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Heathrow blasts govt for 'missing' SAF investment opportunity

The airport is aiming for 11% SAF usage by 2030, scaling up the incentive year-on-year

Travellers to Italy and Spain put on pre-Christmas strike alert

Members of several Italian labour unions set to walk out on Friday (24 November), while Spanish ground handlers will strike early next month

Chancellor spells out National Insurance reform and freezes business rates

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt reveals big National Insurance reforms and freezes business retail rates in his Autumn Statement

General election could hinder SAF timetable, says transport sec

Mark Harper tells Airlines 2023 conference an impending general election means support scheme for SAF will not get through parliament

Border Force chief sees end to passport desks and airport queues

Border Force boss says increasing use of Electronic Travel Authorisation will mean an end to long waits at airports in the near future

Singapore Airlines to connect Brits to new Uluru routes

New Virgin Australia flights dovetail with Singapore Airlines schedule from London

Manchester's Beijing service to become daily next summer

Hainan Airlines to increase its current four-times-weekly route between Manchester and China’s capital to daily from June 2024

Emirates chief hints at growing ‘resilient’ UK operation and lowering fares

Sir Tim Clark told the Airlines 2023 conference in London the UK market has been ‘resilient to the fare levels’ the Gulf carrier currently has in place, adding: ‘I’m not saying they are going to last for ever’

Labour pledges not to discourage flying if it comes to power, but will tweak APD

Shadow aviation minister Mike Kane addressed delegates at the Airlines 2023 conference in London on APD, aviation’s transition to sustainable fuels and airspace modernisation

British Airways piloting new tech to resolve lost baggage more promptly

New system will allow cabin crew to inform passengers mid-flight if their bags don’t make a connection

Nats blames staff absence and strong winds for Heathrow disruption

Restrictions at the UK’s busiest airport have now been lifted after a day of delays and cancellations at the weekend

Jet2 and easyJet warn of potential delays and disruption from French ATC strikes

The industrial action will affect flights to and from French airports on Monday (20 November), as well as flights using French airspace

British Airways' sustainable fuel project gets £9 million cash injection

Project Speedbird has received extra money from the UK government

WestJet to launch new Gatwick-Canada route next summer

The St John’s service will operate three times a week on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 1 May and 25 October 2024

Virgin Atlantic puts back the start of its Sao Paulo service again

Virgin Atlantic has postponed the launch of flights to Brazil’s commercial capital and aviation hub

New aviation and maritime ministers named following govt reshuffle

Anthony Browne and Lord Davies of Gower will take up the briefs vacated by Baroness Vere

Edinburgh gains more Canadian links with new flights confirmed

Edinburgh airport will receive another Toronto service next summer plus a link with Halifax, a first for the Scottish airport

Hays Travel 'investing in second peaks' for 2024 as consumers hold back spend

UK’s largest independent agency is putting a strong focus on the lates market next year

Vietnam Airlines restores daily non-stop flights from Heathrow

The flag carrier will operate four weekly flights to Hanoi as well as three per week to Ho Chi Minh City

Iceland volcano eruption 'unlikely to be a repeat of 2010'

Accuweather’s Jonathan Porter said the situation was very different to 13 years ago, when the eruption of Iceland’s Eyjafjallajokull brought European air transport to a temporary standstill

Olympic boxing champion named as Jet2holidays conference guest

London 2012 gold medallist Nicola Adams OBE to appear at airline and operator’s ’flight or flight’-themed conference over 27-30 November

Emirates hints at network growth following $52 billion aircraft order

Gulf carrier places order for 95 new Boeing aircraft, growing its order book to 295 over the period through to the mid-2030s

The Big Question: Is it finally time to turn APD into an environmental tax?

Air Passenger Duty was introduced as a ’green’ tax in the mid-90s, but should the proceeds go towards cleaning up travel’s operations rather than general taxation?

Jet2 hails 'hard work and dedication' of 33 new graduate apprentices

The ceremony was the second held for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays apprentices