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Ministers are expected to discuss the plans on Wednesday (28 July)
Balpa demands summit with PM after Heathrow sees 'five-hour' border queues
"Government decisions have seemingly set about destroying the foundations of global Britain by an apparent deliberate undermining of the aviation industry" - acting general secretary Martin Chalk
A low-season adventure to West Iceland
Jet2CityBreaks launches 2021/22 Iceland programme
The first scheduled service departed from Manchester airport on Thursday (2 September)
The resumption coincides with the 11th anniversary of the Emirates A380 serving the north west after it was first introduced on 1 September, 2010
Emirates reintroduces A380 at Manchester as demand rebounds
The airline currently offers daily services to Manchester with flights operated by A380 aircraft operational from Wednesday (1 September)
Heathrow's boss has called for the UK government to support sustainable aviation fuel production
Aviation sector calls for end of traffic light regime
’Too many families are having to look over their shoulders for rule changes, and pay through the nose for tests,’ said Airlines UK chief Tim Alderslade
135 Brits are due to arrive this evening (11 March). (Credit: Suhyeon Choi/Unsplash)
Airlines set to insist on mandatory Covid-19 vaccination for staff
Air Canada, Delta, Swiss and United Airlines are set to follow in Qantas’s footsteps in making staff vaccines compulsory
The majority of destinations are currently classed as amber in the traffic lights system (Credit: benn-mcguinness-34oZS8nstfI-unsplash)
MAG to appeal High Court ruling on traffic light system
Airports group is to challenge judges’ decision on how government operates travel system
British Airways is reducing its schedule because of the current four-week lockdown in England
British Airways considers new Gatwick short-haul subsidiary
Putting short-haul business into separate company could help to compete with low-cost carriers
GATWICK Aerial view of runway
Gatwick unveils runway plan to boost capacity to 75 million
Sussex airport wants to bring current second runway into “routine use”
Aviation has pledged to make the UK’s airlines carbon free. Picture: Ethan McArthur
Balpa: UK airports suffering worse Covid fate than European counterparts
The association is calling for the UK government to recognise that the sector is being "stifled by the rules"
Test results are supervised and verified within two hours by a certified health advisor
Qured offers discounted home test kits to Heathrow passengers
Test results are supervised and verified within two hours by a certified health advisor
Norse Atlantic Airways will use former Norwegian Boeing 787s
'Boost for jobs' as Norse Atlantic prepares to operate from Gatwick
The airline is expected to hire former Norwegian Air Resources employees
Travel ban ends amid fears over 'Indian variant'
Covid testing 'rip-off' and chaos at Kabul airport
National headlines continue to be dominated by the crisis in Afghanistan on Tuesday (17 August)
The testing centres opened on Thursday (3 December)
'Onerous and expensive' PCR tests 'holding back' aviation recovery
MAG said volumes had picked up slightly since the traffic light system review on 4 August but remain "significantly" below pre-pandemic levels
Swimming in a natural pool in the north of Tenerife
EasyJet holidays announces Tenerife fam trip giveaway
The trip will take place in November 2021
Testing and vaccine certification likely to play a key role in restarting international, according to new national press reports (Credit: Artur Tumasjan/Unsplash)
Airline traffic poised for ‘further recovery’ as restrictions lift
But CAA’s comparison with 2019 lays bare the slump endured by UK travel sector
Norwegian aircraft at dawn
Norwegian Air reveals summer 2022 schedule from UK
Airline will offer 142 weekly flights to Scandinavia from four airports in the UK and Ireland
BA is suspending its operations at Gatwick
Scrap all Covid tests for green list countries, urges Gatwick
Airport calls for UK government to “simplify” current travel rules
The budget carrier will fly to the Albanian capital three times a week, starting from 10 December
Wizz Air adds Albania route from Liverpool
The budget carrier will fly to Tirana three times a week, starting from 10 December
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Emirates steps up UK expansion after amber list move
Airline unveils plans to build up flights from four UK airports in coming months
Heathrow says it is ready to scale up its operations to meet demand as it returns
Heathrow warns UK is ‘falling behind’ EU in recovery
Less than four million passengers used hub airport in first half of 2021
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Southend airport loses another carrier
Ryanair to quit base at Essex airport
The airline has resumed flights from Dublin to Toronto and Heathrow to Montreal
Air Canada resumes transatlantic routes
Dublin-Toronto and Heathrow-Montreal services restored
Ryanair will open a base at Newcastle International for summer 2022
Ryanair to open base at Newcastle for summer 2022
Decision will allow carrier to add 12 new destinations from northeast airport
The new rules come into effect on Monday (Credit: Marten Bjork / Unsplash)
Hotel quarantine charges rise to 'better reflect' costs
The cost of staying in a quarantine hotel after travelling from a red list country is set to rise by more than £500 from next week