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November 11, 2020 8:00 am ET -
English Travel Industry Calls for Support Amid Second Lockdown
Last Thursday, England entered into its second national lockdown in response to the coronavirus. The move banned non-essential travel, leading one of the pandemic's worst-hit sectors – the travel industry – back into a state of despair. 2020 has been…
November 1, 2020 2:19 pm ET -
Romanian LCC Blue Air Moves London Flights from Luton to…
Romanian low-cost carrier (LCC), Blue Air, is transferring its flights to London Heathrow Airport from London Luton Airport beginning Dec. 1. According to the carrier's schedules for next year, Blue Air will first offer five flights per week during the…
October 10, 2020 7:20 am ET -
U.K. Government Form ‘Global Travel Taskforce’ to Recover International Travel
Almost nine months into the global pandemic that has decimated the U.K. tourism, hospitality and aviation sectors, the U.K. government announced on Wednesday the formation of a task force to ‘support the travel industry and the safe recovery of international…
July 22, 2020 6:00 am ET -
Virgin Atlantic Resumes Flying
Virgin Atlantic resumed passenger flights on July 20, ending a three-month hiatus caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The first flight was London's Heathrow Airport to Hong Kong. The first service, operated by a Boeing 787-9 aptly named Leading Lady, had special…
July 21, 2020 9:59 am ET -
British Airways and the Boeing 747 — A Look Back…
The warning signs were there in March when the coronavirus stopped the aviation industry dead in its tracks. The knock-on effects from the global downturn of passenger traffic were already being calculated by airlines across the world, with decisions being…