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London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) has said it will extend its current passenger cap until the end of October 2022 due to an ongoing shortage of staff pushing the cap beyond the half-term holidays. Heathrow’s daily cap limits the number of passengers that can pass through the airport to 100,000 per [read more]

Low-cost carrier Wizz Air (including Wizz Air UK) recently hit the headlines after reporting losses of €285 million but for passengers and staff, the woes lie deeper within the airline, particularly when it comes to its responsibilities towards passengers when flights are cancelled or delayed. One thing we can be [read more]

The UK’s largest regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has started sending its own staff to airports as a “Baggage Task Force” in response to recent travel disruption caused by understaffing at airports around the UK. The dedicated staff will be tasked with locating Loganair passengers’ luggage where bags have not travelled [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has suspended the sale of short-haul flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) until at least the 8th of August as it reaches the daily allowance of passengers set by the airport. BA says it must stop the sales as continuing to do so would push it over the [read more]

London, Manchester, Liverpool and Birmingham are amongst the top bookings for European holidaymakers this summer according to Hotel and Flight search engine, Jetcost UK which has seen a 250% increase in searches for flights to the UK and a 330% increase in hotels for the first seven months of 2022. [read more]

Loganair (LM/LOG) has launched a new initiative aimed at encouraging tourists to respect and protect the islands it flies them to by asking passengers to adhere to a new “island visitor pledge”. It is believed to be the first time that a UK airliner has asked passengers to follow guidelines [read more]

On Monday the Irish budget airliner Ryanair said that airports had failed to recruit enough staff which has led to chaotic scenes at airports and flight cancellations around the UK with Neil Sorahan, Ryanair’s Chief Financial Officer saying they “had one job to do” and called on the airports to [read more]

Just days after London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) warned of cancellations in the summer, the UK’s busiest airport has told airlines to stop selling flights for the rest of the summer. The airport is placing a cap on the number of passengers than can use that airport each day until 11th September [read more]