Brexit bust: UK flight compensation for delays likely to drop from £220 to £25 February 8, 2022 The government’s plan to slash flight compensation for delays on UK domestic flights has been branded as “another Brexit win”, as it would impact on consumer refund rights. Earlier last week, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced it had opened consultations over the adoption of the new regulation, which would see the UK adopt a [...]
Not so easy yet: Budget airlines far from recovered as number of passengers keeps on dropping February 2, 2022 Two of London’s main budget airlines showed that they have far from recovered from the Covid-19 pandemic, as the number of passengers they carried dropped in January. Even when compared to Omicron-hit December, the airlines said that they had lost 2.7m passengers between them. Ryanair was the worst hit in January when compared to the [...]
Domestic air passengers set for more generous compensation scheme for delays January 31, 2022 Neil Lancefield PA More passengers will receive compensation for delayed domestic flights under plans announced by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps. The Cabinet minister is proposing to make travellers entitled to payouts for flights within the UK which arrive at their destination more than one hour late. The UK currently uses the European Union’s EU261 rule, [...]
What are ghost flights and what is the debacle around them? January 27, 2022 EasyJet’s chief executive Johan Lundgren this morning told investors the airline was in favour of airport slot rules going back to “a normalised delineation,” saying the carrier will not be forced to operate ghost flights to retain its slots. “We should remember that the reason why [governments] made these exceptions was because restrictions were in [...]
Around the world in 155 days: 19-year-old is the youngest woman to complete solo journey January 20, 2022 Belgian-British 19-year-old Zara Rutherford has entered the Guinness World Records after she became the youngest woman to fly solo around the world. During her 52,080km journey, which took her 155 days, Rutherford visited 31 countries, taking off from Belgium on 18 August towards the Atlantic. After stopping in Iceland and Greenland, she flew through the [...]
Fear of costs taking off as EU check in for airlines to pay for all their emissions January 20, 2022 Airlines are expected to pay for all their European CO2 emissions from 2026, a year earlier than what was initially proposed by the European Commission. According to a European Parliament’s draft, the bloc is re-examining its current climate policies, as it aims to cut 55 per cent of emissions by 2030 from 1990 levels, Reuters [...]
UK start up secures ‘significant’ investment from Hyundai to build aerial taxis ports January 20, 2022 British start up Urban-Air Port (UAP) announced today it has secured ‘significant’ funding from Hyundai’s urban air mobility division Supernal to build sites for aerial taxis, also called vertiports. With the funding – the amount of which could not be disclosed – UAP will build 200 vertiports within the next five years, while the world’s [...]
Growing 5G panic prompts more airlines to cancel flights to US January 19, 2022 Several airlines including Lufthansa and British Airways (BA) have either cancelled or rescheduled their flights to the US as a result of concerns over today’s roll out of 5G services across the country. In addition to cancelling a flight from Frankfurt to New York, the German carrier and its subsidiary Austrian Airlines swapped aircraft, with [...]
Empty planes: Omicron onslaught and travel restrictions hit Ryanair’s passenger number January 5, 2022 The number of passengers flown around Europe by budget airline Ryanair was down 7 per cent between November and December as travel restrictions were imposed amid the spread of the Omicron variant. The carrier said the number of passengers dropped to 9.5 million last month – the lowest since July and down from 10.2 million [...]
Desperate travel sector demands all international Covid testing requirements are scrapped immediately January 5, 2022 All testing requirements for international travellers should be abolished immediately, the travel industry said this morning. Manchester Airports Group (MAG) and Airlines UK said research they commissioned into travel restrictions found domestic, not international, restrictions would be the only way to reduce the spread of Omicron. Pre-departure and day two PCR testing were reintroduced in [...]