Travel

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]

Italy has been removed from the UK Governments Coronavirus (COVID-19( safe travel list meaning that from 4 am on Saturday 17th October anyone returning to the UK will have to quarantine for 14 days. Cases have been rising in Italy, one of the worst hit European countries in the initial [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said that it will only operate 65% of its normal program for Winter 2020/21 due to a slow down in air travel and tight travel restrictions caused by the resurging pandemic. In addition to the network cuts, it will also close its bases in [read more]

Norwegian Air Shuttle and its subsidiaries saw a 90% decline in traffic during September 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. Just 319,370 passengers travelled with the group last month which is still operating a vastly reduced network. The figures are as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic and [read more]

Indian airline Spicejet has confirmed it is launching flights from Delhi to London Heathrow from December 4th 2020. The new route, which was announced by Chairman Ajay Singh, will be the low cost carriers first long-haul scheduled flight. The flight will be operated by an Airbus A330-900neo. As the flight [read more]

Turkey, Poland and the Caribbean islands of Bonaire, St Eustatius and Saba have all been removed from the Coronavirus safe list meaning travellers returning from those destinations will need to self-isolate for 14-days. Turkey was one of the few Mediterranean destinations still open to British tourists without quarantine but will [read more]

Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) have officially suspended flights from Doha to Birmingham (BHX/EGBB) and Cardiff (CWL/EGFF) airports for Winter 2020 as travel restrictions mean demand isn’t there. The airline had hoped to resume flights from both airports in October but the current global situation means the airline is focusing on the [read more]

EasyJet (U2/EZY) has reached an agreement with the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) which ensures that no pilot will be made compulsorily redundant. Many EasyJet pilots were facing the loss of their jobs after Easyjet closed three bases at Stansted, Southend and Newcastle but they will now be offered jobs [read more]