Airlines

Air Transat to ramp up Glasgow-Toronto flights this summer

Daily flights will run from 20 May to October, representing an increase from two flights a week in the airline’s winter schedule, the carrier said

Travel's wave of change on animal welfare: a long overdue step change?

After easyJet holidays, Jet2holidays recently became the latest operator to stop selling captive dolphin and whale attractions, and pressure is mounting on those who still do. Gary Noakes reports

Edinburgh and Glasgow poised to gain new budget Turkey flights

Pegasus Airlines’ new Edinburgh-Istanbul route will take off this summer before SunExpress lands at Glasgow next summer

British Airways parent IAG pins soaring profits on strong winter demand

IAG recorded a seven-fold increase in operating profit during the three months to 31 March

Jet2holidays adds more than 35,000 extra summer 2025 seats 'to meet demand'

Customers located near Jet2’s nine UK bases – Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle International, Stansted and Liverpool John Lennon – stand to benefit from the expansion

Jet2holidays channels early summer discounts through agents

Jet2holidays has cut the price of May and June departures sold by agents by £60, and reduced the price of other summer 2024 packages

Heathrow strikes called off after breakthrough on 'outsourcing' plans

Heathrow says it has averted the threat of a walkout by support staff following reconvened talks that ended a potential six-day walkout

British Airways convenes new advisory panel to help improve accessibility

The panel will meet every few months to scrutinise British Airways’ performance on accessibility

Virgin Atlantic's groundbreaking 100% SAF flight ‘cut emissions by two-thirds’

Carrier reveals emissions data from its November 2023 flight from Heathrow to New York, the first powered solely by alternative aviation fuel

Heathrow strikes off – for now – as talks resume over 'outsourcing' plans

Heathrow staff cancel two days of industrial action but strikes from 9 May will still go ahead, union says

Emirates to relaunch daily Edinburgh flights with new flagship aircraft

Gulf carrier to restart flights between Dubai and the Scottish capital in November after axing the route during Covid

EasyJet expands Glasgow base and launches Enfidha and Larnaca flights

Airline will base an extra aircraft in Glasgow this summer, its sixth, allowing it to launch new routes to Enfidha in Tunisia and Larnaca in Cyprus

EasyJet holidays adds two new island destinations to summer programme

France’s Corsica and Spain’s Sitges available to book for summer 2024

New data reveals big hike in 'budget' air fares to Spain this summer

Data firm Mabrian outlines big increase in budget airline fares to Spain this summer, the highest of any major European market

New Jet2 routes take off from Birmingham and Edinburgh airports

The airline and operator will serve Montenegro from BHX for the first time this summer, while Edinburgh has gained its first Jet2 service to Malta

Airlines given a month to act on misleading ‘greenwash’ claims

The European Commission has told 20 airlines they must stop making misleading green claims within 30 days or face a clampdown

Aer Lingus restores full transatlantic network with relaunch of MSP

Aer Lingus reopens Minneapolis-St Paul service, bringing its transatlantic network back to where it was pre-Covid

British Airways to offer Croatia's Split from Stansted this summer

Weekend flights to get under way on 7 September

SAS Scandinavian Airlines to join SkyTeam from Star Alliance

Scandinavian flag carrier will link up with new alliance, home to Virgin Atlantic, Air France and Kenya Airways, among others, on 1 September

'Strong and sustained demand' for Jet2's new Bournemouth flights

Airline and operator revealed Bournemouth as its 12th UK base last month

British Airways adds third daily Chicago service and switches terminals

Carrier has moved its departures from O’Hare International to Terminal 3

French air traffic disruption prompts Foreign Office warning

Thousands of flights to, via and over France are still expected to be impacted on Thursday (25 April) despite French air traffic controllers calling off planned strike action

Govt pledges to guard against air fare hikes as it unveils SAF mandate

The DfT has given details of its plan for all UK airlines to use 10% sustainable aviation fuel by 2030 and will consult on a revenue support mechanism

Loganair axes three routes and cuts frequencies to restore reliability

Loganair’s new chief executive has outlined a plan to restore reliability on the airline’s network with cuts to routes and reduced frequencies