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Abta welcomes UK govt's airport slot amendments
‘Allowing additional flexibility around airport slots will help minimise these late cancellation,’ said Luke Petherbridge, Abta director of public affairs
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EasyJet partners with Iris to reduce carbon emissions
The airline is the first of its kind to partner with the air traffic management programme
EasyJet now has more than 70 new Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft on order (Credit: easyJet)
EasyJet orders additional 56 Airbus A320neo aircraft
The aircraft will be delivered between easyJet’s 2025/26 and 2028/29 full years, with the airline also converting an existing order for 18 Airbus A320neo aircraft to 18 Airbus A321neos instead
What lasting impacts will Covid-19 have on aviation?
Cirium develops system to track flight CO2 emissions
Virgin Atlantic and American Airlines commended the company’s approach for estimating fuel burn and allocating emissions at a passenger level
Jet2 boss calls for ‘fair and effective’ reform of flight compensation
Jet2 puts summer 2023 city break programme on sale
Two new destinations are on sale from Stansted – Athens and Rome, as well as Verona from Newcastle
The cases relate to passengers who opted not to travel against government travel advice
Ryanair to put on hundreds of airport chaos 'rescue flights'
The airline has added 200 flights to its routes from 19 UK airports to Europe
Qantas Group forecasts up to £75m coronavirus hit
Qantas to restore Airbus A380s to ‘Kangaroo route’
The aircraft resume operations on the Australia-London via Singapore route for the first time since the start of the pandemic
2.8 million people travelled through Heathrow in February
Heathrow faces cancellations amid baggage handling problems
The airport has reportedly asked airlines flying from Terminal 2 and 3 to cancel 10% of their schedules for Monday (20 June)
A strike by BA pilots would be the first for 40 years
CAA introduces measures for pilots living with HIV
The regulator has published new guidance on how pilots living with HIV will be medically assessed to obtain and continue to hold their UK licences
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Aviation disruption could be solved if staff work longer, suggests minister
Business minister Paul Scully highlighted the scope for part-time workers to be "more productive"
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Etihad returns to Heathrow Terminal 4
The national airline of the UAE will return to the London airport on 22 June
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Government risk group to ‘hold airlines to account’ for disruption
Aviation minister Robert Courts said the group will identify possible interventions to alleviate flight disruptions
Travel’s stark climate challenges laid bare in new report
Gatwick puts capacity cap on summer flights
The move comes in a bid to ensure ‘reliable flight timetables’ so passengers have certainty this summer
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Emirates to offer home check-in service to first class customers
This service is provided free of charge to the airline’s first class customers based in Dubai and Sharjah
Tanzer: 'We have been in touch directly with the government to share our dismay with ministerial comments this week'
Abta provides written submission to Beis committee
In a letter from chief executive Mark Tanzer, the association highlights the "valuable role – and passion - travel agents have"
Belize to launch agent rewards and fam trip programme
The Latin American destination is also in conversation with BA, Tui, KLM and Condor to secure direct airlift from Europe
Moriarty said the CAA's enforcement powers currently took too long
CAA's powers 'weak in current circumstances', says chief executive
Speaking during a BEIS committee meeting on Tuesday (14 June), chief executive Richard Moriarty welcomed a government consultation about extra powers for the regulator
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Aviation industry ‘must learn from flight chaos’
The Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee heard from executives at Tui, easyJet and British Airways on Tuesday (14 June)
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EasyJet cancels all flights to Hurghada until end of July
The airline said ‘industry wide operational issues’ are impacting all airlines at the moment
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Securing ID for new easyJet staff ‘took longer than ever anticipated’
Sophie Dekkers, chief commercial officer for the airline, apologised for flight disruptions and said "we need to get it right"
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AOA: ‘Uncertainty over aviation restart hampered recruitment’
‘The lack of certainty where the industry was going to, and when, has been a huge barrier to our own recruitment,’ AOA boss Karen Dee told the BEIS committee on Tuesday (14 June)
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Airlines 'blatantly flouting' consumer rights, says Which?
Which? head of consumer rights and food policy Sue Davies was questioned by MPs during the Commons Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) committee hearing on Tuesday (14 June)
Tui's UK boss Andrew Flintham has apologised for delays handling customers cancelled bookings
Tui UK boss apologises for holiday disruptions
Managing director Andrew Flintham said the company’s ‘ecosystem’ experienced capacity issues over the first weekend of the May half-term
IAG's Luis Gallego says government action is needed for a "safe" restart of international travel
BA parent boss blames ministers for airport 'chaos'
“The government has to take some accountability for all this and work with us in a constructive way,” IAG chief Luis Gallego said