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BA strike averted
Staff at British Airways have suspended a strike that had been planned at Heathrow during the school summer holidays after receiving a "vastly improved" pay offer from the airline.
COMMENT: Will things change?
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has sunk, rather like his grandiose Thames Estuary Airport scheme.
UK Domestic cruise problems
Seaborne holiday trips may operate beyond UK waters, but are restricted to English, Welsh and Northern Ireland port calls and carrying residents from the UK and the Common Travel Area (Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Ireland) only.
ABTA – Travel Matters and Day of Action
On 28 June, government will review both the traffic-light list and the requirements, measures and systems in place for international travel. This could be one of the most crucial weeks in the history of the British travel trade, not at all helped by Downing Street’s prevarication, and downright antagonism by the Scottish government.
Electric aircraft taxi system
WheelTug has debuted its innovative electric aircraft taxi system with a demonstration, held at Memphis International Airport, and Zoomed all over the world reports London based Malcolm Ginsberg of Business Travel News www.btnews.co.uk
Gatwick CEO pleades for unified quarantine rules
One of Europe’s most experienced airport bosses, Stewart Wingate of London Gatwick, has pleaded for a common testing solution to boost passenger confidence and ease quarantine restrictions.
BA boss to speak from London
Wednesday (09:30 BST ) Alex Cruz, Chairman and Chief Executive of British Airways, part of IAG, will be live online as he appears before the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
Spanish Islands flights from the UK
Both the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Transport have come in for heavy criticism in the way travellers from certain countries have had to self-isolate. This could change reports Business Travel News. www.btnews.co.uk
LIVE FROM LONDON – JOHN HOLLAND-KAYE Chief Executive Officer Heathrow Airport Ltd
London reports that Heathrow Airport’s Chief Executive Officer, John Holland-Kaye, will be live at a Microsoft Teams Aviation Club United Kingdom lunch 12:00 noon (BST) Wednesday 2 September.
London Heathrow & trade
Over 860,000 passengers travelled through Heathrow in July, down 88% on the previous year the airport has revealed. This reflects a slight uplift in passenger traffic, since the start of this crisis, driven by the Government’s creation of the first ‘travel corridors’ on 4 July. More than half of these passengers, over 480,000, ventured to European destinations to make the most of the 2020 summer season, quarantine free.
London’s Business Travel Show cancelled
In an outspoken commentary Business Travel News has confirmed that the 2020 Business Travel Show, due for the ExCeL conference centre in February, has been cancelled, although the organisers prefer the term “postponed”. A new date has been set for 22−23 June 2021.
British Airway boss to report to UK Parliament
British Airways Chairman and CEO, Alex Cruz, has been summoned to face the House of Commons Transport Select Committee Business
World Aviation Festival cancelled
ExCeL London has suffered the loss of the World Aviation Festival at the end of September but confirms that the British-Irish Expo goes ahead 5-6 October reports Business Travel News. World Travel Market stays at its original dates 2-4 November.
Air France bids adieu A380
For Air France the Airbus A380 never arrived with a real splash, Lufthansa supplying the cabin staff when the aircraft was certificated with a media flight out of Toulouse and then a quiet introduction on selected routes including CDG to Heathrow for crew experience writes Malcolm Ginsberg of BTNews.
London City Airport reopens
British Airways reopened London City Airport last night with a flight from Douglas Isle of Man carrying just six passengers. But it was a start. When the pandemic started, back in March, London City Airport (LCY) closed and CityFlyer, the BA subsidiary who flies the route, moved the service to Heathrow T5. It is not a PSO (public service obligation) operation but a pure commercial route.
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