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ITA Airways to launch London City-Rome services

Route to the Italian capital has not operated since start of the pandemic

Tui launches weekly Birmingham-Singapore charter service this winter

Flights will operate until 3 April before stopping for a few months and resuming on 11 December 2024

Virgin Atlantic to increase New York and Boston flights next summer

Virgin Atlantic is to add frequencies on its JFK and Boston services next summer, meaning record levels of flights to the US for the carrier

Ryanair puts its faith in Morocco with 35 new routes next summer

Ryanair reveals a fourth base in Morocco plus 35 new routes, including 11 domestic services for summer 2024

Advantage boss confident current strong booking levels 'to continue into 2024'

Bookings departing between 18 and 28 December are up 44% year-on-year, according to Advantage’s chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said

Stansted and Manchester to gain new flights to Jordan next summer

Royal Jordanian has confirmed UK expansion, with two new airports added to its timetable in 2024

Making the most of the Maldives with new Virgin Atlantic flights

Shaking up the Maldives market, Virgin Atlantic has launched its direct service to the island idyll

Trade body seeks ‘greater clarity’ from govt on package travel reforms

The Association of Atol Companies invited members to share their views on proposed changes to Package Travel Regulations

British Airways to restart scheduled services from Stansted next year

British Airways will reinstate scheduled flights from Stansted next summer following a five-year absence

British Airways poised for return to Agadir with new Gatwick service

BA will reinstate a service to the Moroccan beach destination of Agadir in the spring

MAG reports second bumper month for traffic in November

Passenger numbers across the group in November surpassed pre-pandemic figures for the second month running

Heathrow urges greater collaboration on SAF following Flight 100

Chief executive Thomas Woldbye said Heathrow wanted 100% SAF flights to become an everyday occurence

Bristol airport car park fire leaves several vehicles destroyed

Bristol airport suffers minor disruption following car park blaze on Sunday morning

Renewed calls for Nats boss to resign after Gatwick hit by fresh ATC outage

Chief executive Michael O’Leary said it was time for Nats boss Martin Rolfe ‘to go’ after two systems outages in three months

'Flight 100 proved SAF's readiness, not necessarily its long-term viability'

TTG’s Sarah Dennis reflects on the first 100% SAF-powered long-haul flight, its success as proof as concept and the questions that remain around how SAF supply will be ramped up

Flying into the history books with Virgin Atlantic onboard Flight 100

Did the first long-haul flight fully-fuelled by sustainable aviation fuel prove the case for SAF? TTG’s Sarah Dennis boarded VS100 – Flight 100 – to New York to speak to the team behind the landmark journey

British Airways to offer new Sardinia and Spain routes from Scotland

British Airways to add new Edinburgh routes to Sardinia and Spain’s Basque Country

EasyJet puts autumn 2024 and half-term flights on sale

EasyJet reveals its autumn 2024 flight schedule of 68,000 flights across its network

TTC Tour Brands ditches branded freebies in sustainability push

The Travel Corporation axes branded giveaways for its touring subsidiaries on environmental grounds, pledging a total ban

Peru to increase Machu Picchu visitor permits next month

Peru’s main tourist attraction is to allow more visitors from January as a new UK flight beds in

Ryanair to launch flights from Norwich next summer

Budget carrier will offer routes to Alicante, Faro and Malta

Holiday price hikes to slow next summer, Tui predicts

Tui has given a confident outlook for 2024, with no let-up in demand – and with package price inflation lower than in 2023

Thomson and Tui veteran David Burling to step down after 34 years

David Burling joined Thomson Holidays as a graduate trainee in 1990 and served as managing director of Tui UK and Ireland from 2011 to 2015

Tui bullish despite Egypt hit as average selling price continues to rise

Airline and operator hopeful of strong winter 2023/24 and summer 2024 seasons with average selling prices up 5% and 4% respectively, highlighting ’continued willingness to prioritise spend on travel and experiences’