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Jet2 warns of potential disruption to flights amid forecast of strong winds and snow

Two Met Office amber warnings for snow and ice are in place for Thursday, with further yellow warnings in place for Friday and Saturday too

Icelandair blames volcano coverage for January bookings hit

Icelandair saw a drop in travellers to Iceland in January due to seismic activity – but an increase in transfer passengers to compensate

Bolts ‘missing’ from Alaska Airlines door that blew out in mid-air

A preliminary investigation into the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 incident finds missing bolts on a door plug that blew out mid-flight

Consumers ‘will spend more’ on travel in 2024 despite hardships, says NatWest

Consumers will continue to prioritise travel over other spend this year and are OK with dynamic pricing, NatWest reports

Peaks drives travel to third-biggest leap in January spending growth

According to new data from Barclays, travel was the third-biggest sector for spending growth in January, pipped only by spend on digital content and subscriptions and ‘other services’

Prince Harry’s Travalyst bids to make sustainability information freely available

The coalition, founded by The Duke of Sussex in 2019, will vet more than 100 global tourism certification bodies

Luton airport ‘on track’ to meet deadline to end 100ml liquid rule

New scanners should be in place at Bedfordshire airport by government’s target date

Fewer operator collapses, but more refunds in 2023, says CAA

The Air Travel Trust says there were fewer operator collapses in 2023 but that repatriation and refunds cost it more than the previous year

Greater Manchester Police targets travel fraud in crackdown

A week-long campaign to combat holiday booking fraud is underway in the Greater Manchester Police area

Airports and airlines warn of cancellations and disruption as German security staff walk out

Three rounds of talks haven’t produced a settlement for the airport security workers

Jet2 to launch seven new routes to Greece in expanded programme

Chief executive Steve Heapy has called Jet2’s campaign with the Greek National Tourist Office ’critical’ for the programme’s success

Jet2holidays launches £10 per booking January payday incentive for agents

Payout for agents will apply to all summer 2024 bookings made by the end of the month

OTA to allow customers to filter out Boeing 737 Max flights

Kayak tweaks filters to allow holidaymakers to exclude flight options featuring Boeing’s troubled aircraft

Conversations around DEI are changing – so have travel ads kept up?

Travel’s peaks push shows the industry is taking some steps in the right direction, but firms’ 2023/24 campaigns also point towards more progress needing to be made, writes inclusive communications director Shilpa Saul for TTG

Jet2 chief Steve Heapy to address SPAA dinner next month

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays boss Heapy will be joined at the event by chief executive of the Scottish Chambers of Commerce, Dr Liz Cameron CBE

Holidays profit to ease £40m hit for easyJet from Middle East crisis

Airline forecasts £126 million headline loss for typically quieter winter quarter to 31 December, which was hit by an ongoing pause in flights to Israel and Jordan and ‘a temporary slowdown in flight bookings for the wider industry’

Airline add-ons excluded from govt's ‘drip pricing’ crackdown

Seat selection, luggage upgrades and other ‘optional’ fees associated with flights will be allowed to continue

Storm Jocelyn prompts fresh weather warnings from Jet2 and Ryanair

Airline and operator urges passengers to leave extra time to get to their departure airports with more high winds and heavy rain forecast

Aer Lingus to axe underperforming Dublin-Gatwick route

Ryanair has stepped in to assist passengers affected by the decision, with Aer Lingus set to cease operating the route at the end of March

Jet2 adds Verona to Manchester 2024/25 ski flight programme

Airline and operator to launch weekly Saturday service in December

Major UK airports set to miss deadline to end 100ml liquid rule this summer

Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester all unlikely to have new scanners in place by government’s 1 June deadline

'Despite its problems, Boeing's 737 Max is here to stay'

With the airline industry showing no sign of withdrawing its faith in the Boeing 737 Max, despite the airliner’s latest near-disaster, Gary Noakes assesses the future for Boeing’s troubled

Jet2: winter weather ‘may affect UK operations this week’

Airline and operator says it is working closely with the Met Office, which has issued a slew of yellow weather warnings covering the north of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland with temperatures poised to plummet further

First 40 troubled Boeing 737 Max-9s inspected but remain grounded

The FAA has inspected the first 40 Boeing 737 Max-9s following the blow out of a door plug on an Alaska Airlines flight