Long-haul air

Virgin Atlantic earthquake relief flight lands in Turkey

Virgin Atlantic flight delivers supplies to earthquake-devastated areas in Turkey

Budget airline confirms Florida debut with two routes

Norse Atlantic confirms two routes to Florida for summer 2023

Virgin Atlantic suspends London-Pakistan services

The carrier will continue to operate services between London and Lahore until 1 May and between London and Islamabad until 9 July

American to restart three transatlantic Dublin routes this spring

The carrier will offer daily flights to Dallas, Charlotte and Chicago from Dublin

Norse Atlantic to put two new Gatwick-US routes on sale this week

New transatlantic carrier to reveal ’substantial increase’ in their airline’s presence in the UK this month

British Airways seals new southern Africa codeshare deal

British Airways names South Africa’s Airlink as a codeshare partner

Global air travel creeping back towards 2019 levels, Iata reveals

Volumes now at two-thirds of 2019 levels

Virgin Atlantic hints at year-round Cape Town service

Three years in the making, chief commercial officer tells TTG about the success of Virgin’s resumption of its daily Cape Town daily service in November after seven-year hiatus

British Airways to restart flights to mainland China

From 23 April, flights will operate daily between Heathrow and Shanghai Pudong airport

Virgin Atlantic to return to China for first time since 2020

Flights from Heathrow to Shanghai to restart for the first time since 23 December 2020 following the Covid-19 pandemic

Qatar Airways reaches settlement over Airbus paint issue

Qatar Airways and Airbus agree settlement over A350 paint flaking issue

Emirates ready to ramp up China and Hong Kong services

Gulf carrier to resume passenger flights to Shanghai and Beijing, and increase Guangzhou and Hong Kong services

Emirates to restore second daily Stansted service this summer

Gulf carrier to double up at Stansted again, starting in May

Global airlines ‘to regain 2019 momentum by June’, report says

Aircraft leasing firm Avolon predicts global airline industry will return to 2019 levels this summer

Near-miss at JFK involved Heathrow-bound flight

American Airlines’ 777 forces Delta jet to abort take-off at JFK

American Airlines reveals summer Heathrow schedule

American Airlines increases frequencies to two hubs from London

Emirates’ A380s to return to Glasgow in the spring

Gulf carrier to restore A380s on daily Dubai service from 26 March for the first time since 2019

US flights return to normal after technical glitch

Nearly 50,000 domestic US flights affected by technical outage, data shows

Qantas and Tourism Australia unveil new Come and Say G’day video

A range of joint activity will also be launched in the UK across TV, social media and online

US flights begin to resume following systems outage

US gives all-clear to resume flights from 14.30 UK time following systems glitch

Radioactive material seized at Heathrow airport

Police stress no danger to public after ’small amount’ of uranium found on flight

Ex-transport minister calls for 'super APD' to fund greener travel

Call for ’Super APD’ on private jets to fund environmental transport development

Iceland's Play to launch budget Toronto flights in the summer

Carrier’s new route to Toronto’s Hamilton airport, via Reykjavik, will be fed from Stansted and Liverpool

Aer Lingus slashes transatlantic fares at Manchester airport

New York fares cut to as little as £399pp return, and Orlando and Barbados