Aircraft

Gold Medal and Travel 2 to launch charter flying programme

Dnata Travel Group has recruited Thomas Cook Airlines’ ex-digital UK and international sales director to procure "short- and medium-haul capacity across multiple the group’s sales channels"

WTM London 2019: Colombo-Sydney in the pipeline for SriLankan Airlines

SriLankan hopes Sydney flights will launch by the middle of next year

Gatwick to test new ways of boarding aircraft

Airport launches two-month trial to find ways to reduce queues at gates

Virgin Atlantic to launch trade rewards programme

“No other airline has a scheme like it for the trade”

Boeing 737 Max design highlighted in Lion Air crash report

The Lion Air crash caused 189 fatalities in 2018

Branson: Brexit is saddest thing Britain's faced since Second World War

“Brexit has done enormous damage to people and companies”

Virgin Atlantic boss: 'We want to be a custodian of the environment'

Upgrading its fleet and promoting sustainable aviation fuels will help the carrier be more green, says boss Shai Weiss

Virgin Atlantic: ‘We’re going to evolve how we’re working with agents’

UK and Europe sales chief Lee Haslett explains how the airline is bringing agents along on its expansion ride

Air New Zealand axes London-LA service

The carrier has operated the route from Heathrow since 1982

Qantas completes New York-Sydney non-stop test flight

The journey marks the world’s longest flight at 19 hours and 16 minutes

Flybe dismisses claims it will axe all domestic flights

Flybe has dismissed reports it plans to axe all domestic flights as "purely hypothetical and not based in fact whatsoever".

Airlines vie for ex-Thomas Cook airport slots

EasyJet, IAG’s carriers, Virgin Atlantic and Wizz Air have all reportedly bid for Cook’s slots

London City airport continues operations amid climate protest

A single flight has been affected after a protester climbed on top of the aircraft

Air Transat operates first transatlantic Airbus A321neo service

New quieter, greener, more fuel efficient aircraft could shake-up transatlantic flying

Extinction Rebellion targeting London City airport shutdown

Climate change activists have planned a sit-in at London City airport during its International Rebellion.

British Airways launches North American A350 service

New aircraft arrives in Toronto, and will soon operate to Tel Aviv and Bangalore

Ryanair announces 2020 summer programme

Five new destinations and nine new summer services will drive the growth

Thomas Cook: More job opportunities offered to staff

Swathes of companies from across the sector have come forward to offer help

Cook CEO's letter to staff: ‘I am so proud of everything you have done’

“Thomas Cook will always be one of the best loved brands in travel”

Thomas Cook collapse: Advice for affected clients and customers

A dedicated website and 24-hour phone helpline have been set up

CAA confirms all Thomas Cook passengers will be repatriated

It will be the UK CAA’s biggest ever peacetime repatriation

Thomas Cook collapses after 178 years in operation

The CAA says more than 150,000 UK holidaymakers are abroad with the operator

Virgin Atlantic considers global A350 deployment

The new aircraft will initially fly to JFK but could be redeployed for next summer

Travel urged to help high-flying refugee

Zainab Hossaini crossed the English Channel to Britain on Christmas Day and now hopes to become a pilot