Travel

Norwegian is to end its trans-Atlantic and Asian long-haul network as part of its restructuring process resulting in over 1,000 job losses at Gatwick Airport. The airline group which has been struggling to weather the pandemic is closing Gatwick based Norwegian Air UK which operated flights to the US, Singapore, [read more]

Leading UK regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has confirmed its schedule for the Summer 2021 season from the Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS). The airline recently switched its daily London flight from London City to London Heathrow and this will increase to twice daily from 28th March 2021. Manchester sees a twice-daily [read more]

Loganair (LM/LOG) has secured a new Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract to operate an Inter-Isles air service for the Orkney Islands for another 4 years The air links connect the islands of North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray, Westray, Sanday, Stronsay and Eday with Kirkwall and are considered a life line by [read more]

Thomas Cook and TUI have cancelled all holidays from the UK as the new national lockdown takes effect to try and beat the growing number of Coronavirus infections. TUI said that passengers due to travel from airports in England before mid-February, or from a Scottish or Welsh airport up to [read more]

The UK’s advertising watchdog is set to investigate Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) after a recent campaign showed a vaccine bottle and invited customers to ‘Jab & Go’. The Advertising and Standards Authority has received thousands of complaints about the advert with some arguing that it misled customers into thinking [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it has been left with no option but to cancel 12 domestic and international routes from the UK after a sudden rule change by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The carrier did not elaborate on what it calls “regulatory barriers” but the dispute is believed to [read more]

Russia & India are the latest two countries to join a growing list of countries to ban travel to and from the UK. Russia is suspending flights from the UK for 7 days while India is blocking all flights until New Year’s Eve from Wednesday. The move is in response [read more]

A new private COVID-19 testing facility has opened at London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) allowing passengers to get a confirmation of a negative test before travelling. The collaboration between London Southend Airport, Prenetics and Acacium Group is available to passengers ahead of travel and also to non-passengers who want to obtain [read more]