Scandinavian carrier SAS has taken delivery of the first of three A321LR planes on lease from Air Lease Corporation.The arrival sees the airline become the newest operator of the most efficient long-haul single aisle aircraft.The plane is powered by CFM…
The European Union has been given licence to impose new border taxes on up to $4 billion on goods from the United States annually as punishment for subsidies provided to Boeing, the World Trade Organisation has ruled.The decision is the…
A change in the business model may be possible to endure, but Spanish tourism businesses are running with little to no liquidity in an economy heavily affected by COVID-19.Even before the high season for travel companies began, the forecasts were…
Wine tourism is a strategic resource for Italy and intertwines two important drivers of the economy. Firstly, tourism which accounts for 13% of the gross domestic product, and the wine sector which weighs 6.2 billion euros in exports, with a…
British Airways has announced that its final two Heathrow-based Boeing 747 aircraft will depart this morning.One aircraft is painted in its heritage Negus livery and the other in its current Chatham Dockyard livery.Thousands of British Airways flight crew, cabin crew…
British transport secretary, Grant Shapps, has mooted possible changes to the quarantine system in a move likely to boost the struggling travel sector.Currently all visitors to the UK are expected to quarantine for 14-days, unless arriving from a small number…
London City Airport welcomed the return of flights to Zürich earlier.Five flights a week, operated by home-based BA CityFlyer, will go between London’s most central airport and Switzerland’s largest city.The route was London City Airport’s fourth most popular in 2019,…
Virgin Atlantic has become the first UK airline to introduce Covid-19 pre-flight testing at its Heathrow base for its cabin crew and pilots.Launched on flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong, the airline plans to extend the trial to Barbados and…
People arriving into the UK from Turkey and Poland from tomorrow will be expected to self-isolate from tomorrow, as the countries are removed from the quarantine safelist.Travellers from Spain, France, Portugal and parts of Greece are also currently expected to…
The Government of Gibraltar has issued a fourth Technical Notice, this time on the subject of Aviation, in the event that there is no agreement on the future relationship of Gibraltar with the European Union.Gibraltar has no flights to the…
