Travel

Indian low-cost airline Spicejet (SG/SEJ) has confirmed it has a acquired a daily slot pair for London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from 1st September 2020. The slots were awarded in what is a “bubble” arrangement between the UK and India and gives Spicejet the opportunity to operate a a flight arriving into [read more]

Hays Travel, the company that saved the jobs of thousands of Thomas Cook staff, has said that it will now have to cut 878 jobs as the Coronavirus pandemic had slowed down air travel and holidays abroad. Owners John and Irene Hays have said they are “devastated” that staff are [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) is scrapping its all-business class service from London City Airport to New York JFK with immediate effect. The iconic Speedbird 1 and Speedbird 2 flights (BAW1/2) were originally used by the Concorde service to New York but shortly after Concorde was retired the airline launched the new [read more]

Leading UK holiday company Jet2 has cancelled all flights and holidays to Cyprus until the 17th August The tour operator was forced to make the decision after new rules came into place meaning travellers to Cyprus have to prove they are free from Coronavirus before travelling. The move comes just [read more]

Jet2 (LS/EXS) has u-turned on its decision to keep flying holidaymakers to Spain after it removed it’s the quarantine section of its “worry free” promise. The airline had insisted it would continue flying to all parts of Spain putting passengers in the position of either canceling and losing their money [read more]

For many, the changes in travel advice and quarantine rules imposed on Spain this weekend have put holidays and travel in disarray and potentially out of pocket. There is no doubt that some will be forced to cancel their travel as a 14-day quarantine on return would be impossible but [read more]

UK tour operator TUI has confirmed it has cancelled all holidays to mainland Spain up to and including Sunday 9th August 2020. TUI had cancelled all flights Spain and the Canary Islands today but now says that customers with holidays in the Canary Islands will be able to travel as [read more]

UK holiday airline Jet2 has removed its “Worry-Free Guarantee” promise in order to keep flying holidaymakers to mainland Spain against Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advice. Rival holiday company Tui, which has a similar promise, announced yesterday that all its flights from mainland Spain and the Canary Islands were cancelled [read more]