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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]
The Airports Council International (ACI) has issued a stark warning today that 200 European Airports face insolvency as a result of the drop off in air travel caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. They warn that an estimated 277,000 jobs could be at risk at 193 airports if air travel [read more]
The UK’s biggest tour operator TUI is set to return to Teesside Airport (MME/EGNV) from Summer 2022. TUI will return to the airport with a weekly service to the Spanish island of Majorca from the 10th May 2022. The tour operator previously operated from the airport under its previous name, [read more]
Teesside Airport has announced that Summer 2021 will see a series of tours to Italy take off from the regional airport. The 8 day tours are organised by Charter specialist Newmarket Holidays and include include Lake Garda, Portofino, Florence and Tuscany, Lake Como and a Little Trains of the Dolomites [read more]
The Canary Islands and Denmark are some of the destinations that have been removed from the Coronavirus Quarantine list for the UK. The news means that tourists visiting the popular Spanish islands will now no longer need to quarantine for 14-days on return to the UK with the same applying [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has reported a drop in passengers numbers of 66% in September 2020 compared to the previous year. The drop is largely down to the travel restrictions in place to tackle the spread of coronavirus and the impact it is having on passenger confidence. The airport says [read more]
The UK’s Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has fined British Airways £20m, the biggest ever issued, following a data breach in 2018 that saw the personal details of over 400,000 customers exposed. The data loss was as a result of a cyber attack on the airline but the ICO found that [read more]
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