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The government has continued to stress the 'support' it has given to UK airports during the Covid crisis
Eastern Airways to take over Newquay-London route
Carrier expected to operate government-subsidised service from December
Heathrow's passenger numbers fell to their lowest level since 1966 in February (Credit: Heathrow airport)
Air travel recovery still being held back by ‘onerous’ UK rules
Industry leaders say UK continues to lag far behind other major European markets
SunExpress will operate a three-times peak summer service to Antalya from Edinburgh next summer
Edinburgh to gain Antalya link next summer
SunExpress to operate three-times weekly summer 2022 service, its first to and from Scotland
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Aviation industry warns lack of booster proof will be a ‘problem’
Travellers could be affected by being unable to prove they have received Covid booster jab
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Reborn Flybe confirms Birmingham as its HQ
Flybe brand to make Midlands airport its HQ and main base
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Covid checks double airport queuing times to three hours
Airline passengers are now willing to share biometric data to reduce queues
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MAG airports hit one million monthly passenger milestones
Manchester and Stansted both catered for more than one million travellers in October for first time during pandemic
Wear brings experience managing air and tourism links in Philadelphia and Tenerife
Gatwick names new head of aviation development
Stephanie Wear to bring experience managing air links in Philadelphia and tourism projects in Tenerife
Walsh's career in aviation stretches back more than 40 years
Air travel in 2022 'still less than half' of 2019 levels - Iata
Iata boss Willie Walsh gives 2022 prediction
Scoot will use Boeing 787 Dreamliners on the new Gatwick-Bangkok-Singapore route
Scoot to operate Gatwick-Singapore flights via Bangkok
Singapore Airlines’ low-cost subsidiary to launch first route from UK in December
BA operates direct flights to Beijing and Shanghai
BA Euroflyer set to take off from Gatwick in the spring
Name for carrier’s Gatwick short-haul operation revealed in Companies House filing
Heathrow is looking to fill hundreds of security and engineering posts (Credit: Heathrow Airport)
US reopening triggers Heathrow recruitment drive
Airport on the lookout for more than 600 new frontline roles after flights to US, which accounted for 20% of the airport’s pre-Covid passenger traffic, resumed on Monday (8 November)
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Aviation industry 'fully committed' to decarbonisation
Challenge facing now the sector is how quickly new technologies can be integrated, Sustainable Aviation director Andy Jefferson tells Abta’s Decarbonising Tourism webinar
Heathrow boss John Holland-Kaye says a lack of government support now will make it even harder for the sector to resume
Overhaul UK travel rules to align with Europe – Heathrow
Airport wants ministers to ‘reassess’ testing requirements for fully vaccinated travellers and the role of passenger locator forms at next Global Travel Taskforce review
Jet2's first flight from Bristol will take off for Lanzarote on 1 April 2021
Jet2 goes on sale for summer 2023 from all 10 UK bases
Airline and operator reveal plans to serve 41 destinations from its Leeds Bradford home
Antigen tests tend to be quicker and cheaper than PCR testing (Credit: Medakit)
ExpressTest launches ‘click and collect’ Covid test at UK airports
Lateral flow tests can be pre-ordered and collected by travellers coming to the UK
Air Transat plans to operate its daily Gatwick-Toronto service using the neo
Air Transat to increase UK-Canada capacity in 2022
The airline will restart its service from Gatwick to Montreal and launch a new route from the London airport to Quebec City
Some people waited for up to four hours at Heathrow
Heathrow’s passport e-gates suffer another failure
Queues build up in terminal as passengers have to be processed manually through UK Border
Nouvelair had planned to launch the flights last summer
Nouvelair to relaunch Manchester-Tunisia route
The move comes following the relaxation of travel restrictions by both UK and Tunisian governments
Flights to other Canary Islands destinations are currently operating as planned
Tui restarts flights to Mexico's Riviera Nayarit
Puerto Vallarta airport in Riviera Nayarit received its first inbound flight from the carrier from Manchester
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Birmingham to gain new Stockholm link next year
Germany’s Eurowings to offer Birmingham service from new Stockholm base in the spring
BA will fly its first 787-10 Dreamliner to Atlanta (Photography: Joey Kyber/Unsplash)
Delta reinstates more US flights for summer 22
Delta confirms return of Edinburgh-US link and other services
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Make airlines use all their slots next summer, Shapps told
Coalition urges Shapps to reinstate 80/20 slot rule
British Airways Virgin Atlantic Heathrow 8 November 2021 (Credit: Nats / YouTube)
British Airways and Virgin Atlantic blast off for New York – video
Air traffic control manager Nats captures incredible dual take-off from Heathrow on Monday (8 November) as US borders reopened to Brits for the first time since March 2020