Families prefer sun to snow at Christmas – online poll
Phil Davies - Dec 19, 2026
Almost half of parents would rather spend Christmas Day lying on a beach than sitting on the sofa, according to…
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Two Rocco Forte hotels to be sold to fund expansion
Phil Davies - Dec 19, 2026
The Lowry Hotel in Manchester and The St David's Hotel & Spa, Cardiff are being offered for sale by Rocco…
Ex-BA PR chief joins Etihad Airways
Phil Davies - Dec 19, 2026
Former British Airways PR chief Iain Burns has been named vice-president of corporate communications for UAE carrier Etihad Airways. He joins…
Silverjet signs GDS deals
Phil Davies - Dec 18, 2026
All business class start-up Silverjet has struck distribution deals with Galileo and Sabre six weeks before its first flight. All the airline’s…
Virgin to serve Kenya
Phil Davies - Dec 18, 2026
Virgin Atlantic is to launch daily flights to Kenya next summer. The Heathrow-Nairobi service will start on June 1 with…
New Prague flight by Jet2.com
Phil Davies - Dec 18, 2026
Jet2.com is to serve Prague with low cost flights from Manchester. The airline is to start the route on March…
Monarch to break Cyprus ‘cartel’
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2026
Monarch is to start scheduled flights from Luton to Cyprus next year as the airline expands its network to the…
US airlines in merger frenzy
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2026
The merger business has whipped into a frenzy of activity among US airlines. AirTran has made a bid for Midwest.…
New generation multi-carrier flight search for lastminute.com
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2026
Sabre-owned lastminute.com has launched an online multi-carrier flight search display in a calendar format supplied by Amadeus. The functionality is…
VLM expands from Manchester
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2026
Regional carrier VLM is to start direct flights from Manchester to Rotterdam. Two flights a day will run from February…
SkyScanner recruits from Amadeus
Phil Davies - Dec 15, 2026
Flight search engine SkyScanner has named Aaron Ritoper in the newly created position of head of global sales. He joins…
Qantas accepts revised $8.7bn takeover bid
Phil Davies - Dec 14, 2026
Qantas has accepted a revised proposal from Airline Partners Australia to acquire the airline for A$11 billion ($8.77 billion). APA…
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