Travel

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has been accused of trying to force passengers into accepting vouchers instead of a cash refund by telling passengers it could be months before any cash refund is even processed. The email, sent to customers who had sought a cash refund, included a voucher and warned the recipients [read more]

UK airlines will be able to defer European air navigation charges for up to 14 months following the latest government announcement aimed at helping the UK’s aviation industry. Air Navigation Charges are paid by airlines when they use a counties airspace and navigation services and this announcement covers all EUROCONTROL [read more]

Leading UK holiday airline Jet2 has said it is cancelling all holidays and flights until the 16th June. The move comes after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advised against all foreign travel indefinitely as the world deals with the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Jet2 is the UK’s biggest tour operator [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) are suspending flight operations from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) from 31st March. Crews that were due to operate flights from London Gatwick over the next few weeks have now had their rosters changed to standby. The move comes as British Airways, like all airlines, face tougher travel restrictions [read more]

Leading low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has said that it is grounding its entire fleet due to the travel restrictions in place as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The airline had been operating a restricted number of flights in order to get Britons back to the UK but now [read more]

Holiday Group TUI has been given a €1.8bn lifeline from State-Owned German Bank KfW. The group which is the world’s largest tourism group owns several airlines including TUI Airways UK which operates flights from most UK airports. The bridging loan from KfW was approved by the German Government and will [read more]

Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced further cuts to its flights down to what it described as a ‘skeleton schedule’. The changes will see the airline operate only essential air services within Scotland as well as to and from the Isle of Man and two routes supporting the offshore industry from Aberdeen. [read more]

Emirates (EK/UAE) has announced that it will stop passenger flights by the 25th March 2020 in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Emirates is a key airline for UK travellers and employs many pilots and cabin crew from the UK. Many British travellers have been using it to repatriate back [read more]