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International & Aviation News London St Pancras testing Kings Cross-St Pancras station has gained a Covid testing facility operated by Collinson. It is one of the limited Covid-19 examination sites in central London. Convenient for both Eurostar and Luton Airport, with also direct services to Gatwick Ai… Read more JetBlue London With UK residents still not able to easily enter the USA, JetBlue is reviewing its new flight schedule from New York JFK to Heathrow. Whilst Americans are now able to come to Europe, and the airline well known, originating passenger numbers … Read more Global Travel Taskforce review Flying and cruising update. From today (Monday 2 August) fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US will avoid quarantine when returning to the UK. Travellers will not require quarantine when arriving in the UK but will still need to book… Read more British Airways and New York With the go-ahead for US eligible citizens to travel to the UK (and onward into Europe) British Airways has reopened its flagship Galleries lounge at JFK’s Terminal 7. The lounge is available for customers travelling in First, Club World and … Read more United adds US-UK flights With last Wednesday’s announcement of England’s reopening to fully vaccinated travellers from the USA, United Airlines has been quick to jump in with a revised summer timetable. From today the Chicago-based airline will have six daily … Read more Heathrow drop-off fee Following the introduction of a drop-off fee by Gatwick (see BTN 12 April Gatwick drop-off changes) Heathrow is to follow suit with similar charges. Manchester Airport Group (Manchester, East Midlands and Stansted airports) have charged for some time. Read more Virgin hub for MEA Middle East Airlines (MEA) has announced a unilateral codeshare agreement with Virgin Atlantic offering seamless connections between the US and Beirut via Heathrow. Customers booking through Virgin Atlantic are now able to travel between US airports such as B… Read more Slots continued Following the UK Government’s decision to waive the 80:20 ‘use it or lose it’ slot usage rule for the upcoming winter programme the European Commission has come up with similar 50% slot usage threshold for the same period. This h… Read more EasyJet for kids What percentage of children are easyJet passengers under normal circumstances we don’t know, but one thing for sure, the airline is keen to promote young bilingual passengers. EasyJet has created a new partnership with children’s book … Read more Australia – New Zealand travel suspended The New Zealand – Australia trans-Tasman travel bubble has been suspended “for at least the next eight weeks”, as the number of Covid-19 cases in Australia rises. Flights were not curtailed immediately, a period of respite introdu… Read more airBaltic SKY Service Latvian airline airBaltic has improved its onboard service, by introducing airBaltic SKY Service – a platform that will be available for all passengers during the flight via their mobile devices. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of the R… Read more Loganair stops Isle of Man In a surprise announcement Scottish airline Loganair has cancelled its Embraer 145 jet service into Heathrow from the Isle of Man. This takes effect from Wednesday 11 August. The airline continues to serve the island from Birmingham, Edi… Read more ON TOUR: BOREALIS Business Travel News Editor-in-Chief Malcolm Ginsberg (and wife Linda) were on board Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship Borealis when she departed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool on Monday 5 July. It had been a frustrating 18 months for both… Read more AUGUST CRUISE NEWS This month will see virtually all the cruise lines with a UK programme back sailing from UK ports with a variety of offerings from three nights to eight. The lifting of the international cruising ban, whilst clearly welcome, is unlikely to affect programmes al… Read more Aviation losses Three of the biggest names in air travel last week posted substantial losses. Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye summed up the situation. "The UK is emerging from the worst effects of the health pandemic, but is falling behind its EU rivals in in… Read more ON THE SOAPBOX: John Holland-Kaye, CEO, Heathrow Airport Over the last 18 months John Holland-Kaye has been the effective spokesman in many ways for the travel industry, not only lobbying government but keeping the public aware of the serious predicament for staff, the support industries and investors of the dilemma… Read more Brooklands and Sir Stirling Moss Sir Stirling Moss passed away aged 90 in the peak of the pandemic April 2020. Whilst the tributes flowed in any memorial service and the like were not possible, although a Blue Plaque was unveiled at the famous Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb in June of … Read more The Government’s strategic (travel) review is imminent Confusion still rages. ABTA has written to Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport, outlining actions still needed from Government to open up travel to and from more countries, make foreign travel easier for UK citizens and support the… Read more COMMENT: The End of Business Travel? # When BTN was first established back in the 1980s our title was Air & Business Travel News (ABTN) but as the main revenue earner for airlines developed coming into the 21st century we dropped the ‘Air’. Business travel grew and the front… Read more LETTER OF THE WEEK Southend Airport terminal tours Read more

International & Aviation News

London St Pancras testing

Kings Cross-St Pancras station has gained a Covid testing facility operated by Collinson. It is one of the limited Covid-19 examination sites in central London.

Convenient for both Eurostar and Luton Airport, with also direct services to Gatwick Ai…

Read more
JetBlue London

With UK residents still not able to easily enter the USA, JetBlue is reviewing its new flight schedule from New York JFK to Heathrow.

Whilst Americans are now able to come to Europe, and the airline well known, originating passenger numbers …

Read more
Global Travel Taskforce review

Flying and cruising update.

From today (Monday 2 August) fully vaccinated travellers from the EU and US will avoid quarantine when returning to the UK. Travellers will not require quarantine when arriving in the UK but will still need to book…

Read more
British Airways and New York

With the go-ahead for US eligible citizens to travel to the UK (and onward into Europe) British Airways has reopened its flagship Galleries lounge at JFK’s Terminal 7.

The lounge is available for customers travelling in First, Club World and …

Read more
United adds US-UK flights

With last Wednesday’s announcement of England’s reopening to fully vaccinated travellers from the USA, United Airlines has been quick to jump in with a revised summer timetable.

From today the Chicago-based airline will have six daily …

Read more
Heathrow drop-off fee

Following the introduction of a drop-off fee by Gatwick (see BTN 12 April Gatwick drop-off changes) Heathrow is to follow suit with similar charges. Manchester Airport Group (Manchester, East Midlands and Stansted airports) have charged for some time.

Read more
Virgin hub for MEA

Middle East Airlines (MEA) has announced a unilateral codeshare agreement with Virgin Atlantic offering seamless connections between the US and Beirut via Heathrow. Customers booking through Virgin Atlantic are now able to travel between US airports such as B…

Read more
Slots continued

Following the UK Government’s decision to waive the 80:20 ‘use it or lose it’ slot usage rule for the upcoming winter programme the European Commission has come up with similar 50% slot usage threshold for the same period.

This h…

Read more
EasyJet for kids

What percentage of children are easyJet passengers under normal circumstances we don’t know, but one thing for sure, the airline is keen to promote young bilingual passengers.

EasyJet has created a new partnership with children’s book …

Read more
Australia – New Zealand travel suspended

The New Zealand – Australia trans-Tasman travel bubble has been suspended “for at least the next eight weeks”, as the number of Covid-19 cases in Australia rises.

Flights were not curtailed immediately, a period of respite introdu…

Read more
airBaltic SKY Service

Latvian airline airBaltic has improved its onboard service, by introducing airBaltic SKY Service – a platform that will be available for all passengers during the flight via their mobile devices.

Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of the R…

Read more
Loganair stops Isle of Man

In a surprise announcement Scottish airline Loganair has cancelled its Embraer 145 jet service into Heathrow from the Isle of Man.

This takes effect from Wednesday 11 August.

The airline continues to serve the island from Birmingham, Edi…

Read more
ON TOUR: BOREALIS

Business Travel News Editor-in-Chief Malcolm Ginsberg (and wife Linda) were on board Fred Olsen Cruise Lines’ ship Borealis when she departed on her maiden voyage from Liverpool on Monday 5 July.

It had been a frustrating 18 months for both…

Read more
AUGUST CRUISE NEWS

This month will see virtually all the cruise lines with a UK programme back sailing from UK ports with a variety of offerings from three nights to eight. The lifting of the international cruising ban, whilst clearly welcome, is unlikely to affect programmes al…

Read more
Aviation losses

Three of the biggest names in air travel last week posted substantial losses.

Heathrow CEO John Holland-Kaye summed up the situation. "The UK is emerging from the worst effects of the health pandemic, but is falling behind its EU rivals in in…

Read more
ON THE SOAPBOX: John Holland-Kaye, CEO, Heathrow Airport

Over the last 18 months John Holland-Kaye has been the effective spokesman in many ways for the travel industry, not only lobbying government but keeping the public aware of the serious predicament for staff, the support industries and investors of the dilemma…

Read more
Brooklands and Sir Stirling Moss

Sir Stirling Moss passed away aged 90 in the peak of the pandemic April 2020.

Whilst the tributes flowed in any memorial service and the like were not possible, although a Blue Plaque was unveiled at the famous Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb in June of …

Read more
The Government’s strategic (travel) review is imminent

Confusion still rages.

ABTA has written to Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport, outlining actions still needed from Government to open up travel to and from more countries, make foreign travel easier for UK citizens and support the…

Read more
COMMENT: The End of Business Travel?

# When BTN was first established back in the 1980s our title was Air & Business Travel News (ABTN) but as the main revenue earner for airlines developed coming into the 21st century we dropped the ‘Air’. Business travel grew and the front…

Read more
LETTER OF THE WEEK

Southend Airport terminal tours

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