European airframer Airbus has announced plans for the first zero-emissions commercial aircraft which it says could be in service by 2035. Airbus is developing three ZEROe concept aircraft which will be powered by Hydrogen in what CEO Guillaume Faury called an “a historic moment for the commercial aviation sector”. It [read more]
Thomas Cook has officially relaunched as an online only travel agent operated by Chinese travel giant Fosun. We revealed last week that plans were at an advanced stage to relaunch the brand which Fosun bought the rights for £11m when the travel company collapsed last year. There will be no [read more]
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air, and its UK subsidiary Wizz Air UK are to set up a base London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) putting it in direct competition with Easyjet. Wizz Air will initially launch with a single aircraft operating flights to Athens, Lanzarote, Malta and Naples which all are all [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]
Passengers returning to the United Kingdom from Spain will be required to quarantine for 14-days from Sunday as Coronavirus cases in the country are once again rising rapidly. In the last two weeks, the infection rate in Spain has tripled prompting fears of a second-wave of the deadly virus that [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has confirmed it is re-opening Terminal 2 from 15th July as passenger numbers increase at the UK’s 3rd busiest airport. Terminals 2 & 3 closed earlier this year as almost all flights from Manchester Airport were suspended at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. Terminal 3 re-opened [read more]
Announcements by the UK’s largest budget airline Easyjet and European planemaker Airbus over the last 24 hours have meant that the UK aviation industry has 5,700 more jobs at risk. It made Tuesday 30th June the single worst day for job loss announcements since British Airways put 12,000 jobs at [read more]
London Southend Airport (IATA: SEN, ICAO: EGMC) is located around 35 miles from central London and until the 1970s was the 3rd busiest London airport, losing its crown to Stansted. The airport is a base for Low-cost carriers Easyjet (U2/EZY) and Ryanair (FR/RYR) as well as seeing operations from Wizz [read more]
A report by the House of Commons Transport Select Committee has branded British Airways as a ‘national disgrace’ over its plans to fire all 42,000 employees and rehire 30,000 of them under new contracts with lower pay. The report which was published today recognises that the industry has been badly [read more]
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