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Flights to Brussels fall amid security lockdown
Brussels has suffered from a mass cancellation of trips to the city, in the wake of the four-day security lockdown which shut down its metro and businesses
Eva Air to buy up to 24 Dreamliners
The aircraft will be delivered over a five year period from 2017
Abta chairman to be voted in by board only
A general meeting today saw a vote passed which prevents all members from having a vote on the chairman
Cheapflights unveils new logo and strapline
New strapline "Smart search. Made simple." reflects meta search focus
UPDATE: Airlines extend Sharm flying ban
EasyJet has cancelled its flight programme until January 6
Flight bookings to Paris collapsed after terror attack
Net bookings in the immediate aftermath were 101% down on the same period last year.
Three quarters of tourism, leisure and transportation businesses hit by fraud in past year
The most common type of fraud experienced in the sector was vendor, supplier or procurement fraud
Thomas Cook to launch new duty free scheme
Air Shoppen will enable passengers to pre-order items and have them delivered direct to their aircraft seat
Walsh keen to add more airlines to IAG family
IAG boss says he is on the acquisition trail but stresses that no deals are imminent
SkyTeam makes leadership changes
Perry Cantarutti joins from Delta as chief executive
Virgin Atlantic sets up new airline entity
Virgin Atlantic International Ltd will fly a number of Caribbean routes
The boss of Malaysia Airlines on trying to reverse the fortunes of the tragedy-stricken carrier
Christoph Mueller’s decision to leave Aer Lingus for the chief executive’s job at Malaysia Airlines seemed like a strange decision to many people.
Air New Zealand and Flight Centre join forces
Deal will focus on growing revenue in New Zealand, Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK
‘Exceptional summer’ helps Jet2 parent fly high
Revenue in the company’s leisure travel division grew by 15%
Travelsphere offers free upgrades on Virgin flights
Travelsphere has launched a new incentive offering customers an upgrade on their Virgin Atlantic flight on trips to the US and India
Air France planes diverted following security threat
Two planes leaving different US airports make unscheduled stops
Norwegian puts record number of UK seats on sale
Routes on sale include London to Boston and London to Los Angeles
Sharm el Sheikh suspension to cost easyJet up to £10m
Airline awaits on Egypt’s government to hear when it is safe to return to Sharm
Flybe's results fall flat
Further improvement at regional airline Flybe failed to excite investors as shares in the airline slipped last week despite a positive financial update
Thomas Cook to offer flights between Gatwick and Cape Town
Service will begin in December 2016 and will operate three times a week
Former Tui boss joins easyJet
Chris Browne has been appointed as a non-executive director
EasyJet delivers record profits
The airline said it expects “market demand to remain strong”
EasyJet expected to achieve record profits
Airline is set to benefit after a successful summer