booking code for non-binary passengers

New code will be available to all 480 airlines using GDS provider’s platform

Flybe sale 'could herald further regional airline consolidation'

New owner Connect Airways to develop new ‘London regional connectivity strategy’ and greater connectivity with Virgin Atlantic’s long-haul operation

Boeing 737 Max ‘likely to remain grounded until August’ says Iata

Director-general Alexandre de Juniac said the association doesn’t expect the aircraft to re-enter service for at least another 10 to 12 weeks

Air Transat appoints new UK and Ireland marketing manager

Claire Brosnan joins the airline from Tourism Ireland and will be responsible for promoting the airline to the travel trade

Stansted ‘worst UK airport for delays’ in 2018

Analysis of CAA data found the average delay at the Essex airport last year was 25 minutes

Aurigny launches Southampton-Guernsey route

Twice-daily mid-week and daily weekend service under way