Airlines

Engine cover falls off Boeing aircraft prompting new safety investigation

A Southwest Airlines service to Texas was forced to turn around after an engine cowling fell off during take-off

Virgin Atlantic and British Airways aircraft collide at Heathrow

Investigation under way after a Virgin Atlantic aircraft clipped a British Airways plane while being towed at the weekend

British Airways to increase capacity to Barbados this summer

BA will operate its Heathrow-Barbados service this summer using a larger Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner aircraft

Virgin Atlantic 'on track' for 2024 profit despite another year of losses

Virgin Atlantic will return to profit this year as it celebrates its 40th birthday, its chief executive promises

Virgin Atlantic adds second daily Heathrow-Mumbai service

The new frequency will launch 27 October, with tickets going on sale next week

South African Airways ‘here to stay’, troubled carrier's boss insists

South African Airways will continue to fly despite the collapse of a privatisation deal, its chief executive has said

Tui expands summer 2025 programme to more than 10 million seats

Operator adds 345,000 seats for summer 2025 and will base an extra aircraft in Exeter

MPs demand airlines ‘be held accountable to green pledges’

Parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee has said the government must do more to ensure airlines achieve net-zero emissions by 2050

EasyJet relaunches Alicante route from Newcastle airport

Twice-weekly service took off on Tuesday (2 April) and will operate through to the end of October on Tuesdays and Saturdays

Jet2 confirms resort flight check-in, flight deck and cabin crew redundancies

Consultations with affected employees under way following the airline and operator’s review of its operations in Spain

Jet2 to up capacity at new Liverpool base by more than a quarter next year

Jet2 will operate flights to 20 European destinations this summer, and expects to increase capacity at Liverpool by 28% next year

Norse Atlantic to launch Gatwick-Las Vegas route in September

Norse will operate the route three times a week starting 12 September

Jet2holidays to stop selling marine parks featuring captive cetaceans

Jet2’s announcement comes after easyJet holidays earlier this month confirmed it would stop selling zoos and marine parks under its new animal welfare policy

Jet2 boss rules out Gatwick launch and says no more new bases after Bournemouth

Steve Heapy has signalled an end to Jet2’s expansion into new UK bases following the announcement of a move into Bournemouth airport in 2025

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays names Bournemouth as its 12th UK base

Jet2 flights will take off from Bournemouth next summer (2025), flying to 16 destinations across Europe, the Canaries and the Med

'Expect disruption' Tui warns as Spanish airport workers plan walkouts

Disruption will likely take place at several Spanish airports, including Majorca, Madrid and Valencia

'Things need to start happening now': why, for easyJet, the future is hydrogen

EasyJet boss Johan Lundgren believes the 2040s will be the decade ’hydrogen takes off’ – TTG’s Gary Noakes headed to Birmingham airport to find out what’s fuelling his confidence

Virgin Atlantic marks 40th anniversary with aircraft honouring Sir Richard Branson

Virgin Atlantic’s founder Branson said that he went against everyone’s advice when he founded the airline in June 1984

Six new routes poised to take off from Heathrow this summer

Airport to gain new connections with Abu Dhabi, Kos, Izmir, Bangalore, Barcelona and Paris-Orly this summer

EasyJet lands at Birmingham airport – but can it take on Jet2 and Tui?

Midlands agents welcome easyJet’s first new base for nearly 10 years as the competition between travel’s new big three hots up

EasyJet puts winter 2024/25 programme on sale

More than 10 million seats have gone on sale for the coming winter

Jet2 expands Bulgaria programme with new Black Sea resort

Chief executive Steve Heapy said the addition of Sozopol came ’in response to strong demand for gateways to Bulgaria’

Gatwick spells out post-Covid recovery as profits and passenger numbers rebound

Gatwick details its 2023 financial and operational results, reaching near pre-Covid levels of performance

Virgin Atlantic to open up east Africa with Kenya Airways codeshare

Carriers ink deal which will initially extend to Kenya Airways’ Heathrow service to Nairobi