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Birmingham Airport Snow March 2023 (Credit: @BHX_Official / Twitter)
Heavy snow forces airports to close runways
Transport hubs in central and northern England hit by severe weather
Norse Atlantic Airways is permitted to fly transatlantic from Spring 2022
New UK-US carrier to reveal first details of winter schedule this month
Norse Atlantic Airways hopeful of transitioning to profitability by the end of the year
Interest rates have risen to their highest level since 2008 (Credit: Pixabay / Pexels)
Holidaymakers to up holiday spend this year despite cost of living squeeze
New data reveals 85% of 2,700 consumers intend to spend the same or more on their travel in 2023 compared with 2022
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Silversea introduces direct London-Arctic charter flights
The new services will be available for 28 Arctic and Greenland sailings in 2023 and 2024
Flights to North African destinations experienced the greatest rise in popularity compared to 2019
EasyJet puts winter 2023/24 schedule on sale to 125 destinations
Seats to 125 destinations from the UK are now available to book between 1 December 2023 and 23 March 2024
Price hikes mean travel must up its game this summer, Tui chiefs warn
Price hikes mean travel must up its game this summer, Tui chiefs warn
"People have paid more for their holidays and are therefore – rightly – going to be more demanding," Andrew Flintham tells TTG
Border Force undertakes passport and immigration control (Credit: iStock)
UK to introduce US-style Esta visa waiver scheme this autumn
Home Office reveals details of UK visa waiver scheme for all foreign visitors
The TSSA union fears Cook's collapse will give Tui ‘a monopoly position’
Why Tui is unlikely to get into a price war with Jet2
"We have not benefited as much as Jet2 from the disappearance of Thomas Cook – we do see that as a challenge," Tui Group chief executive Sebastian Ebel admitted last month
The body was retrieved from a Tui Airways flight (Image credit: Tim Dennert/Unsplash)
Tui unveils 'biggest ever' winter programme with 150k additional seats
The carrier has added 14 extra flights to meet demand for school holiday periods
Sharm el Sheikh is one of easyJet Holidays' winter hotspots
EasyJet Holidays increases its winter 2024 package options
EasyJet Holidays adds more packages following the airline’s decision to increase flight options
Air travel is continuing its recovery, Iata says
Air travel edges closer to 2019 levels, latest Iata figures show
Iata spells out continued recovery of the airline industry with January figures
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Wizz Air and Ambassador pay tribute to female crew members and leaders
Wizz operated a London-Athens service with an all-female crew, while Ambassador Cruise Line paused to reflect on the importance of women to its operations
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Heathrow fees ‘still too high’ despite CAA cap, industry chiefs warn
Industry chiefs have spoken against the CAA’s decision to set Heathrow’s per passenger fees at an average of £27.49
Vueling sees almost 10% rise in women in leadership roles
Vueling sees almost 10% rise in women in leadership roles
The low-cost carrier has reported that 44% of its managers and directors are women – up from 35% in 2019
Snow is set to disrupt airports this week (Credit: Aaron Burden / Unsplash)
Bristol airport resumes flights after earlier snowfall delays
Flights were suspended until 11am while teams worked to clear the snow
2.8 million people travelled through Heathrow in February
Heathrow fails in bid to almost double its passenger fees
Airport will be allowed to charge airlines a maximum of £31.57 per passenger this year, with the average maximum price per passenger then set to fall to around £25.43pp in 2024 and remain flat through to the end of 2026
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Europe's airports 'by and large ready' for summer surge
Recovery in European air passenger traffic edging towards 90%, according to ACI Europe, with January passenger traffic now down just 11% on January 2019 levels, and up 69% on January 2022
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Meet the Tui pilot on a mission to get more women into aviation
Amy Bannister, who has been a pilot with Tui for the past eight years, said being a pilot was a ’rewarding career’ for women
Border Force undertakes passport and immigration control (Credit: iStock)
Border Force officials to stage fresh 24-hour walkout next week
Proposed strike action by the PCS Union will impact international arrivals at all UK air and maritime ports, the Home Office warned
Almost half of travel insurance policies don’t cover for strikes
Flight cancellation notice times 'much shorter' post-pandemic
According to new data, passengers received an average of 39 days’ notice of changes or cancellations in 2022 – compared with 54 days in 2019
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Delta places sustainable fuel at centre of 2050 net-zero roadmap
The carrier’s strategy is focused on two pillars: embedding sustainability in everything its does and eliminating the company’s climate impact from flying
Spain has eased its Covid travel restrictions for UK arrivals (Credit: iStock)
Newcastle to gain new budget Barcelona route this summer
Ryanair services between Newcastle and Barcelona will operate twice a week from April as part of its summer 2023 schedule
JetBlue's merger with Spirit Airlines may be blocked
US govt ready to block JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger
US lawsuit, enacted by the Biden administration, could block plans for JetBlue to merge with Spirit Airlines
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Turkish carrier boasts of industry-leading profit margin
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines claims record industry profit margin in 2022