Air

Truss backs 'viable' Doncaster Sheffield airport

Tory leadership frontrunner says Doncaster Sheffield airport should remain open

Qantas hails return of New York route but counts more losses

Qantas has reported another $1 billion loss due to the pandemic

Norwegian Air bounces back to profit in Q2

Norwegian turns a profit in the second quarter, citing strong demand

Jet2.com launches ski programme for winter 2023/24

Ski services operating from across ten UK bases to Chambery, Geneva, Grenoble, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Turin and Lyon are available

‘Cost of doing business’ crisis and Wizz Air probe

Headlines focus on how businesses face crippling energy bills from the autumn

Major Travel adds easyJet and Jet2.com flights to product offering

The addition of the low-cost carriers will open up a variety of new routes and regional departure points

Portuguese ground handler confirms bank holiday weekend strike action

Portway, which provides ground handling services at Portugal’s main airports, said the action would ’compromise the recovery of the tourism sector’

Jet2.com gifts 100 millionth customer five pairs of free flights

Other customers also received a VIP customer experience at check-in, with a red-carpet welcome and balloon arch

Almost 1,000 bank holiday flights cut, new data reveals

Cirium data shows airlines have cancelled around 900 August bank holiday flights already

Former KLM and Lufthansa execs to join easyJet board

Budget carrier announces boardroom shake-up, with three new non-executive directors due to join from 1 September

Stay of execution for Doncaster Sheffield as review extended

A six-week review into the airport’s future was initially launched by owners Peel Group in July, and has now been extended to mid-September

Gatwick’s economic warning and firms facing ‘financial disaster’

Economic headwinds could seriously threaten the travel industry’s recovery from the pandemic, national titles warn

Loganair awards 150,000th Inverness-Manchester passenger free flight

Archie and Florrie Gray were ready to board their flight to visit their dad in Manchester when they were greeted with the surprise at Inverness airport

Flybe to return to Newquay after two-and-a-half year hiatus

Newly-reborn regional carrier last operated to Newquay in the months preceding the pandemic and becomes Newquay’s 10th, more than it had pre-pandemic

Play launches Washington route from London and Dublin

Icelandic budget carrier links London and Dublin with Washington Dulles

Ryanair to add another million-plus seats to winter schedule

Budget carrier says additions to and from 20 UK airports comes in response to British Airways decision to trim its winter schedule at Heathrow

Crossrail Heathrow link to open in November

Elizabeth line will operate from Heathrow direct to London and ExCeL Centre from 6 November

Manston airport gets backing for passenger flight return

Kent’s Manston airport is given the go-ahead to seek passenger services after absence of eight years.

Gatwick says no more flight restrictions after August

Gatwick says a recruitment programme means it will not have to impose any more capacity restrictions

Tui to focus on 'real' carbon reductions rather than offsetting

The group has submitted its environmental targets for scientific validation by SBTi

EasyJet Holidays launches new eco certified holiday collection

The hotels included in the collection will be identified by a green leaf motif and a Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) certification

British Airways to axe thousands more flights after Heathrow cap extension

BA will cancel 629 short-haul round-trip flights from Heathrow until 29 October and 5,000 in its winter schedule

British Airways to axe 10,000 flights and UK facing 18% inflation

BA cuts back winter schedule by cancelling thousands of short-haul services at Heathrow, while the UK’s grim economic outlook could be set to worsen further

Four Seasons Private Jet Experience unveils 2024 itineraries

The range includes a new itinerary in Asia on the brand’s 48-seat aircraft