UK airlines lagging behind European rivals as travel restrictions continue June 29, 2021 The UK’s airlines have been the slowest in Europe to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, new figures released tonight show, as travel restrictions continue to hammer the sector. According to the all-parliamentary group on the future aviation, airline passenger numbers in the UK are down 89 per cent compared to 2019 levels, behind the continental [...]
Changes to UK amber list travel rules will be “later this summer” June 24, 2021 Travel to the UK’s amber list countries will be quarantine-free on return for fully vaccinated Brits “later this summer,” under government plans still being decided. Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the government is still considering plans and will set out further details on amber list travel in July, delaying what the travel industry had hoped [...]
Airlines bid for furlough to be extended until next May June 10, 2021 The UK airlines industry has called on the Treasury to extend furlough for sector workers until the end of April next year as the wait for the lifting of travel restrictions goes on. After weeks of speculation, the industry’s hopes were dashed in May when the government revealed that just 12 countries and dependencies would [...]
Traffic light system could cost UK airports £2.6bn this summer June 9, 2021 The UK’s airports risk losing at least £2.6bn for the second year running this summer under the current traffic light travel system, as more travel and aviation leaders called for the scheme to be scrapped. Compared to last summer’s travel corridor system, trade body the Airline Operator’s Association (AOA) said that there were far fewer [...]
Open up UK-US travel corridor, airline bosses plead ahead of G7 summit June 7, 2021 The chief executives of all the airlines which run transatlantic services have come together to once again call for the reopening of the US-UK travel corridor. Routes between the two countries are a central source of income to airlines such as American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue, United Airlines and Virgin Atlantic, which [...]
Stop, go, stop: Easyjet and Jet2 bosses slam ministers over traffic light travel ‘guessing game’ May 27, 2021 The CEOs of Easyjet, Jet2, and the owner of Stansted airport have slammed the UK Government for its handling of the return of international holidays via a traffic light system where a country must be on the green list in order to facilitate return travel.
Airline SAS gets £255m loan guarantee from Denmark and Sweden May 26, 2021 Sweden and Denmark said today that they had agreed to offer ailing airline SAS, in which both countries own stakes, a 3bn Swedish crown (£255m) loan guarantee. The Covid-19 pandemic has seen air travel collapse, plunging the industry into crisis and leaving carriers scrambling to secure funds to weather the slump. SAS said the credit [...]
Airlines avoid Belarus airspace as EU mulls sanctions May 25, 2021 A growing number of airlines have stopped flying through Belarusia airspace after the “hijacking” of a Ryanair flight carrying a dissident journalist. Carriers including Lufthansa, KLM, SAS, Air France, LOT and Singapore Airlines have thus far announced they would stop flying over Belarus. The decision to stop flying comes after the EU last night called for [...]
New York-London travel bubble vital for JetBlue: Its CEO is certain US will get on UK green list May 20, 2021 New York-London travel bubble vital for JetBlue: Its CEO is certain US will get on UK green list
Air Partner profits soar as PPE shipping drives record year May 11, 2021 Aviation group Air Partner today reported a record year of growth, driven by its ferrying of PPE during the pandemic. Air Partner saw underlying pre-tax profit soar by 176 per cent to £11.6m throughout the year ended 31 January 2021. Gross profit was also up by more than 31 per cent to £44.9m, while statutory [...]