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Jet2 has cancelled all holidays and flights until April 14 due to travel restrictions and growing uncertainty over when lockdown will end. The holiday giant said it was handing out full refunds for holidaymakers who have had their travel plans scrapped. Jet2 had previously announced plans to suspend their services until late March, but the … Read more
In a move it’s claimed will ‘shake up transatlantic premium air travel’, low-cost American airline JetBlue this summer is launching flights to London for the first time. The services will be operated by a long-range version of the single-aisle Airbus A321 aircraft, which will be fitted out with 24 individual reimagined ‘Mint’ suites, including two … Read more
In a move it’s claimed will ‘shake up transatlantic premium air travel’, low-cost American airline JetBlue this summer is launching flights to London for the first time. The services will be operated by a long-range version of the single-aisle Airbus A321 aircraft, which will be fitted out with 24 individual reimagined ‘Mint’ suites, including two … Read more
Canada announced stricter restrictions on travelers including a mandatory $2,000 hotel quarantine, multiple tests, increased ‘surveillance’ and banning all flight to Mexico and the Caribbean. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the new measures on Friday in response to the more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus. Starting next week, all international passenger flights to Canada … Read more
Private flights to one Dubai airport soar by 78 per cent as well-heeled travellers including Love Island stars escape Lockdown Britain Mohammed Bin Rashid Aerospace Hub saw increased traffic at end of last year Stars flocked to the UAE over the festive season despite the Covid pandemic They insisted their trips were for ‘work’ including … Read more
Israel is preparing to suspend all incoming passenger flights for a two-week period in a bid to prevent the spread of highly-infectious Covid-19 variants. The suspension is subject to Cabinet approval and would see all incoming and outgoing flights halted for 14 days. The country, which has the world’s fastest vaccine distribution rate, has been under … Read more
Aircraft without pilots could be flying commuters to UK regional airports within a decade – possibly using hydrogen as fuel making them environmentally friendly. British aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman is working alongside technology company Bear Blue to first develop a semi-autonomous plane with just one pilot, followed by an aircraft with no humans on the flight … Read more
No10 looks set to finally ban flights from Brazil today, days after scientists sounded the alarm about a new Covid super-strain. Boris Johnson and ministers on the Covid-O committee will today consider suspending all travel from the whole of South America to tackle the variant. This could include other countries such as Argentina, Uruguay and … Read more
Ministers faced accusations of failing to protect the UK today as they prepare to ban flights from Brazil days after a new Covid super-strain emerged – and new rules requiring arrivals to have tested negative were delayed. Boris Johnson admitted yesterday that he is ‘concerned’ about the latest mutant – which the Government has known … Read more
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary will cut the airline’s flight schedule from the UK and Ireland after the country was plunged into a third national lockdown earlier this month. The airline’s boss said the company would operate ‘around ten or 20 flights a day’ compared to the ‘normal 2,000’ from January 21 amid the country’s new … Read more