International Air Transport Association chief calls for simpler travel rules and fewer border restrictions to help sector recoverThe International Air Transport Association (Iata) has said the airline industry is now over the worst of the Covid pandemi…
Amir Khan feels removal from American Airlines flight ‘racially motivated’
Boxer feels he and colleague were picked on as ‘two Asian boys’ a week after the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 The British professional boxer Amir Khan has said he felt his removal from an American Airlines flight in the US was racially motivated.Khan, …
BA abandons plans for short-haul subsidiary airline at Gatwick
Proposals for BA-branded subsidiary ditched after pilots refuse to back deal between airline and unionBritish Airways is abandoning plans for a short-haul, BA-branded subsidiary at Gatwick after pilots refused to back a deal between the airline and uni…
Virgin Atlantic reports 600% surge in flight bookings to the US
Sales jump as US says it will allow fully vaccinated passengers from UK and some EU countries to enter from NovemberCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageVirgin Atlantic has reported a 600% surge in flight bookings to the US and B…
The end of furlough will lay bare Britain’s twin-speed recovery from Covid
Workers in depressed sectors or regions won’t be able to plug gaps in areas that have been quicker to recover, ministers are being warnedThere are signs outside almost every pub, restaurant and hotel dotting Torquay’s harbour: Staff wanted.“It’s been p…
Politicians should take note: an energy crisis is quietly building | Nils Pratley
Over-reliance on gas as ‘transition’ source of energy and system’s lack of resilience is being exposedPrice spikes in the global energy market are meant to happen during the cold months of a northern hemisphere winter, which is why their arrival now is…
Pakistan airline to resume commercial flights to Kabul
Pakistan will become first country to restart commercial flights to Afghanistan since Taliban took over countryPakistan International Airlines (PIA) will resume commercial flights next week from Islamabad to Kabul, a spokesperson confirmed, becoming th…
The battle for Britain’s skies takes a new twist pitting easyJet against Wizz Air
Analysis: airline fends off Hungarian interloper in increasingly febrile fight over Gatwick slotsThe battle for the post-pandemic holiday skies took a fresh twist yesterday, as easyJet launched a £1.2bn fundraiser while announcing it had fended off a t…
EasyJet needs investors on board as next takeover bid may be serious | Nils Pratley
Wizz Air’s offer was rejected, of course, but £1.2bn rights issue hardly put fizz back into sharesThe pandemic has transformed the airline industry in unexpected ways: Wizz Air, whose shares have recovered all the altitude lost in the early months of l…
BA and Lufthansa resume flights from London City airport
Flights to Zurich, Frankfurt and Rotterdam show business travel returning despite Covid pandemicBritish Airways and Lufthansa have resumed flights from London City airport as pan-European business travel shows the first signs of picking up.Alison FitzG…