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Norwegian Air Shuttle, which owns Gatwick based Norwegian Air UK and Norwegian International, has said it is being forced to furlough an additional 1,600 employees. The airline had asked the Norwegian government for further financial assistance to get through the coronavirus pandemic but they refused, saying that extra loan guarantees [read more]
Key UK airports have begun to scale back their operations as the latest coronavirus lockdown begins to bite and they prepare for the winter of low air travel demand ahead. England is in a lockdown until 2nd December so non-essential travel is banned and Wales has also outlawed non-essential air [read more]
Jet2 & Jet2 Holidays have today confirmed that they have cancelled all flights and holidays from England for the duration of the Lockdown that due to begin tomorrow. The move means that thousands of travellers will be eligible for a refund during the period where holiday and leisure travel is [read more]
KLM has confirmed it is suspending flights from Amsterdam to Cardiff, Inverness and Southampton airports until February 2021. The move from Cardiff Airport comes after non-essential international air travel was banned from by the Welsh Government, which owns Cardiff Airport, and low demand on forward bookings. Cardiff flights will be [read more]
Scotland has joined England & Wales in banning all but essential international air travel. The move announced by First Minister Nicolas Sturgeon where she said that Scots “should not travel overseas except for essential purposes.” The move means that there will be no holiday or leisure flights from mainland UK [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it will operate its planned flights from the UK during the lockdown stating on 5th November leaving leisure travellers unable to travel and no right to a refund. The prime minister Boris Johnson announced the new lockdown on Saturday which means that non essential travel would [read more]
International holiday air travel is to be suspended in England from Thursday 5th November under new lockdown measures announced by the UK’s prime minister Boris Johnson. Mr Johnson made the announcement that England would enter a month-long lockdown earlier this evening from Thursday which bans all but essential travel. The [read more]
As from the 1st December 2020, Romanian low-cost airliner Blue Air is moving its flights from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) creating the first low-cost link between Heathrow and Bucharest. Initially the airline will operate flights between Bucharest and Heathrow 5-times-per-week which will increase to 11-flights-per-week in Summer [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has launched a spooky sale for Halloween which it says is “frighteningly good”. Travellers looking to get away in the final part of 2020 can get one of 50,000 seats available at just £9.99 as long as they book before midnight on Halloween (31st October). [read more]
Ryanair has said it is to suspend all operations from Irish airports with the exception of Dublin. The suspension will start on 4th November and last for at least 4 weeks and will see flights stopped from Shannon, Cork, Knock (West Ireland). Ryanair has taken the decision due to a [read more]
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