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Shai Weiss, Virgin Atlantic’s CEO, discusses the reasons behind the airline’s decision to join the SkyTeam alliance.

The carrier is bolstering transatlantic flying from next March.

The fragility of the recovery at UK airports was made evident again after a single air traffic control (ATC) officer’s illness caused multiple flights to be canceled at London’s Gatwick Airport.

The changes will come into effect during the summer 2023 season.

The New York-based airline has launched its first European route from Boston.

The New York-based airline has launched its first European route from Boston.

Asturias-Amsterdam is one of six routes the Spanish LCC has scheduled to launch over the coming months.

Routes selects 50 new air services set to start around the world in August, looking at the planned frequency, start date and aircraft to be used.

Flights to Agadir, Prague and Sharm El Sheikh are among the latest new route plans.

The agreements will provide in excess of 600 weekly connections for its transatlantic routes.

A harsh confrontation between the airline and the airport has apparently eased.

The regional airline sees strong leisure and VFR demand for flights to Newquay.

The LCC is growing its offerings from Northern Ireland.

The airline hopes to serve at least seven US destinations from London Gatwick.

The New York-based carrier is adding more London flights and has routes to Paris on its radar.

The carrier will resume flying to the ‘Entertainment Capital of the World’ in November for the first time since 2015.

Director of network and airports Neil Slaven says the LCC is making far more in-season network changes than it did previously, stressing that the airline is ready to respond to airports with the lowest costs.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks

Competition between Boston and London is set to further intensify from July when JetBlue Airways begins the first of two daily routes between the

JetBlue has firmed up plans to enter the Boston-London market at the same time as making an unsolicited $3.6 billion bid for Spirit Airlines.

The Turkish carrier will be operating service from the Danish cities to Greece, Spain and Turkey.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority says it needs more time to assess the impact of the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement on the UK-US market.

The carrier is boosting service to European markets, assessing that demand will come back strongly.

The Hungarian ULCC’s UK subsidiary is beginning to ramp up London Gatwick operations and MD Marion Geoffroy believes the UK will be a major growth market over the coming years.

The carrier said ‘uncertainties’ in the global airline market mean it has to slow down.