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  • Motorists in a hurry to catch their Great Northern, Southern or Thameslink train, can now park at the station and pay for their parking up to 24 hours later.

    The latest Government advice is to stay at home or stay local to help tackle the spread of…
  • The chief inspector of Borders and Immigration (ICIBI) is inviting anyone with knowledge and experience of the Home Office’s use of hotels and barracks as contingency asylum accommodation to comment and make a submission. The offer remains open until 19 …
  • At one time outselling its fierce rival, the Franco/Italian ATR series, it looks like the De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Dash 8 is to stop production.

    Whilst brave words are being said, investor Longview Aviation Capital, (also the owner of Viking…
  • Doing business with Europe has changed.

    New rules need to be followed on exports, imports, tariffs, data and hiring.

    Watch the video to find out what the new rules mean for your business. You can also use the Brexit checker to get a pe…
  • Although South Africa’s land borders are closed until at least mid-February, Airlink, the independent airline, continues to serve Southern Africa’s main commercial centres with its comprehensive flight schedule and air route network.

    So…
  • Subject to approval by the EU the Iberia subsidiary of IAG is to become the owner of Air Europa later this year.  In a complicated deal the suggested price of €1bn has been halved and will not be paid to current owners Globalia for six years. …
  • A hearing is scheduled today (25 January 09:30 CET) by the Transport Committee of the European Parliament who has summoned the executive director of its civil aviation agency EASA to answer questions regarding the anticipated recertification of the Boeing 7…
  • New Civil Engineer reports that Crossrail 2 has been mothballed after £115m has been spent on consultants and research.

    It was one of a number of expensive schemes initiated by Boris Johnson when Mayor of London, including the doomed Thames E…
  • Now happily ensconced in Heathrow T5, with all the benefits of the various British Airways executive facilities, Qatar Airways is providing connecting flights to numerous destinations in the Middle East and Africa via Doha with four flights daily.

  • The Carbis Bay (eco) Hotel, near St Ives has been chosen as the venue for the G7 Summit 11-13 June, the Government confirmed on Sunday.

    The G7 – which is made up of the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the USA and the EU – is …
  • The collapse of Norwegian’s long-haul Boeing Dreamliner operation at Gatwick is a blow for the south London airport but not fatal and not unexpected.  In time the US will come back, and the summer will see jetBlue introducing narrow-bodied flights t…
  • With the hope, and expectation, that border restrictions between Gibraltar and Spain will be lifted by the summer (and travel controls too) as reported in last week's BTN last week “editor at large” Jeff Mills takes a look at the 2.5sq mile “…
  • At very short notice KLM cancelled all its UK departures for Saturday (23 January).

    On Friday all the inbound passengers were unloaded, the aircraft then returning with no passengers to Amsterdam. The British airports affected include Aberdeen, B…
  • One of new US President Joe Biden's first tasks in the Oval Office was to sign an executive order mandating the wearing of masks on all flights.

    The executive order requires passengers to wear face coverings during interstate travel on planes, trai…
  • The UK and French Governments are reported to be working together to work out a plan to prop up Eurostar, which says its passenger numbers have dropped to less than 1% of normal during the latest Covid lockdowns.

    Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, the French …
  • Dubai-based Emirates has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial the IATA Travel Pass – a mobile app to help passengers easily and securely manage their travel in line w…
  • The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has published the November passenger figures for all British airports.  The full annual numbers are expected later this week.

    Overall the total numbers for all reporting airports showed a drop of 91% from…
  • Nectar, the Sainsbury's-owned loyalty programme, and British Airways have announced a new partnership, giving customers the opportunity to convert Nectar points into Avios and plan their air travel.

    In practical terms it means that for the first ti…
  • In spite of the gloomy situation the airline industry finds itself in, Airbus is updating its production rate planning for the A320 family aircraft upward in response to what it sees is the market situation.

    The new average production rates for the…
  • Holiday and cruise ship operator Saga has said that all clients must produce proof of Covid-19 vaccination before taking a trip. 

    Saga, which specialises in holidays for the over-50s, said it wanted to protect customers' health and safety.
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