Government

Manchester airport hopeful of staffing up early ahead of summer 2023

1,500 roles available spanning security, customer service, car parking and hospitality, with ground handlers Swissport and dnata also looking for new recruits, along with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays

Government targeting zero-emissions airport operations by 2040

Ministers pledge further £113m to support development of hydrogen and all-electric flight technologies

Animal welfare law comes closer with big UK operators targeted

Parliament plans crack down on sales of exploitative animal attractions

Govt pledges £77m to achieve zero-emission ex-UK cruising by 2025

Cash will fund transition to battery-powered electric vessels, shoreside electrical power, low-carbon fuels and wind assistance

Next six months 'critical' to inbound tourism recovery

Chief executive of UKinbound Joss Croft has urged the UK government to provide additional support to the inbound tourism market

Advantage and Aito 'proactively engage' Treasury to discuss outbound sector

’It is critical that the government recognises the unique difficulties still being faced by the UK outbound travel sector in the wake of the pandemic,’ said Advantage chief executive Julia Lo Bue-Said

Next week's French strikes trigger Foreign Office travel warning

Several of the country’s unions have called for cross-sector strike action and demonstrations on 7 and 11 February

Tanzer: 'More work needed to resolve Brexit issues'

Tanzer raised particular concern around employee mobility and the EU entry and exit checks due to come into force later this year

Advantage chief: Brexit has undoubtedly made travelling worse

Julia Lo Bue-Said laments increasingly evident impact of UK’s exit from the EU on travel now issues ’masked by the pandemic’ are coming to the fore

Dropping airline slots amnesty 'could jeopardise summer getaway'

Which? warns government’s decision to reintroduce 80:20 usage rules for airline slots could force airlines to over-stretch themselves again this summer

Government to trial opening airport eGates to 10 and 11-year-olds

Trial will take place at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted, and could be expanded to all airport over the coming months

Border Force officials to walk out for four days over February half-term

Public and Commercial Services union confirms further strike action by officials at four ports in England and France

Government to reintroduce 80:20 airport slot rule this summer

Slot usage ratio to return to 80:20 in late March, although some flexibility will be retained to guard against so-called ’ghost flights’

CAA issues interim price cap on Heathrow airline charges

The interim cap will replace the current cap that applies to Heathrow’s charges in 2022

Berkshire-based luxury operator ceases trading as Atol holder

Sublime Travel website and social media presence down, and phone numbers out of use

Foreign Office updates Turkey travel advice with fresh terrorism warning

’Terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in Turkey,’ read the updated FCDO advice, which stressed there was a ’heightened risk’ of attacks targeting aviation

Flybe failure prompts call for new legislation to guard against sudden insolvencies

Pilots union Balpa says it will see to work with the government to improve the regulatory framework around aviation to avoid such ’sudden and precipitous events in future’ following loss of 276 jobs at Flybe

‘Atol reform is about more than just stability – it's about faith in travel’

Gary Noakes takes a deeper dive into the CAA’s proposals for Atol reform, and assesses the industry’s reaction to new regulations with wide-reaching consequences for businesses