Airlines

Aer Lingus cancels further 170+ flights this week due to pilots' action

Irish carrier pre-emptively cancels an additional 172 services operating from 1-7 July owing to a period of ’indefinite’ industrial action by its Irish pilots

Manchester airport gains new three-times-weekly Shanghai service

Inaugural Juneyao Air service to UK to operate on Monday (1 July)

Norse Atlantic Airways to update investors on funding search

Norse Atlantic Airways will detail its financial progress next week as it seeks investment and looks for charter opportunities for its aircraft next winter

Norwegian to launch new northern lights and ski route next winter

Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced winter flights from London to an area of the country not served by other airlines that’s famous for northern lights viewing and skiing

'When chaos reigns, why is it always tour operators left picking up the pieces?'

Summer has only just begun, but already, consumers have experienced severe travel disruption – and tour operators are bearing the brunt of the knock-on effects, writes Aito executive director Martyn Sumners for TTG

Air India to deploy flagship new aircraft on Heathrow route

Air India will upgrade its key Heathrow route from September with the addition of new Airbus A350 operating most weekly frequencies

Lufthansa Group to add up to €72 environmental levy to fares

Lufthansa Group airlines have begun to charge an environmental levy to fund an increasing proportion of sustainable aviation fuel in line with EU requirements

Spending on travel continuing to outpace other non-essentials – Barclays

New CEBR and Barclays research says the UK Experience Economy - including holiday purchasing - is bigger than the GDP of Morocco and growing rapidly

Irish agents renew plea for resolution as Aer Lingus pilots agree to fresh talks

The Irish Airline Pilots Association will return to talks with Aer Lingus on Thursday (27 June)

Jet2 to expand Spain schedule with third Andalucian destination

Jet2 will launch weekly services to and from Jerez next summer operating between May and early November

Irish agents 'working through new list of Aer Lingus cancellations'

First of five days strict work-to-rule action under way on Wednesday (26 June) with an eight-hour strike planned for Saturday, and further disruption expected next week

BA hit by fresh tech issue as baggage system fails at Heathrow

Airline warns passengers ’we can’t guarantee your bags will have travelled with you on your flight today’

Trade still working through fallout from Manchester airport power failure

Airlines and operators are still having to deal with the after-effects of Sunday’s power cut at Manchester airport that disrupted flights and rendered baggage systems inoperative

Agency boss calls for inquiry into Manchester airport power failure

Travel Village Group chief executive Phil Nuttall appealed for answers after agents worked around the clock to save clients’ holidays on Sunday (23 June) and Monday (24 June)

Aer Lingus reveals full list of cancellations as pilots say ‘we're willing to talk’

Airline to cancel up to 20% of its flights across the first five days of industrial action by its Irish pilots

Manchester airport flights resume and to ‘run as usual’ after major power outage

Chief executive Chris Woodroofe said the fault – first identified during the early hours of Sunday morning – had been traced to an underground cable, which caused a power surge, although he stressed a full investigation would take place.

Woodruffe added staff at the airport were working hard to minimise the impact of the outage on people’s travel plans over the coming days.

Passengers told to avoid Manchester airport after 'major' power cut

The airport has advised passengers flying from Terminals 1 and 2 to contact their airlines for the latest information about their flight

Delta to start serving Orlando from Heathrow this winter

US carrier will offer four flights per week to Florida’s theme park capital

Irish agents plead for resolution ahead of Aer Lingus pilots' action

The Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) said it feels the ’consumer is ultimately at the heart of this’ strike action with the industry entering ’the busiest travel period of the year’

Birmingham airport boss says queuing issues will be fixed for summer peak

Nick Barton promises agents their clients will not face long security queues this summer after spelling out measures to alleviate the issues

Ryanair to launch Newcastle-Marrakech route this winter

Twice-weekly service to Moroccan city will start in October

Aer Lingus to cancel up to 20% of flights during pilots' action

Irish carrier says it will cancel between 10% and 20% of services during the first five days of work-to-rule action by pilots starting next week

Doncaster Sheffield airport likely to name new operator within weeks

Doncaster Sheffield airport looks closer to reopening after the local council, which leases it, received tenders from operators, with an announcement likely within weeks

Norse Atlantic reaffirms commitment to trade with head of sales UK hire

Andrew Fish brings 25 years’ industry experience to transatlantic start-up from roles with bmi, Gulf Air, Finnair and Air Astana