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International & Aviation News Heathrow slots and Flybe Following the reincarnation of Flybe as Flybe Ltd, Airport Co-ordination Ltd (ACL), the slot controller, tells BTN that it is in the process of transferring the slots from the old company to the new one. (See Flybe flies again? in last week's BTN.) Read more Chaos at Heathrow Reports are circulating of a plan to open up the currently closed Terminal 4 at Heathrow for red route flights only from 17 May when the Government is expected to lift its ban on foreign travel. A problem will be with connecting travellers, usually 30% … Read more Australia – New Zealand The travel ban between Australia and New Zealand has been lifted with large numbers travelling between the two Commonwealth countries cut-off from the World’s mainstream and with very strict Covid-19 entry requirements. Research undertaken by… Read more ON THE SOAPBOX SPECIAL: Saving UK Airfields Ian Sheppard acts as honorary communications adviser to the GAAC. A graduate in Aeronautical Engineering, he has been an aviation journalist and editor for many publications, including Flight International, African Aerospace, Regional International, and Aviati… Read more BA – Two out of ten British Airways gets two out of ten according to Qatar Airways’ Akbar Al Baker. But that was under the old regime. Akbar al Baker, chief executive of the Doha-based airline, is much more enthusiastic regarding Sean Doyle and… Read more Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) news With unique, unprecedented access to frontline staff a new study by award-winning training provider Travel Uni, was carried out during March in the first of a regular series of ‘Frontline Findings’ surveys. Designed to provide importan… Read more NYX Hotel London Israeli-owned Leonardo Hotels UK & Ireland has announced the opening of its first NYX Hotel in the UK on 17 May. NYX Hotel London Holborn is the 11th hotel in the group’s global city centre portfolio that includes properties in Tel Aviv, … Read more Heathrow chaos & Commons Transport Select Committee It was supposed to be to discuss the Global Travel Taskforce report but last week’s Commons Transport Select Committee hearing was dominated by Heathrow’s chief solutions officer Chris Garton with an outburst concerning border controls. Read more Downtown Toronto Airport to re-open Porter Airlines has set 21 June for the reopening of flights from Toronto Billy Bishop City. The downtown airport has been closed to all but emergency flights since the start of the pandemic. Connect Airlines is set to arrive in the autumn. <… Read more LETTER OF THE WEEK Paul Robin, once of the Business Travel Show, in a tribute to Prince Philip. www.btnews.co.uk/article/17462 Read more Update on Norwegian The Oslo County Court has approved Norwegian's reconstruction plan in Norway. Reaching this milestone means that both the group's reconstruction processes in Ireland and Norway have now been approved by the courts. The next big step is to raise up… Read more Tallinn Radisson Radisson Hotel Group has opened the Palace Hotel Tallinn, located at the entrance to the historic Old Town. Built getting on for 100 years ago and respectfully renovated, this monument of national architectural heritage is the first Radisson Individuals … Read more Shapps and Doyle go public On Tuesday (tomorrow 20 April), and for the first time, secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps, and chief executive of British Airways Sean Doyle will be live for a Zoom gathering open to all hosted by ConservativeHome.com. Tim Alders… Read more Premier Inn central London Whitbread, the UK’s largest hospitality business, is adding two prime locations to its network of ‘hub by Premier Inn’ hotels this spring with new openings in central London, at Soho (Berwick Street) and Shoreditch (Quaker Street). Read more Monarch Airlines collapse Reports in various national newspapers would seem to indicate that the collapse of Monarch Airlines in 2017 will have cost the taxpayer £40m. Greybull – which has also presided over failures at Comet, British Steel and M Local – b… Read more Marella Cruises for the UK TUI-owned Marella Cruises is for the first time to base a ship in the UK for the summer season. Marella Explorer will set sail from Southampton on UK itineraries from 25 June, with port calls including Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool. Marella Explore… Read more Losses for Luton airlines Wizz is the latest Luton Airport airline to announce massive losses. The London Stock Market listed but Hungarian-based carrier said in a statement that the figure up to the end of March could exceed €590m. The Ryanair negative sum is &e… Read more Loganair to Exeter Now calling itself, quite rightly, the UK’s largest regional airline, Loganair has announced a major step in connecting East Anglia with the south west of England through the launch of a new air route between Norwich and Exeter. Read more Hotel Week London With the end of the lockdown in sight some 35 of London’s finest hotels are getting together to launch a new marketing programme to help the capital on its way to complete revitalisation. The brainchild of Jonathan Sloan from MMGY Global the… Read more Gatwick and British Airways British Airways has confirmed that the majority of its Gatwick short-haul services will continue to operate from Heathrow until the end of October. The media was alerted to the news by this tweet by @LondonAirTravel, which said: “British Air… Read more

International & Aviation News

Heathrow slots and Flybe

Following the reincarnation of Flybe as Flybe Ltd, Airport Co-ordination Ltd (ACL), the slot controller, tells BTN that it is in the process of transferring the slots from the old company to the new one.
(See Flybe flies again? in last week's BTN.)

Read more
Chaos at Heathrow

Reports are circulating of a plan to open up the currently closed Terminal 4 at Heathrow for red route flights only from 17 May when the Government is expected to lift its ban on foreign travel.
A problem will be with connecting travellers, usually 30% …

Read more
Australia – New Zealand

The travel ban between Australia and New Zealand has been lifted with large numbers travelling between the two Commonwealth countries cut-off from the World’s mainstream and with very strict Covid-19 entry requirements.

Research undertaken by…

Read more
ON THE SOAPBOX SPECIAL: Saving UK Airfields

Ian Sheppard acts as honorary communications adviser to the GAAC. A graduate in Aeronautical Engineering, he has been an aviation journalist and editor for many publications, including Flight International, African Aerospace, Regional International, and Aviati…

Read more
BA – Two out of ten

British Airways gets two out of ten according to Qatar Airways’ Akbar Al Baker.

But that was under the old regime.

Akbar al Baker, chief executive of the Doha-based airline, is much more enthusiastic regarding Sean Doyle and…

Read more
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) news

With unique, unprecedented access to frontline staff a new study by award-winning training provider Travel Uni, was carried out during March in the first of a regular series of ‘Frontline Findings’ surveys.

Designed to provide importan…

Read more
NYX Hotel London

Israeli-owned Leonardo Hotels UK & Ireland has announced the opening of its first NYX Hotel in the UK on 17 May.

NYX Hotel London Holborn is the 11th hotel in the group’s global city centre portfolio that includes properties in Tel Aviv, …

Read more
Heathrow chaos & Commons Transport Select Committee

It was supposed to be to discuss the Global Travel Taskforce report but last week’s Commons Transport Select Committee hearing was dominated by Heathrow’s chief solutions officer Chris Garton with an outburst concerning border controls.

Read more
Downtown Toronto Airport to re-open

Porter Airlines has set 21 June for the reopening of flights from Toronto Billy Bishop City. The downtown airport has been closed to all but emergency flights since the start of the pandemic. Connect Airlines is set to arrive in the autumn.
<…

Read more
LETTER OF THE WEEK

Paul Robin, once of the Business Travel Show, in a tribute to Prince Philip.

www.btnews.co.uk/article/17462

Read more
Update on Norwegian

The Oslo County Court has approved Norwegian's reconstruction plan in Norway. Reaching this milestone means that both the group's reconstruction processes in Ireland and Norway have now been approved by the courts.

The next big step is to raise up…

Read more
Tallinn Radisson

Radisson Hotel Group has opened the Palace Hotel Tallinn, located at the entrance to the historic Old Town. Built getting on for 100 years ago and respectfully renovated, this monument of national architectural heritage is the first Radisson Individuals …

Read more
Shapps and Doyle go public

On Tuesday (tomorrow 20 April), and for the first time, secretary of state for transport Grant Shapps, and chief executive of British Airways Sean Doyle will be live for a Zoom gathering open to all hosted by ConservativeHome.com.

Tim Alders…

Read more
Premier Inn central London

Whitbread, the UK’s largest hospitality business, is adding two prime locations to its network of ‘hub by Premier Inn’ hotels this spring with new openings in central London, at Soho (Berwick Street) and Shoreditch (Quaker Street).

Read more
Monarch Airlines collapse

Reports in various national newspapers would seem to indicate that the collapse of Monarch Airlines in 2017 will have cost the taxpayer £40m.

Greybull – which has also presided over failures at Comet, British Steel and M Local – b…

Read more
Marella Cruises for the UK

TUI-owned Marella Cruises is for the first time to base a ship in the UK for the summer season.

Marella Explorer will set sail from Southampton on UK itineraries from 25 June, with port calls including Belfast, Dublin and Liverpool. Marella Explore…

Read more
Losses for Luton airlines

Wizz is the latest Luton Airport airline to announce massive losses. The London Stock Market listed but Hungarian-based carrier said in a statement that the figure up to the end of March could exceed €590m.

The Ryanair negative sum is &e…

Read more
Loganair to Exeter

Now calling itself, quite rightly, the UK’s largest regional airline, Loganair has announced a major step in connecting East Anglia with the south west of England through the launch of a new air route between Norwich and Exeter.

Read more
Hotel Week London

With the end of the lockdown in sight some 35 of London’s finest hotels are getting together to launch a new marketing programme to help the capital on its way to complete revitalisation.

The brainchild of Jonathan Sloan from MMGY Global the…

Read more
Gatwick and British Airways

British Airways has confirmed that the majority of its Gatwick short-haul services will continue to operate from Heathrow until the end of October.

The media was alerted to the news by this tweet by @LondonAirTravel, which said: “British Air…

Read more