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Rylan has become an honorary member of Heathrow's "purple people" crew (Credit: Heathrow airport)
Heathrow staff to volunteer 10,000 hours to ease disruption
Airport extends annual Here to Help programme in response to growing passenger demand, with TV’s Rylan fronting the push
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Channel travel delays and contest for PM turns ‘toxic’
Monday’s headlines dominated by days of major disruption to cross-Channel services, while the race to become the next prime minister tipped to take a feisty turm
Thornton on vaccine equity: 'As you start to open up more [of the world], it changes the conversation.' (Credit: Intrepid Travel)
Intrepid chief advises consumers to book with agents
James Thornton, speaking on National Travel Agent Day, tells Sky News booking with an agent is the best way to avoid the aviation disruption this summer
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Emirates plans third daily Gatwick flight to combat Heathrow capacity cap
Gulf carrier to operate third daily Dubai-Gatwick service between 27 July and 3 August ’to accommodate passengers affected by capacity adjustments on flights from Heathrow’
The aircraft will be delivered during 2024 and 2025 (Credit: British Airways)
British Airways workers call off summer strike at Heathrow
Majority of those primed to strike back revised pay deal, unions confirm
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays on track for 'record-breaking' weekend
The airline and operator has almost 150,000 customers travelling to and from destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Islands this weekend
Michael O'Leary, director and CEO of Ryanair
O'Leary calls for 'practical approach' to post-Brexit immigration policy
He reportedly said the ability for airlines to hire from the continent would help stem aviation delays
Huw Merriman is the latest MP to join TTG's Agenda 2021
What would you ask the chair of the transport select committee?
Next week TTG will interview the chair of the transport select committee Huw Merriman – and we’re asking TTG readers to submit questions for us to put to him
Menzies Aviation is a leading global ground handler
Govt 'didn't listen' to handlers' warnings on airport chaos
Ground handling firm blasts govt for not listening to its warnings about staff shortages at airports
The cases relate to passengers who opted not to travel against government travel advice
Ryanair reaches agreement with European pilots over post-Covid pay
The deals with the SEPLA and SNPL unions deliver accelerated pay restoration and future improvements to pay in each year up to March 2027
Tui's UK boss Andrew Flintham has apologised for delays handling customers cancelled bookings
Tui's Flintham: ‘We’ve done everything we can to get people away this summer’
‘We’ve recruited more staff, we have more aircraft available, and we’ve further improved the way we communicate with customers,’ he said
Heathrow is looking to fill hundreds of security and engineering posts (Credit: Heathrow Airport)
Heathrow fuel workers suspend strike following new pay offer
The action, which had been due to affect Emirates and Virgin Atlantic, had been due to get under way on Thursday morning (21 July)
Some people waited for up to four hours at Heathrow
Airports to trial contactless border clearance
Government announces plan for tests of contactless border crossings from 2024
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Scottish airport workers to walk out next month
Workers at Prestwick airport back strike action in dispute over pay
Travel’s stark climate challenges laid bare in new report
Gatwick adds 400 security staff to cope with increased demand
The airport is also reminding passengers of airport security protocols to smooth the journey through its busy terminals this summer
2.8 million people travelled through Heathrow in February
Heathrow flight curbs ‘to continue until end of October’
Letter to carriers, seen by The Telegraph, warns schedules will continue to be limited to ease congestion and overcrowding
Why St Helena should be on clients’ island destination bucket lists
Weekly Saint Helena flights to resume this autumn
Johannesburg-based carrier Airlink to up scheduled air service to the island from fortnightly to weekly
Bell said the government "needs to step in now" to protect "viable businesses and jobs across the sector"
Delays and cancellations hit late sales, new stats claim
ForwardKeys data shows slump in late bookings blamed on airport chaos hitting consumer confidence
The approach to the new terminal at Orlando International (Credit: Orlando International airport)
New Orlando terminal to deliver 'totally different' arrival experience
$2.75 billion investment at Orlando International will shake-up the arrival experience for millions of British tourists over the coming years
Heathrow's boss has called for the UK government to support sustainable aviation fuel production
Heathrow facing fresh three-day strike threat this week
Refuellers serving Virgin Atlantic, United, Singapore Airlines, KLM, American Airlines, Emirates, Air France and Delta to strike over 21-24 July after rejecting new pay deal
The chancellor has been urged to cut APD (Credit: Antonio Janeski / Unsplash)
Pre-Covid era will be 'peak aviation emission period', govt vows
Grant Shapps lays out plan for aviation emissions to be less than in 2019 with Jet Zero Strategy
Qantas is having to reschedule a Sydney flight at Heathrow's request
Qantas passengers' long stopover blamed on Heathrow difficulties
Qantas passengers to Sydney face 11-hour stopover after Heathrow reschedules departure time
Luton airport runway closed for heatwave repairs
Luton airport runway reopens after runway repairs
Monday’s high temperatures caused a section of the runway to disintegrate, forcing the airport to pause arrivals and departures
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Save Doncaster Sheffield petition raised in parliament
The petition was raised by Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher on Monday (18 July)