Skip to content
CityAM
Main navigation
Sign Up
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Property
    • Business
    • Media
    • Technology
    • Retail and leisure
    • Transport and infrastructure
    • Law & professional services
    • Legal Notices
    • Banking
    • Politics
    • CFA Institute Talk
    • ICAS Talk
    • Warwick Business School
    • The University of Bath
    • AON
  • Markets & Economics
    • Markets & Economics News
    • Economics
    • Markets
    • Schroders Talk
    • eToro Talk
    • IG Talk
    • M&A Talk
    • BCB Talk
  • Crypto A.M.
    • Crypto News
    • CoinCorner Talk
  • Opinion
    • Features
    • Letters
    • The City View
  • Jobs and Money
    • Jobs and Money News
    • Personal Development
    • Jobs
    • Fintech
    • Money
    • Personal Finance
    • Doceo
    • The Business Guide
    • 10 ways to run a more efficient business
    • Finance & Legal
  • Unwind
    • Unwind
    • Sport
    • Six Nations 2022
    • The Punter
    • The Punter Podcast
    • Culture
    • Life & Style
    • Sport Business
    • The Magazine
    • Travel
    • Discover Malta
    • Green Economy
    • The DiverCity Podcast
    • Aramco Team Series
    • Queen’s Award 2022
    • Health, Fitness, and Wellbeing
  • Charity
    • Giving
    • World’s biggest donors 2010 – 2021
  • Latest Paper
  • Jobs

airlines

  • UK Government eases airport slot rules to avoid last-minute cancellations

    AIRPORT SLOTS

    The UK Government has announced it will ease airport slot rules to avoid last-minute cancellations as travel chaos continues to rampage through the industry. The decision comes as Ryanair’s boss Michael O’Leary warned passengers disruption will stay throughout the summer. Under the new plan, airlines will have an “amnesty” period to give back the summer [...]

  • Airlines blame ‘shambolic’ government Covid response for travel disruption

    TRAVEL DISRUPTION

    The airline industry has blamed world governments’ “shambolic” response for the ongoing travel disruption. “The cost of government mismanagement was substantial. It devastated economies, disrupted supply chains and destroyed jobs,” Willie Walsh, director general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), said today during an industry summit. According to Willie Walsh – former chief executive [...]

  • EasyJet and Tui cancel flights ahead of school holidays and Jubilee Weekend

    Airlines

    Airlines EasyJet and Tui have said they plan to cancel hundreds of flights in the coming weeks, in disruption that threatens to cause chaos over Britain’s Jubilee Weekend. Budget airline EasyJet today said is set to cancel more than 200 flights over the next 10 days, just days after IT issues forced the firm to [...]

  • Travel chaos hits new low: Thousands of airline passengers forced to wait outside airport for hours

    May 9, 2022

    Thousands of airline passengers at Birmingham Airport were forced to wait in long queues outside for several hours as the aviation sector continues to suffer from staff shortages. The situation on Monday was described as “absolute chaos” and “manic” by travellers on Twitter. One person said it took her “two hours to get through check-in [...]

  • British Airways owner IAG predicts bounce back to profitability on return of global travel

    May 6, 2022

    British Airways owner International Airlines Group (IAG) today said it believes the easing of global restrictions and the return of global travel will see it bounce back to profitability. The firm – formed through the merger of Iberia and British Airways in 2011 – said its Q1 2022 passenger numbers were 65 per cent those [...]

  • Russia considers taking $1.3bn from wealth fund to recapitalise Aeroflot

    April 20, 2022

    Russia is considering taking $1.3bn from its national wealth fund to recapitalise Aeroflot. According to Moscow sources, the wealth fund will buy Aeroflot’s new share issue through an open subscription and spend an additional $690.9m in equity stakes to help other struggling carriers. As a result of the new issue, the Kremlin’s stake will need [...]

  • EU court expands scope of flight refund policy to non-EU airlines

    April 12, 2022

    The EU’s highest court has expanded the scope of its flight refund policy, by allowing passengers to claim refunds from non-EU airlines.   The European Court of Justice ruled in favour of plaintiffs suing Chicago headquartered firm United Airlines in allowing them to claim a refund for a 223-minute delay between Brussels and San Jose, [...]

  • Airlines to pass oil prices to passengers, says ex IAG boss Willie Walsh

    April 6, 2022

    Airlines are expected to pass increasing oil prices to passengers through higher fares, said former IAGA boss Willie Walsh. According to Walsh, the war-induced spike in energy costs has worsened the industry’s overall outlook for 2022 to include industry-wide losses. In the past oil prices would take around six months to pass onto customers but [...]

  • Virgin Atlantic reaps the rewards from oil bet in pandemic rebound

    March 13, 2022

    Virgin Atlantic will offer the same number of seats for customers as this summer as it did in 2019 - prior to the pandemic.

  • TUI chief: Holiday bookings fly back to pre-pandemic levels

    March 6, 2022

    Travel giant TUI said it expects holiday bookings to rise towards pre-pandemic levels as the industry gets back on its knees.

Posts navigation

  • Page 1
  • Page 2
  • Page 3
  • Next

Trending Articles

  • Banking battle for customers heats up as Nationwide introduces 5 per cent interest rate on current accounts

  • 100 days to cash in or spend it: Bank of England warns £14.5bn worth of paper bank notes will soon be withdrawn

  • Barclays makes major lending push with £2.3bn deal for Kensington Mortgage Company

  • Construction giants colluded to rig £150m of contracts including Selfridges and Oxford University, CMA rules

Subscribe

Subscribe to the City A.M. newsletter to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox.

Subscribe
  • About us
  • Advertising
  • Contact
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • News
  • Markets & Economics
  • Opinion
  • Jobs and Money
  • Unwind
  • Crypto A.M.
  • The Punter
  • COP 26
  • Awards 2019

Follow us for breaking news and latest updates

  • Newsletters
  • Latest paper
  • Advertising
  • CryptoAM.io
  • Awards
  • About
  • Tickets
Copyright 2022 City A.M. Limited