UK holiday airline Jet2 has removed its “Worry-Free Guarantee” promise in order to keep flying holidaymakers to mainland Spain against Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice. Rival holiday company Tui, which has a similar promise, announced yesterday that all its flights from mainland Spain and the Canary Islands were cancelled [read more]
Passengers returning to the United Kingdom from Spain will be required to quarantine for 14-days from Sunday as Coronavirus cases in the country are once again rising rapidly. In the last two weeks, the infection rate in Spain has tripled prompting fears of a second-wave of the deadly virus that [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has said it has reached an agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) over the future of pilots employed by the airline. According to BALPA the deal will see 270 pilots being made redundant and pay cuts of up to 20% for the remaining flight crew. [read more]
Canadian airline Air Transat (TS/TSC) will resume flights from London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) tomorrow following a prolonged grounding due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. Flights betwen London Gatwick in Toronto will get undewway again tomorrow using the airlines brand new Airbus A321neoLR aircraft. The news is welcome for London Gatwick which [read more]
Tour operator TUI has confirmed it is restarting holidays from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) from 1st August. The move comes after months of grounding due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Flight to Greece and Spain will resume from 1st August with destinations including Lanzarote, Malaga, Alicante, Antalya, Corfu, Dalaman, Ibiza, Kos, Palma, [read more]
The UK’s largest tour operator, TUI, has confirmed it will be resuming flights from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) from 25th July. The TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) Boeing 737’s and 757’s are usually a familiar sight at the West Country airport but flights were grounded due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Now blue [read more]
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Boeing and Etihad Airways (EY/ETD) have announced a partnership that will see them test ways to reduce emissions and noise while flying with a sustainable fuel using a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. The ecoDemonstrator 787-10 is one that is destined to be formally delivered to Etihad later this year. Boeing and [read more]
Hungarian carrier Wizz Air (W6/WZZ) has launched a Cabin Crew to Captain programme aimed to allow their cabin crew members progress through flight training and swap the cabin for the cockpit. The programme is a first for the industry and will help cabin crew members who want to learn to [read more]
Spanish airline Vueling ()VY/VLG) has relaunched flights from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to Spain following the easing of travel restrictions. The first flight to Alicante (ALC/LEAL) resumed yesterday (16th July) with Malaga (AGP/LEMG) resuming on the 1st August and Palma de Mallorca (PMI/LEPA) on the 3rd August. Alicante and Palma flights [read more]
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