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Covid is likely to accelerate consolidation in travel (Credit: Nick Fewings / Unsplash)
Heathrow fees hike ‘affecting regional connectivity’, say MPs
MPs claim Heathrow flights from regions are at risk because of airport’s high passenger charge
Participants will be encouraged to run the length of 31 UK runways throughout December (Credit: Brent Cox / Unsplash)
European airport traffic on course to recover a year early
ACI Europe revises up passenger traffic forecast, and now expects a full recovery to pre-pandemic volumes by 2024 rather than 2025 but warns of three key risks
Saga says Lanzarote and the other Canary Islands are re-emerging as cruise destinations for late 2021
Spain set to regain 2019 flight numbers this summer
Cirium data details recovery of Spain’s flight arrivals in summer peak
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Russian airlines banned from selling £50m slot portfolio
UK government slaps ban on Russian carriers selling lucrative take-off and landing slots
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Selling travel to an LGBT+ audience – join the TTG LGBT+ Seminar

Taking place on the afternoon of 9 June the Selling travel to an LGBT+ audience seminar, sponsored by South African Tourism, will be free to attend and will centre on addressing key concerns around LGBT+ travel, busting myths and misconceptions and celebrating the destinations actively working to appeal to the LGBT+ market.

The afternoon will begin at 2pm with a welcome by Sherwin Arends, trade relations officer, South African Tourism.

The cases relate to passengers who opted not to travel against government travel advice
Low-cost airlines will recover from pandemic ‘stronger than ever’
Ryanair’s increased summer capacity shows low-cost airlines will emerge strongly from the pandemic, says GlobalData
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Heathrow boss says airlines won't pass on passenger fee hike
Heathrow chairman claims carriers will absorb passenger fee increase because the market will make them
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Elizabeth Line to cut the cost of Heathrow travel
Crossrail fares to Heathrow airport will be around half that of the Heathrow Express but take longer
A recent poll commissioned by the airport found most passengers believed sustainability to be a significant issue facing aviation
London City aims to become capital's first net-zero airport
The airport wants 80% of all journeys to and from the airport to be made by sustainable modes of transport by 2030
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Tui cancels Sri Lanka holidays after FCDO advice update
All holidays up to and including 31 May have been cancelled due to ‘ongoing political and economic instability’ in the country
EasyJet is reportedly in talks with Unite (Credit: Frederick Tubiermont/Unsplash)
EasyJet to offer cabin crew ‘£1,000 bonus’
The payments will be in recognition of crew’s contribution to the airline’s summer operation
What lasting impacts will Covid-19 have on aviation?
UK govt to deliver world’s first net-zero flight in 2023
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has pledged to deliver the world’s first transatlantic flight fuelled purely by environmentally-friendly fuel by the end of next year
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Eva Air hosts two trade events in two weeks
The Taiwanese carrier held the events to mark the resumption of flights to Bangkok and Taipei
Bell said the government "needs to step in now" to protect "viable businesses and jobs across the sector"
International travel ‘to make full recovery’ by 2025
Analytics firm GlobalData claims overseas departures will reach 68% of pre-Covid levels globally in 2022 and improve to 82% in 2023, although war in Ukraine will hinder Europe’s tourism recovery
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Air Transat launches Gatwick-Quebec route
It is the first direct scheduled service to the city from the UK
Luton airport runway closed for heatwave repairs
Luton airport records busiest month since onset of pandemic
It welcomed nearly 1.2 million passengers in April
Aer Lingus is restarting a number of US routes via Dublin
Aer Lingus restarts daily Dublin-Los Angeles service
The first flight on the route since March 2020 took off on Thursday (12 May)
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Wizz Air forced to reschedule flight due to 'unruly' passenger
Their behaviour disrupted the return leg of Wizz’s Gatwick-Chania service on Tuesday (10 May)
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2.com bans brothers for 'aggressive and violent' behaviour
Alfie and Kenneth Springthorpe, from Sidcup, have been charged £50,000 and banned from flying with Jet2.com for life after their behaviour led to their Stansted-Crete flight being diverted
Ponders Travel has urged customers to donate 'basics for Ukrainian refugees on the Ukraine-Poland border'
Wizz Air to offer thousands of free tickets for Ukrainian refugees
Budget carrier partners with three not-for-profits to help thousands of Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russia’s invasion get to the UK
Emirates is to use A380s to boost capacity to the island
Emirates partners with South Africa to boost visitor levels
The airline and tourist board have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to jointly promote tourism and inbound traffic to the region
Play will offer two US destinations from Stansted, via Iceland, starting in spring 2022
Play expands US service with Boston flights
Flights via Reykjavik began on Wednesday (11 May), with tickets starting from £199pp
Masks will remain mandatory on US flights until 18 April (Credit: Elly Johnson / Unsplash)
Face masks on European flights 'no longer recommended'
The new guidance will come into effect from 16 May
Tui will fly to a new airport further away from the city centre (Credit: Aditya Vyas / Unsplash)
Tui to offer Belfast-Florida departures next summer
Travel giant to operate four flights in June and July 2023