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Airline News & Gossip
Airline News & Gossip
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Airline News & GossipTour operators to lobby EU countries to save seasonal workers’ jobs
Tour operators are preparing to lobbying European governments for the right to continue to employ British seasonal workers overseas now the UK has left the EU. Since 31 December 2020, British citizens no longer have an automatic right to work in other European countries, either...
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Airline News & GossipEasyJet secures Government-backed loan of 1.4bn pounds
EasyJet has secured a £1.4billion state-backed bailout to help it survive the pandemic. The five-year loan facility has been underwritten by a group of banks and supported by a partial guarantee from UK Export Finance, a government agency, under its Export Development Guarantee scheme. The...
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Airline News & GossipJet2holidays releases summer 2022 programme
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has launched its Summer 2022 programme 18 months in advance, with flights and packages from 10 UK airports. The travel company said its earliest ever launch followed demand from customers who have been buoyed by the prospect of a vaccine and keen to plan a holiday....
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Airline News & GossipSunExpress to launch new route from Manchester
The joint venture airline of Lufthansa and Turkish Airlines, SunExpress, will launch direct flights between Manchester and Antalya in the spring. The carrier will operate a twice-weekly service from 26 March, rising to four flights per week from 30 May. Manchester Airport Managing Director...
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Airline News & GossipRyanair commits to Boeing with increased order for 737 Max aircraft
Ryanair has demonstrated its confidence in the controversial Boeing 737 Max after increasing its order from 135 to 210 aircraft. The budget carrier insisted the Max remains a ‘fabulous aircraft’ that will underpin its European expansion in 2021 and beyond. It is understood the airline...
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Airline News & GossipTUI secures funding package amid continuing ‘volatility’
TUI has secured a €1.8 billion funding package as it seeks to weather the pandemic storm until travel begins to resume. The German operator said it needed the cash injection following increased restrictions placed on travel. It will ‘bridge the gap’ if the pandemic persists...
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Airline News & GossipFAA clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again
After sitting idle during a 20-month grounding, the Boeing 737 Max has been cleared by the Federal Aviation Administration to fly again in the US. The jet has been grounded globally since March 2019 after two deadly crashes killed 346 people. “The design and certification...
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Airline News & GossipJetBlue to ‘disrupt transatlantic travel’ with 2021 London route
Low-cost US carrier JetBlue still expects to launch flights to London and other destinations in Europe next summer. CEO Robin Hayes promised the airline would ‘disrupt’ the transatlantic market by offering ‘a much cheaper way of flying between the UK and the US’. During...