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Operator ceases trading citing 'savage' coronavirus impact

Music and dance holiday specialist Enjoy Travel ceased trading on Friday (8 May) according to the CAA

HAL president Orlando Ashford to leave line this month

Ashford has been praised for taking the lead on the brand’s "rejuvenation"

Pilots union blasts potential BA CityFlyer redundancies

Balpa says it will fight for every CityFlyer job at London City and Edinburgh airports

Steve Endacott: 'Turn agencies into track and trace facilities'

‘Besides asking what the government is going to do for travel, maybe we should be asking ourselves what can we do for our country’

Video: Health secretary pours cold water on summer holiday season

Matt Hancock tells ITV’s This Morning it is unlikely ’big, lavish, international holidays’ will be possible this summer

Canary Islands to pioneer 'digital health passport'

Islands’ tourism authorities partner with UNWTO to arrange ’pilot’ flight using new health tracking app

Aviation sector seeks clarity from PM on 14-day quarantine

Chiefs write to Boris Johnson to express ‘collective and serious concern and frustration’ about proposed two-week quarantine requirement for UK arrivals

Spain to impose two-week quarantine on all arrivals

New measures set to come into force on Friday (15 May)

Balpa urges government to maintain 80% furlough scheme

Pilots union fearing ‘double whammy’ with statements due on Tuesday (12 May) from the chancellor and the transport secretary

Hays Travel 'seeing strong winter 2020/21 demand'

Around 3,000 Hays staff now back at work ‘answering calls and dealing with issues’, owners John and Irene Hays reveal in video message

Etihad to restore regular London-Melbourne service

The route, which will operate via Abu Dhabi, will get under way from Melbourne on 15 May before the first outbound London service takes off on 21 May

Ryanair plots July relaunch with mask and temperature check requirements

Budget carrier plans to restore 40% of its normal flight schedule from 1 July, with services to around 90% of its route network

Heathrow: Quarantine 'effectively closes UK borders' temporarily

Airport warns UK industry will stagnate until people can fly freely again

Quarantine measures set to cost package operators up to £5 billion

Self-isolation for as long, or even twice as long, as a holiday is a disaster for leisure travel, according to accountancy firm MHA MacIntyre Hudson

French travellers exempt from UK quarantine measures

Passengers travelling to the UK from France will not be required to quarantine upon arrival

CAA fires warning shot at airlines over refunds

Authority backs ’vouchers and rebooking alternatives’, but stresses it will consider action to ensure consumers’ right to a refund is protected

Justin Francis: 'We must rebuild tourism so it works for all'

’Tourism won’t be one of the industries hardest hit by Covid-19 – it will be the industry hardest hit’

CMV further suspends cruise operations to 30 June

Affected passengers to be offered 125% future cruise credit

MAG airports confirm face covering and glove requirements

New measures for passengers and staff came into force on Thursday (7 May)

Nevis 'Covid free' following 'aggressive' border controls

Caribbean island shut its borders to commercial flights, ships and yachts on 25 March

RCL chief: Agents 'critical' to future of cruise sector

Fain: ’I’ve heard some travel advisors express concern cruise lines may view them as less necessary in a post-Covid world – balderdash!’

Princess Cruises abandons summer 2020 season

Line extends global operational pause from 30 June to the end of summer 2020

IAG boss Willie Walsh to step down in September

Walsh had previously delayed his retirement to oversee BA owner IAG’s response to the coronavirus crisis

BTA: 'Business travel has critical role in economic recovery'

Association unveils five-point plan to ’reignite’ £220bn business travel sector