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BA to restart direct flights to Pittsburgh next week
Operating year-round on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, the flight departs London at 4.45pm and lands in Pittsburgh at 7.50pm local time
Jet2 boss calls for ‘fair and effective’ reform of flight compensation
Jet2 adds five new routes to summer 2023 programme
Airline and operator to launch brand new services from Birmingham, Stansted and Manchester next summer
Jersey will reopen its borders from 26 April using a traffic light system
Airlines launch new summer services to Jersey
Blue Islands’ inaugural flight to Norwich took off last week and Eastern Airways is set to launch new routes to the island this weekend
A Boeing 737 Max crash killed more than 150 people in March 2019
BA parent IAG confirms new Boeing 737 aircraft order
Group orders 50 new aircraft, with options for 100 more
The cases relate to passengers who opted not to travel against government travel advice
Low-cost airlines will recover from pandemic ‘stronger than ever’
Ryanair’s increased summer capacity shows low-cost airlines will emerge strongly from the pandemic, says GlobalData
EasyJet is reportedly in talks with Unite (Credit: Frederick Tubiermont/Unsplash)
EasyJet puts spring 2023 flight programme on sale
More than 100,000 flights are now on sale between 1 March and 8 May 2023
EasyJet has received a short-term debt instrument. (Credit: Frederick Tubiermont/Unsplash)
EasyJet targets 35% reduction in carbon emissions by 2035
The commitment comes as part of its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050
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Tui cancels Sri Lanka holidays after FCDO advice update
All holidays up to and including 31 May have been cancelled due to ‘ongoing political and economic instability’ in the country
EasyJet is reportedly in talks with Unite (Credit: Frederick Tubiermont/Unsplash)
EasyJet to offer cabin crew ‘£1,000 bonus’
The payments will be in recognition of crew’s contribution to the airline’s summer operation
What lasting impacts will Covid-19 have on aviation?
UK govt to deliver world’s first net-zero flight in 2023
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has pledged to deliver the world’s first transatlantic flight fuelled purely by environmentally-friendly fuel by the end of next year
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Eva Air hosts two trade events in two weeks
The Taiwanese carrier held the events to mark the resumption of flights to Bangkok and Taipei
Bell said the government "needs to step in now" to protect "viable businesses and jobs across the sector"
International travel ‘to make full recovery’ by 2025
Analytics firm GlobalData claims overseas departures will reach 68% of pre-Covid levels globally in 2022 and improve to 82% in 2023, although war in Ukraine will hinder Europe’s tourism recovery
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Air Transat launches Gatwick-Quebec route
It is the first direct scheduled service to the city from the UK
Luton airport runway closed for heatwave repairs
Luton airport records busiest month since onset of pandemic
It welcomed nearly 1.2 million passengers in April
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Wizz Air forced to reschedule flight due to 'unruly' passenger
Their behaviour disrupted the return leg of Wizz’s Gatwick-Chania service on Tuesday (10 May)
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2.com bans brothers for 'aggressive and violent' behaviour
Alfie and Kenneth Springthorpe, from Sidcup, have been charged £50,000 and banned from flying with Jet2.com for life after their behaviour led to their Stansted-Crete flight being diverted
Emirates is to use A380s to boost capacity to the island
Emirates partners with South Africa to boost visitor levels
The airline and tourist board have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly promote tourism and inbound traffic to the region
Play will offer two US destinations from Stansted, via Iceland, starting in spring 2022
Play expands US service with Boston flights
Flights via Reykjavik began on Wednesday (11 May), with tickets starting from £199pp
Masks will remain mandatory on US flights until 18 April (Credit: Elly Johnson / Unsplash)
Face masks on European flights 'no longer recommended'
The new guidance will come into effect from 16 May
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Emirates expands Premium Economy cabin class offering
New class will be deployed on high-traffic A380 routes to Heathrow, Paris, Sydney and Christchurch
Eastern Airways will offer a bigger range of leisure flights this summer
Eastern Airways to increase Cornwall capacity for Jubilee weekend
The service from Humberside airport has seen an ‘upsurge in passengers’ for the upcoming Jubilee weekend
Customers can bid on a selection of breaks through the Jet2holidays app
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays add extra Crete services
The carrier has added more than 7,500 seats to the island
Vueling hopes its Eurovision design will be a hit (Pic: Antonio Restivo)
Vueling hopes Eurovision plane will get passengers' vote
Vueling is appointed as Eurovision Song Contest’s official carrier
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Tui grows Doncaster Sheffield long-haul with Cancun route
Tui already offers weekly flights to Melbourne Orlando using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner