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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