Short haul operators

Jet2.com reunites child with lost toy on first birthday

The toy was lost when Shaun Tennant and Jenny Wilkinson flew with their son, Louis, to Majorca from Leeds Bradford airport in June

'Look to long-haul for flight certainty', says operator

Long-haul flights less likely to be cancelled and can be cheaper than short-haul, says Florida specialist

Jet2holidays ups Atol capacity and closes in on Tui

Operator adds more than 800,000 seats to its Atol

Jet2 staff to receive pay rise and £1k bonus despite losses

Jet2 to reward staff after ’difficult’ past year for the airline and operator

Jet2 chair blasts UK's 'woefully ill-prepared' airports

’This difficult return to normal operations has occurred simply because of the lack of planning, preparedness and unwillingness to invest by many airports and associated suppliers,’ said Philip Meeson

British Airways to axe thousands more summer departures

British Airways to axe thousands of flights at late notice

Red Savannah celebrates 10th anniversary and ‘phenomenal’ sales

Specialist operator Red Savannah is celebrating a surge in sales as it belatedly marks its 10th anniversary

Jet2holidays reveals new campaign to boost agent sales

The nationwide event will be supported by a social media campaign across Facebook and Instagram

Tui ‘on its way back to becoming a normal company’

Group confirms it has repaid a further €671 million in Covid state aid

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays expand summer 2023 Bodrum season

Flights and holidays from Birmingham, Manchester and Stansted to the Turkish city are now available from April 2023

Jet2holidays appoints two new trade sales executives

Aileen Rutherford and Ryan Clayton will work with the operator’s agency partners in Scotland, Cumbria, the East Midlands and South Yorkshire

Travel Pride Champions 2022 shortlist announced

Seven individuals working in the UK travel industry have been shortlisted for TTG’s Travel Pride Champion Awards, for their work advocating diversity and inclusion within their businesses and with customers.

Jet2holidays increases amendment fees

Operator aims to cut down on abuse of pandemic booking policy with bigger amendment fees

Explore reports uptick in agent sales

The small-group tour operator has also identified five consumer booking trends

Jet2 puts summer 2023 city break programme on sale

Two new destinations are on sale from Stansted – Athens and Rome, as well as Verona from Newcastle

Blue Bay appoints Sunny Gill as trade support lead

He will start on 27 June, replacing Tasha Smith, who left the business this month

ITT conference: Travel must have the courage to embrace transparency

Gold Medal’s UK boss Simon Applebaum urges travel industry to embrace transparency and come to terms with the ‘discomfort and vulnerability’ it brings

Regent Holidays adds new Iceland flights and itineraries

The tours have been created to link with a twice-weekly service from new airline, Niceair, that will fly directly from Stansted to Akureyri

Jet2 to trim Jersey programme following routine review

Manchester route to end on 28 June, while Stansted and Birmingham services reduced from twice-weekly to weekly

EasyJet holidays to honour agent commission on late cancellations

Operator apologises for half-term disruption and confirms it will honour agent commission for holidays cancelled at the last minute

Rabbie's secures multi-million pound investment

Minibus tour specialist Rabbie’s secures cash injection for expansion

Jet2 extends Malta season from four UK bases

The airline and operator’s season to Malta has been extended from Birmingham, Leeds Bradford and Stansted airports

Audley Travel launches first agent loyalty scheme

The tailor-made operator’s The A-List scheme will offer a two-tier reward system for the brand’s ‘most supportive’ trade partners

Wizz Air cancels Doncaster Sheffield flights in airport row

Wizz Air cancels Med flights from northern airport at short notice in row over terms