Long-haul air

Virgin Atlantic to increase New York and Boston flights next summer

Virgin Atlantic is to add frequencies on its JFK and Boston services next summer, meaning record levels of flights to the US for the carrier

China Southern boosts London-China connectivity with new Gatwick service

China Southern joins Air China and China Eastern at Gatwick

'Flight 100 proved SAF's readiness, not necessarily its long-term viability'

TTG’s Sarah Dennis reflects on the first 100% SAF-powered long-haul flight, its success as proof as concept and the questions that remain around how SAF supply will be ramped up

Flying into the history books with Virgin Atlantic onboard Flight 100

Did the first long-haul flight fully-fuelled by sustainable aviation fuel prove the case for SAF? TTG’s Sarah Dennis boarded VS100 – Flight 100 – to New York to speak to the team behind the landmark journey

Three airline ads banned by ASA over 'misleading' green claims

Lufthansa, Air France and Etihad taken to task by the Advertising Standards Authority over their sustainability credentials and told not to repeat claims as travel finds itself in the firing line again

Latam Airlines restores direct air link between the UK and Peru

Five-times-weekly Heathrow-Lima service inaugurated at the weekend

Budget Barbados and Montego Bay routes take off from Gatwick

Norse Atlantic Airways will operate its Gatwick-Barbados route up to five times a week this winer, and its Gatwick-Montego Bay service up to four times a week

'Business as usual' for Cuba specialists despite Tui flight axe

Captivating Cuba and Simply Cuba rebooking clients onto indirect services after Tui confirmed it wouldn’t operate its Manchester-Varadero route next summer, the UK’s only direct Cuba service

Major airlines facing legal challenge over 'misleading' environmental claims

Lawyers acting for UK climate action charity Possible file formal complaints against British Airways and Virgin Atlantic over what the charity alleges are ’misleading claims about their emission reductions’

Transport sec urges aviation sector to 'deliver outcomes' for greener flying

Mark Harper has stressed commitment to aviation carbon reduction but says it’s the industry’s role to innovate

Virgin flight to prove SAF is 'only viable solution' for cleaner long-haul aviation

Virgin Atlantic will operate the world’s first flight fuelled entirely by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on Tuesday

Singapore Airlines to connect Brits to new Uluru routes

New Virgin Australia flights dovetail with Singapore Airlines schedule from London

Manchester's Beijing service to become daily next summer

Hainan Airlines to increase its current four-times-weekly route between Manchester and China’s capital to daily from June 2024

Emirates chief hints at growing ‘resilient’ UK operation and lowering fares

Sir Tim Clark told the Airlines 2023 conference in London the UK market has been ‘resilient to the fare levels’ the Gulf carrier currently has in place, adding: ‘I’m not saying they are going to last for ever’

UK sustainable aviation fuel industry receives £53m funding boost

Winning projects span across the country from the Orkney Islands to the north of England and south Wales

Virgin Atlantic puts back the start of its Sao Paulo service again

Virgin Atlantic has postponed the launch of flights to Brazil’s commercial capital and aviation hub

New aviation and maritime ministers named following govt reshuffle

Anthony Browne and Lord Davies of Gower will take up the briefs vacated by Baroness Vere

Edinburgh gains more Canadian links with new flights confirmed

Edinburgh airport will receive another Toronto service next summer plus a link with Halifax, a first for the Scottish airport

Vietnam Airlines restores daily non-stop flights from Heathrow

The flag carrier will operate four weekly flights to Hanoi as well as three per week to Ho Chi Minh City

Transatlantic start-up hints at plans to sell through agents

Global Airlines founder James Asquith told WTM London agents would have a role to play in its distribution model

CAA green-lights first-ever fully sustainably fuelled transatlantic flight

The CAA has given Virgin Atlantic permission to fly the first-ever service between London and New York powered fully by sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

Virgin Atlantic will operate the flight, VS100, between Heathrow and New York JFK on 28 November "to test and showcase the feasibility of flying on 100% SAF".

It follows ground testing, overseen by the CAA, involving Boeing, Rolls Royce, BP and others, analysing different aspects of the planned flight.

Aer Lingus expands codeshare agreement with American Airlines

Customers can now buy flights with Aer Lingus or American Airlines between Dublin-Philadelphia and Dublin-Chicago

Air Canada resumes direct service between London and Mumbai

Flights will be operated with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft and will run until 29 March 2024

'Super pro-trade' Air Mauritius launches daily Gatwick service

The first flight took off from Gatwick on Monday after Air Mauritius relocated its UK route from Heathrow, and its commercial chief is confident there is sufficient demand – and plenty for the trade to get excited about