Virgin Atlantic ends British Airways grip on Team GB partnership September 4, 2026 Virgin Atlantic has been named the official airline of Team GB for the LA 2028 Olympics, ending British Airways’ 20-year hold on the partnership. The deal will see Sir Richard Branson’s carrier transport athletes and staff from Team GB and ParalympicsGB to and from the Games in less than two years’ time. Virgin Atlantic Holidays [...]
Qatar Airways-backed airline Airlink defends Springboks flypast manoeuvre August 31, 2026 The Qatar Airways-backed airline, Airlink, have defended a double flypast over South Africa’s rugby union match against New Zealand after online backlash. Two passenger jets flew above the DHL Stadium in Cape Town with flight tracking website Flightradar24 stating that one of the two planes cleared the arena’s roof by less than 15 metres. And [...]
Apollo snaps up Easyjet after Castlelake walks away August 6, 2026 Easyjet has agreed a £5.7bn takeover deal with Apollo after rival bidder Castlelake pulled out of the bidding process. In a joint announcement with the low-cost airline on Thursday, the American private markets juggernaut said it had “reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of a recommended cash acquisition”. The offer has the backing [...]
Aspire’s David Collyer: my curry catastrophe at the Cinnamon Club July 23, 2026 Square Mile and Me: We dig into the memory bank of the City’s great and good. Today, David Collyer, global senior vice president at Aspire, on being a Ferrari fan and a curry catastrophe What was your first job? A paper round – I used to dread Sundays because of the broadsheets but it’s where [...]
Airlines clash over Heathrow regulation July 16, 2026 Airlines have found themselves at loggerheads over the future of Heathrow, after one American carrier warned against the break-up of the owner’s monopoly even as others double down on calls for a new third runway operator. According to a freshly published consultation document from the Civil Aviation Authority, Delta Air Lines told regulators that a [...]
How to cut the cost of your holiday this summer with Complete Savings July 16, 2026 Global pressure on fuel prices, rising holiday costs and food prices in the UK projected to rise by 50 per cent since start of the cost of living crisis – these are just some of the daily hurdles households are facing this summer. However, with school holidays fast approaching many families still want to travel [...]
Will the Nations Championship financially underdeliver for in-need Fiji? July 11, 2026 With Fiji set to sell out Everton’s stadium this weekend why isn’t it rosy for the island nation, Ollie Phillips asks. In theory this month should have been a dream one for Fiji’s rugby team, despite losing to Wales in their opening Nations Championship match. They’ve upped sticks from Suva in the Pacific and chosen [...]
Why Raducanu may have harmed Fery’s post-Wimbledon commercial earnings July 10, 2026 There’s a new wonder at Wimbledon: Arthur Fery. The 23-year-old Paris-born Brit is on a roll at the All England Club and this week became the first Open Era wild card to reach the semi-finals since Goran Ivanisevic in 2001. And we all know what happened that year. You’d be forgiven if, before this tournament, [...]
Jet2 handed £400m boost from Iran war jet fuel spike July 8, 2026 Jet2 recorded a £400m boost from the rising price of jet fuel which caused widespread fear that summer holidays could be cancelled and airlines could go bust. The package holiday provider revealed that it defied the travel chaos caused by the Middle East conflict to instead take a £388m balance sheet boost from rising jet [...]
Reality is rugby’s Nations Championship is botched July 3, 2026 With the inaugural Nations Championship around the corner, Ollie Phillips looks at why the sport’s bosses missed a trick. The Nations Championship kicks off this weekend, but when you look at what is the star match of round one based on the players involved – South Africa’s home fixture against England on Saturday – it [...]