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JetBlue boss: ‘We've lost a lot of experienced people’

New transatlantic carrier ‘over-hiring’ to get ahead of travel industry exodus

Fifth of overseas travellers hit by flight cancellations in July

Four in 10 respondents to new ONS survey experienced disruption to their overseas travel plans in July

UK braces for new heatwave and China locks down holiday island

Temperatures forecast to soar again this week, while ‘China’s Hawaii’ suffers Covid outbreak

Manchester airport workers back Feed a Family initiative

Colleagues collected several crates of food, toiletries and other essentials to help those facing hardship

Jet2 only UK airline not to cancel any flights in July

Airline’s boss says it has benefited from being prepared “well in advance”

Consumers don't want to hear travel's 'he said, she said' excuses

TTG Agenda 2022 panel agree customers fed up with travel industry blame game

UK flights to reach 80% of 2019 levels in August

This month will be the busiest for aviation industry since October 2019

'Data anomalies' delay Atol holder claims process

West London-based Dream World Travel failed on 26 July

Ex-aviation minister to chair Heathrow scrutiny panel

Baroness Sugg served as parliamentary under-secretary for aviation from October 2017 to April 2019

Finnair promises brief UK transfers on new Mumbai route

Three-times-weekly service from Helsinki, launching on Saturday, ’timed to allow for easy connections’ with major UK airports

'Biggest income squeeze ever', plus staycation boom is over

Bank of England warns of unprecedented pressure on consumer finances due to rising energy bills

JetBlue continues transatlantic growth with Gatwick-Boston route

JetBlue is set to offer five daily flights between the UK and US by October

Iata chief Willie Walsh blasts Heathrow capacity cap

Walsh said while Heathrow had blamed airlines for the summer disruption, it had failed ’miserably’ to provide basic services

Loganair creates baggage taskforce to locate lost luggage

Scottish carrier responds to spate of baggage handling issues across UK airports by putting together a lost luggage taskforce to tackle issues and locate customers’ bags

Icelandic carriers say new eruption ‘nothing to worry about’

No impact to flights in and out of Iceland’s only international airport, Keflavik, say Icelandair and Play

Norwegian Air back to pre-pandemic passenger carryings

More than 2.2 million passengers travelled with Norwegian in July

Interest rate hike imminent, plus Russian airline parts crisis

Borrowing costs set to increase again with another interest rate rise, while Russia’s airlines are struggling to get new parts owing to sanctions on the country

Aviation minister urges local council to save Doncaster Sheffield airport

Aviation minister Robert Courts indicates central government will not help save Doncaster Sheffield airport

Emirates to hold pilot recruitment roadshows this month

Emirates is holding a series of open days during August to recruit first officers to its fleet

Emirates hails UK demand as it rebuilds schedules

Emirates to be back at 75% pre-Covid capacity from the UK this winter

London City: 'We can take more passengers this summer'

Airport says ‘conscious effort’ to attract more leisure routes and passengers, along with investment in resilience, is paying dividends this summer

JetBlue reveals quarterly loss after Spirit merger

JetBlue hit by high fuel costs in second quarter, but expects significant savings from merger

EasyJet appoints new chief customer officer

Former Kayak marketing chief Robert Birge to join airline’s management board this month

BA rivals hike short-haul fares, plus more evidence of travel rebound

British Airways’ short-haul stop-sale sees rival carriers spike fares in August