Travel

Hays Travel founder John Hayes has died suddenly aged 71. Mr Hays reportedly collapsed while working at the companies head office. He ran Hays Travel together with his wife Irene and together saved thousands of Thomas Cook jobs when they bought Thomas Cooks UK travel agencies. A spokesperson for the [read more]

Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is planning to launch services between London Heathrow and the Isle of Man. Sources close to the airline said that if approved the flights are expected to begin in mid-November using a 49-seat Embraer jet to operate the twice-daily service. Loganair has been rapidly expanding [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has hit back at Which? and exposed its “false and misleading claims” that Ryanair is not refunding customers and deliberately misleading them. Which? alleges that Ryanair claims that “every passenger booked with the airline has been refunded” but the airline makes it clear that this [read more]

The Government has removed the United Arab Emirates from the current travel quarantine list paving the way for reopening air routes between the Arab nation and the UK. CEO of the Emirates Group Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum has stated that he welcomes the change and “Emirates is ready to [read more]

Iberia’s subsidiary airline Iberia Express is set for a winter schedule between Newcastle Airport to Madrid, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria. The flights will operate from 26th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021. This will be the first time the North East of England will be served by Iberia Express, which was [read more]

Ukraine International Airlines (PS/AUI) is to launch its first service from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) next month. The three-times-per-week service to Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport (KBP/UKBB) will commence on the 17th December 2020. PS 117 will operate from Kyiv (KBP) at 09:50 and arrive in London (LHR), Terminal 2 at 11:25. PS [read more]

Jet2 & Jet2 Holidays have now officially announced that Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) will be the 10th base in the UK after it emerged the holiday company was loading flights from the regional airport onto its website last night. Operations at Bristol Airport will commence in April 2021 and operate throughout [read more]

Leeds/Bradford based Jet2 (LS/EXS) is reportedly preparing to announce a base at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) according to their website. The Jet2 website is showing flights from the West Country regional airport starting in April 2021 to destinations including Almeria, Corfu, Faro and Kos. There has been no official confirmation from [read more]