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Virgin Atlantic's football team will play British Airways for charity
Virgin Atlantic and BA square off in charity football game
Airlines will use match to raise money for families affected by Pakistan floods
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Three guilty over MH17; Heathrow staff strike
A court has convicted three men over the shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines flight
2.8 million people travelled through Heathrow in February
World Cup flights saved but Heathrow strikes continue
Strikes scheduled to take place involving workers at dnata have been called off after members accepted an improved contract offer
Virgin Atlantic will debut the A330 in October
Virgin Atlantic launches new routes to the Maldives and Turks and Caicos
Virgin Atlantic Holidays packages to the Maldives will go on sale from Friday (18 November) and Turks and Caicos will go on sale later in the year
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JetBlue to grow transatlantic network with new route
The airline announced plans to expand transatlantic flying into Europe with a new service to Paris starting next summer
The aircraft will be delivered during 2024 and 2025 (Credit: British Airways)
British Airways adds new Heathrow-Cincinnati route
Starting on 5 June 2023, this will be the only direct flight between the UK and all of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana
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Jet2holidays trade team poised to return to full pre-Covid complement
Three new faces to restore operator’s field sales and sales support team to 18
Jet2 has 98 new Airbus aircraft on firm order, with options to increase this to 146 (Credit: Ondrej Bocek / Unsplash)
New destinations in the pipeline, Jet2 chief reveals
Airline and operator to target market share in the Mediterranean, Steve Heapy tells Jet2 conference, while ruling out any imminent move into long-haul
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Cost of living crisis could prompt uptick in holiday fraud, agents warned
Consumers likely to be more susceptible to ’too good to be true’ offers over the coming months, according to Jet2holidays’ fraud and chargeback manager
Politicians want the consultation on Doncaster Sheffield airport's future to be extended
Doncaster Sheffield ‘could reopen next April’, says mayor
According to reports in the national press, the airport could reopen as early as next spring if a deal is struck with owners Peel Group
Eastern Airways will offer a bigger range of leisure flights this summer
Eastern Airways launches new Humberside-Denmark route
Services will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays year-round
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Wizz Air signs long-term SAF agreement
The agreement will enable the carrier to purchase up to 185,000 metric tonnes of SAF from OMV
The conference is being held at the 3HB Guarana in the Algarve (Credit: 3HB Hotels / Jet2holidays)
Jet2holidays to launch sustainability accreditation for hotels
With searches for green or sustainable hotels and holidays going up, Jet2 chief executive pledges to work with trade to help them tap into this market
Steve Heapy set out Jet2's stall on the climate crisis at the operator's conference in the Algarve
‘Desperate’ politicians risk pricing ordinary people out of flying, Jet2 boss warns
‘The only tool in their box is taxation,’ Heapy tells Jet2holidays conference, warning air ticket prices would likely continue to increase
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BA passengers to be able to fly without showing passport
The carrier will trial new biometric technology for departures from Heathrow’s Terminal 5
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2holidays unveils new ‘Express Transfers’ offering
The new service will guarantee customers are the first, second or third drop-off on their arrival transfer at the start of their holiday
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Watch: Jet2holidays’ trade team take 10,000ft plunge
To kick off the second day of the 2022 Jet2holidays conference, the operator shared a video of its trade team taking on a 10,000ft skydive
The conference will be held in Olhos de Agua in the Algarve (pictured: Praia da Falesia) (Credit: iStock)
Jet2holidays bans ‘the C-word’ from annual conference
‘No more talking about Covid – it was a tough time, we’re through that, and the only way is up,’ said Jet2 chief executive Steve Heapy on the eve of the conference
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Cathay Pacific Group aims to reach pre-pandemic capacity in 2024
The group has set its sights on 2023 to reach 70% of pre-pandemic capacity levels
Greece surpasses pre-pandemic passenger levels
New data from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) found European destinations ‘continued to prove popular’ among British tourists throughout the summer
Accor is launching a Flight + Hotel booking service using Expedia's white label platform
Hotel giant Accor to offer packages through Expedia deal
Customers will be able to book hotel and flight packages through white label site
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Fare disclosure: Is it time to rethink air fares once and for all?
Could a US-driven shake-up of airline charges prevent budget carriers from hiding the real cost of flying? Gary Noakes investigates
2.8 million people travelled through Heathrow in February
Heathrow vows not to impose Christmas capacity cut
Airport had previously warned there could be restrictions over festive period
Ronald Lam will take over as Cathay Pacific chief executive in the new year
Ronald Lam tasked with leading Cathay Pacific out of Covid crisis
Chief customer and commercial officer to take over as chief executive of Hong Kong’s national airline in the new year