Travel

British Airways (BA/BAW) has been banned from flying passengers into Hong Kong until 25th December after a flight landed in Hong Kong on 8th December with four passengers who tested positive for COVID-19. In addition to the four COVID-19 positive passengers, one passenger also failed to comply with prevention requirements. [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has cancelled its plans to start flights from Manchester to India, the first of which was due next week according to sources close to the situation. The airline had announced flights to Mumbai and Delhi which were due to start on in January 2021. The news comes [read more]

The Canary Islands have been removed from the UK’s list of safe travel corridors meaning that anyone returning from the Islands after 04:00am o Saturday (12th December) will to quarantine for two weeks. The move will come as a blow to UK holiday companies including Tui and Jet2 as the [read more]

The new Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) route from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Islamabad, Pakistan has got underway today with the first departure earlier today. Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and is a popular destination for the Pakistani diaspora living in the North of England as well for tourists to the [read more]

Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (AT/RAM) is set to launch a direct service from the Atlantic coast city of Agadir to Manchester (MAN/EGCC) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The routes will be served by two-flights per week. In addition to Agadir, Royal Air Maroc will also be launching a four-flights-per-week [read more]

BA Cityflyer (CJ/CFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Airways, launching summer services from Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI). BA Cityflyer will offer up to 17 flights per week from Southampton from 1st May to 31st October 2021 to destinations including Malaga, Florence, Faro, Mykonos, Ibiza, Palma, Bergerac, Limoges–Bellegarde, Nice Côte d’Azur, Edinburgh [read more]

Troubled Scandinavian budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY/NAX) (Norwegian.com) has begun a supplementary reconstruction process under Norwegian law in an effort to prevent the company collapsing. The move comes shortly after the airline’s Irish subsidiary Norwegian Air International (D8/IBK) recently claimed protection from creditors under the Irish examinership rules. Norwegian [read more]

London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has said it saw passenger numbers for November 2020 drop by 90% compared to the same period in 2019. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions has seen demand for air travel effectively fall of a cliff with people only travelling if it is essential. It [read more]