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UK passport slides to sixth in global power index

Index based on destinations available to passport holders without pre-arranged visa

Thomas Cook Airlines debuts ‘happiness-driven’ peaks campaign

Campaign will feature across digital, out-of-home, print and radio platforms

Amadeus hires Adobe's Ropers to lead strategic growth businesses

He will join the travel technology giant on February 1

Brits to defy Brexit gloom and blow extra £2bn on holidays

Netflights poll finds Brits will spend, on average, an extra £630 on their holidays this year

Lucy Holden appointed WeSwap business development manager

Former Holiday Extras BDM Holden joins peer-to-peer currency exchange to develop B2B products

Saga appoints two new directors to meet 'ambitious' growth plans

Elanor Sahadow appointed director of commercial; Rob Goodwin joins as director of product and purchasing

IAG's Vueling snaps up Flybe's Gatwick slots

Deal worth £4.5 million, Flybe tells investors

‘Britain should lift Sharm flight ban’ says Egyptian ambassador

Egypt ‘ready’ to welcome flights from UK after airport security upgrade

Lion Air crash: Second black box recovered from Java Sea

Recorder likely to document final moments of ill-fated Flight 610

Pilots’ union seeks job reassurances over Virgin Atlantic Flybe deal

‘Urgent talks’ needed says Balpa with all parties to establish clarity over impact on pilots and other employees

Agency celebrates peaks boom as sales soar nearly 50%

Premier Travel enjoyed its biggest January sales weekend ever

British Airways pulls TV ad ‘glamorising gambling’ after backlash from MPs

Ad, which showed holidaymakers playing the slots, received 11 complaints, airline confirms

UK airports ‘must invest in anti-drone tech’ - govt

Defence secretary said after recent disruption at Gatwick and Heathrow caused by drone activity, anti-drone measures would become an ‘expectation’

Heathrow airport smashes through 80 million passenger mark

Passenger numbers at Britain’s busiest airport grew 2.7% to 80,102,000 last year

Air France to review future of millennial-focused subsidiary Joon

Joon brand, employees and aircraft could be integrated back into Air France

Turkish Airlines launches direct Gatwick-Ankara service

Inaugural flight took place on Wednesday (January 9)

Saga clients becoming more ‘adventurous’

Over-50s specialist is seeing more interest in “unusual” destinations

Millennial spending on accommodation ‘less than half’ of average baby boomer

TripAdvisor’s TripBarometer survey found a marked difference in travel spend between generations

Latest round of Ryanair strikes called off

Cabin crew in Spain had been due to walk out on January 10 and January 13

Explore appoints new global head of sales and customer service

Ben Ittensohn joins the operator after six months working on a consultancy project for the Hampshire-based firm

Rio Ferdinand to spearhead ITC Travel partnership with Football Escapes

Tour operator to offer ‘bespoke’ Football Escapes packages for families with footie-mad kids

Nepal Tourist Board to step up UK presence with roadshows

The country is targeting two million tourists annually by 2020

York agent to take part in Italy cycling challenge

Travel agent appeals for donations for charity ride from Milan to Venice

Icelolly unveils new-look website for peaks

Deals specialist has created a new “app-like” platform