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Tackling fear of flying with Virgin Atlantic

Flying is an essential part of travel to many places, but what if you or your clients are terrified of taking to the skies? Abigail Healy speaks to two agents on Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Without Fear course to find out if it can help both personally and when selling to customers

BA flight attendant sacked and fined after in-flight drinking

The member of the cabin crew was reported by a passenger who smelt alcohol on her breath

Norwegian welcomes BA's basic fares

The airlines will go solely head to head on three routes with the fares

Manchester Airports Group prepares for summer growth

The airports group is predicting the increase following a strong start to the year

Air Europa appoints new UK sales and marketing managers

Alvaro Flores and Laura Alemany have joined Spain’s specialist Latin America airline

IAG acquires stake in Norwegian

IAG said the 4.61% acquisition came with a view to initiating discussions over a full offer for Norwegian

Qatar Airways buys private jet company stake

The investment has gone to a US company

Airlines warned over Syria missile attacks

European safety body issues alert over potential US airstrikes

Airbus developing passenger sleeping berths

The sleeping compartments would be in the cargo hold

EasyJet makes fresh bid for Alitalia

Low-cost carrier launches new bid for Italian airline

BA announces long-haul basic fare details

The fare will be £60 cheaper than the standard but comes with limitations

Lufthansa cancels 800 flights due to impending strike

As many as 90,000 passengers will be affected

Heathrow expansion: Third runway noise 'would affect millions'

New government data, released under FOI legislation, suggests noise from an expanded Heathrow would affect 2.2 million people

Jet2 adds 10th aircraft to Stansted

The aircraft will mean another 90,000 seats on offer this summer and winter

'Easter effect' helps Norwegian to passenger growth in March

The low-cost airline carried more than 350,000 extra customers last month

EasyJet enlists help of Kilted Yoga to launch Edinburgh-Jersey route

A pair of Scots well known online for practicing yoga in a kilt and little else – Kilted Yoga – have been enlisted by easyJet to help it launch its new Edinburgh-Jersey route

European ATC 'running normally' following system fault

A glitch at Eurocontrol yesterday sparked widespread delays and cancellations

Heathrow and Gatwick delays expected during NATS upgrade

Britain’s air traffic controller NATS has warned passengers could face delays of up to 20 minutes at Heathrow and 10 minutes at Gatwick

Brexit countdown: Action on aviation vital with year to go

Among a broad range of concerns, industry leaders this week told TTG how Britain’s exit from the EU would hit the travel industry

Flybe braces for £4 million hit following 'extremely poor weather'

The carrier was forced to cancel almost 1000 flights during February and March

Ryanair reveals its gender pay gap

All private companies with more than 250 employees must reveal the difference in pay between men and women by Wednesday

EU air traffic control crash hits thousands of flights

Hundreds of thousands of air passengers were left facing delays on Tuesday (April 3) after a Eurocontrol system failure

Abta calls for clarity on Atol after Monarch collapse

The association on Thursday (March 29) said it welcomed the opportunity to contribute to the government’s Airline Insolvency Review

Norwegian says sorry for 21-hour delay at Gatwick

Norwegian passengers forced to sleep on airport floor during huge delay