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Jet2 expects to see more customers booking package holidays

Price-conscious consumers will look to packages in “challenging economic times”

More airline pilots to take strike action

Lufthansa becomes latest carrier to face disruption to flights

Jet2 to offer winter 2023/24 city breaks to Athens and Rome

Airline and operator expands 2023/24 winter city break programme with two new routes from Stansted, plus additional services to the Greek capital from Manchester

Households to face 'sharp fall' in living standards but no new taxes

National titles cover Resolution Foundation prediction that real earnings will be back to 2003 levels as energy crisis and inflation bites

British Airways to reinstate direct Gatwick-Las Vegas route

The move comes after July saw the highest monthly visitation in Las Vegas since the start of the pandemic, reaching nearly 3.5 million visitors

Virgin Atlantic agrees codeshare with Indian carrier IndiGo

The new agreement will boost connectivity on Virgin routes to Delhi and Mumbai, offering IndiGo connections to a further seven Indian destinations eventually rising to 16

P&O's Azura to operate fly-cruise programme from Tenerife this winter

The vessel will operate seven- and 14-night itineraries with flights from Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Newcastle

Wizz Air to restart Luton-Athens service this autumn

Flights to the Greek capital will restart in October

Peta to send 'chained orcas' to Jet2 AGM after buying share

Activists will attend airline and operator’s AGM on Thursday to call for the company to stop offering captive animal attractions

Bleak economic outlook continues, plus Beckham in Qatar row

A host of poor economic predictions and stats are published as August ends, while David Beckham incurs Amnesty’s wrath for his promotion of Qatar

Renewed regional focus for Ryanair's 'biggest-ever' winter schedule

Budget carrier to operate 440 routes in total this winter, including new services at Birmingham, Bournemouth, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Stansted

Tui extends Sri Lanka cancellations despite FCDO reprive

The company has cancelled holidays up to and including 11 September

Tui trims Latin America and Thailand schedules at Gatwick

Airline and operator cancels several spring flights to Puerto Vallarta and Costa Rica, as well as services to Phuket

Ethiopian to up Manchester-Geneva service this winter

The airline has increased its current three times weekly service to four time a week

Doha's hub aspirations boosted by Finnair-Qatar Airways codeshare

Oneworld partners ’agree to long-term strategic cooperation’ on new Finnair routes to Doha from Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and one as yet unnamed additional European destination

EasyJet Holidays adds more free child places for summer 2023

The move comes as the operator reports an uptick in demand from families booking ahead for next summer

Loganair suspends winter operations at Cornwall airport

Daily services to Manchester and onwards to Aberdeen and non-stop flights to Edinburgh and Newcastle will be suspended between November 2022 and March 2023

Disneyland Paris train to terminate, plus airline bosses' winter fears

Eurostar reportedly poised to axe direct Disneyland Paris train, partly blaming Brexit, while airline chiefs are concerned demand could slump this winter due to the cost of living crisis