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Loganair to expand Heathrow operation with BA slots lease
The Scottish carrier will up its Heathrow schedule from May after securing an additional 30 slots
Luton airport plan to almost double capacity clears next hurdle
Airport’s application to grow permitted passenger capacity from 18 million to 32 million a year cleared for detailed examination by the government’s Planning Inspectorate
BA to cancel around 30 Heathrow flights a day during Easter strike
Security workers at Heathrow Terminal 5 to walk out from 31 March to 9 April in a dispute over pay
Aer Lingus launches new London link and restarts Connecticut flights
BA stablemate has debuted a new London-Knock route, and resumed direct flights to Hartford
How a new BA flight put this Caribbean island 'in a different ball game'

Ronella Croes, chief executive of the Aruba Tourism Authority, told TTG:  “We’ve been in the UK market since 1997, but this is a different ball game. It opens a lot of opportunities for Aruba in the UK, which is our second largest market in Europe, after the Netherlands.”

About 10-15% of Aruba’s overall European visit currently come from the  UK, and the tourism board is targeting 34% growth this year for the UK  versus 2019.

Easyjet expands Twilight bag drop service to Edinburgh
The Twilight bag drop service is already active across a few UK and EU airports, including Bristol, Manchester and Berlin
Air India to expand UK presence with new Gatwick services
Nearly 500 jobs are likely to be created in the UK as a result of the additional routes
Could new govt review mean late-night flights from London airports?
The six-week consultation will seek evidence from businesses and communities to see if the negative impact of night flying outweighs the positive
British Airways expands Caribbean network with new Aruba route
Flag carrier launches first direct London-Aruba service
Hundreds of Lufthansa flights grounded owing to national strike
Mass walkout by transport workers on Monday (27 March) poised to impact flights at Germany’s major air hubs
Gatwick passengers beset by delays at check-in at the weekend
Airport said a technical issue affected self-service bag drop machines
Emirates UK chief 'not expecting any major issues this summer'
Divisional vice-president Richard Jewsbury talks to TTG about this summer, the airline’s expansions and why it doesn’t fear market competition
Birmingham and Glasgow to gain new Italy routes this summer
Ryanair announces seasonal flights to Pisa
Delta to restore non-stop Heathrow-Los Angeles service
Route to take off again after an eight-year hiatus on Sunday (26 March)
New Virgin Atlantic codeshare to open up Asia and Australia
Deal with Korean Air to debut on Heathrow-Seoul service at the weekend, before being extended to more than a dozen more destinations across Asia and Australia
Emirates to launch first A380 Dubai-Bali service this summer
The A380 will replace the two daily 777 services to the Indonesian city that have been in place since 2015
3D printed meals and 'time travel': easyJet's 2070 vision for travel
Fully biometric passports and 3D-printed meals will no longer be the stuff of fiction soon, according to a new report published by easyJet on Friday (24 March)
JetBlue ready to go double-daily at Heathrow airport
US carrier will switch one of its two daily Gatwick-JFK services to Heathrow
Eastern Airways partners with Air France to launch three new Paris routes
The regional carrier will commence the new services in April
Ireland's first direct Tel Aviv flight takes off
Israeli carrier El Al launched the new flight on Thursday (23 March)
American Airlines ramps up in Ireland this summer
American Airlines reinstates seasonal services at Dublin as part of 14% capacity uplift in Europe
Dublin airport denies drop-off and pick-up charge claims
The announcement comes despite the airport being given permission to introduce tolled drop-off and pick-up points
CAA slams ‘unacceptable’ disruption as UK aviation nears pre-Covid levels
Around 224 million people have travelled through UK airports in 2022, the CAA announced on Wednesday (22 March)
KLM to double Asia services this summer
Dutch carrier sets out plans to rebuild Asia network after Covid