Further Strike Action to Impact European and U.K. Travelers
A strike by air traffic controllers at Orly airport near Paris has resulted in the cancellation of 70 percent of scheduled flights this past weekend.
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E-Gate Outage Causes Chaos at U.K. Airports
Arriving passengers are facing hours-long delays at U.K. airports nationwide as the government deals with yet another e-gate outage.
Jet2.com Prepares for Upcoming Rise in Leisure Holiday Travel
Jet2.com — one of the U.K.’s prominent leisure carriers — is capitalizing on the rise of passenger demand by putting its 2023 and 2024 winter programs of flights and holiday packages on sale. The airline operates to ‘over 65 sun, city and ski destinations across Europe and beyond with Jet2holidays offering over 4,100 hotels. Steve […]
Emirates Provides Certainty to European Passengers in Uncertain Times
Emirates Airlines has provided certainty to its customers ahead of the European summer holidays. The Dubai-based carrier issued a statement on Thursday advising that the airline “has been co-ordinating with its ground handling partners at airports around the world, ensuring they are up-to-date with operational requirements and are prepared to support smooth passenger movement.” The […]
Gatwick Airport Expands Connectivity to Canada Over Summer
London’s Gatwick airport is to increase connectivity with Canada over the summer season with airlines offering 50 flights to six destinations. Services from the U.K.’s second-largest airport will be operated by WestJet and Air Transat with extra capacity being added to existing operations. Quebec City this week joined Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax as […]
U.K. Government Cuts Travel ‘Red List’ to Only 7 Countries
In the most dramatic indication of the reopening of international travel since the introduction of pandemic restrictions, the U.K. government announced that only seven countries will remain on the ‘red list’. The remaining countries that will require hotel quarantine upon arrival back into England are Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. The […]
U.S. and U.K. Airline Chiefs Urge Summit to Reopen Trans-Atlantic Travel
The chief executive officers of leading U.K. and U.S. airlines have issued an open letter to the government officials responsible for transport in their respective countries requesting a summit to discuss the reopening of the transatlantic aviation market. The letter to U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and U.K. Secretary of State for Transport Grant […]
TUI and Ryanair to Operate Over 75% of Pre-Pandemic Flights in Summer
The U.K. government’s roadmap out of the CoVid-19 pandemic has made international travel for leisure purposes illegal until at least May 17 but there is growing concerned this could be extended further. An aviation task force comprising several government departments, industry bodies, transport operators and travel agencies will be reporting back to the Prime Minister […]
U.K. Government Bans All Passenger Flights To and From the UAE
The U.K. government has implemented a ban on travelers from over 30 countries arriving in the U.K. with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) being one of the latest additions to the ‘red list’. Flights from Dubai have been amongst the most frequent to arrive in the U.K. during the coronavirus pandemic but these ceased at […]
U.K. Vaccine Rollout Provides Summer Optimism for TUI
TUI Group, owners of TUI Airways, has reported an increase in advance bookings for package holidays from the over-50’s demographic in the U.K. This confidence is being linked by TUI management to increased customer confidence as the Covid-19 vaccine rolls out across the U.K. City A.M. quotes TUI’s operations manager in the U.K. Andrew Flintham […]
