Aircraft

Ethiopian Airlines to up London capacity this winter with return to Gatwick

Three-times-weekly Gatwick-Addis Ababa service to get under way from 21 November

Jet2 expands Rhodes and Crete programmes for winter 2024/25

The additional services come in response to an uptick in demand in Brits searching for late breaks

Ryanair rejects claims made by OTA group and demands regulatory probe

Ryanair rejected the claims made by the Online Travel UK association against the carrier’s enhanced-security check-in procedures

Father-daughter duo operate Jet2.com flight from London to Tenerife

Brian and Becky Morgan from Colchester operated their first Jet2.com flight together on Friday (11 August)

OTAs hit back at Ryanair for urging passengers to book direct

It comes after the carrier last week accused some online travel agents of providing airlines with inaccurate passengers details

Mediterranean wildfires could reshape peak season, Tui boss predicts

Extreme temperatures across most of southern Europe this summer could drive the peak season to start later and finish earlier, Sebastian Ebel has predicted

Tui chief: 'AI will significantly impact how we produce packages'

Sebastian Ebel said the company ’was not happy’ with the Q3 performance of all its brands

Spend with agents rebounds in July following ‘significant’ dip in June

Airlines also saw a sharp rise in spending growth, with transactions up 35.4% month-on-month in July

Airport facing threat of 'toilet hell' as cleaners plan walkout

Sanitation workers are set to take strike action this month in a dispute over pay

British Airways adds Riga and Belgrade to London network

Flights to the Latvian and Serbian capitals will commence on 29 and 31 October respectively

Weekend walkouts at Gatwick called off but more strikes loom

The action by ground handlers employed at the airport by GGS, which had been due to get under way on Friday (4 August), has been pulled

Transatlantic start-up Global Airlines eyes Gatwick berth

New transatlantic carrier insists it is hopeful of launching from the Sussex airport during the first half of 2024, subject to seeking the necessary regulatory approvals

British Airways to ramp up long-haul capacity with new aircraft order

BA parent IAG firms up order for up to a dozen new aircraft to restore and renew BA’s long-haul fleet and rebuild capacity to pre-pandemic levels, says IAG

Birmingham airport strikes called off following pay talks

Workers had been due to embark on a period of indefinite strike action starting Tuesday 1 August

Air travel disruption and heatwaves trigger spike in refund demands

New analysis reveals UK online search volumes for travel refunds increased by 17.9% in the seven days to Friday 21 July

Rhodes: Operators cancel more holidays in the south but operations in the north to resume

Holidays to southern areas of Rhodes most severely affected by recent wildfires have been cancelled through to mid-August, but operations to the north of the island are set to resume

Jet2.com expands twilight check-in service to ninth UK base

The service allows customers to drop their bags off at the airport between 4.30pm and 9pm the day before their flight

Airport accessibility 'improved significantly' last year, says CAA

The CAA’s Airport Accessibility Report, which assesses 26 of the largest UK airports, details airports efforts in providing disabled and less mobile passengers the standard of service to which they are entitled

The Big Question: Can aviation do more to help disabled travellers?

Frequent press stories about accessibility ordeals appear to highlight a need for improvement across the whole sector, but the sector insists things are getting better

European flight cancellations increase ahead of summer period

According to data analytics firm Cirium, 10,402 flights were cancelled last month

Manchester airport records busiest month since September 2019

The airport served 2.8 million passengers in June – the biggest monthly figure since 2019

OTA discontinues flights from 15 airlines that ‘fail to comply’ with refund rules

While eDreams ODIGEO will not disclose the brands of the concerned airlines at this time, it may revisit this decision if the carriers continue to withhold customer refunds

Tui issues travel advice ahead of ‘continuous’ Birmingham airport strike

The carrier has put contingency plans in place as the airport prepares for ‘continuous’ strike action from Tuesday (18 July)

New Gatwick strikes 'yet another blow' for embattled travel sector

However, Advantage chief Julia Lo Bue-Said said the industry had built a ’high level’ of resilience into its operations in recent months