London Gatwick Airport

Capacity between the UK and Turkey continues to grow this summer.

Securing air service to a hub is a key target for City of Derry (LDY) as the Northern Irish airport seeks to rebuild connectivity in the wake of the pandemic.

The New York-based LCC had already secured summer slots at LGW and STN.

Bjørn Kjos is behind a new venture seeking to enter the low-cost transatlantic market vacated by Norwegian Air Shuttle.

Two routes are being launched from the city, located on southern France’s Mediterranean coast.

Wizz Air’s plans to open a new base in Palermo come as the Sicilian airport’s largest operator Ryanair prepares to increase its presence.

Twenty-three new routes are planned for the summer season, including flights from Antalya to Beirut, Ljubljana and Tel Aviv.

Johan Lundgren also refuted claims that extending the airport slot waiver in Europe for the duration of the summer season is anti-competitive.

The Czech airline looks set to be the first in Europe to reintroduce the Boeing 737 MAX.

The UK government is seeking views on whether to maintain its current restrictions on night flights at London’s three main airports.

The UK has extended the temporary waiver on airport slot rules through its summer 2021 season, slot co-ordination company Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) has confirmed.

The decision prolongs the waiver on airport slot 'use-it-or-lose-it' rules for the summer season.

The US carrier claims it is being 'locked out' of the UK’s main international airports.

The carrier which pioneered cheap transatlantic flights between Europe and the US will now focus on short-haul routes as part of a plan to exit insolvency.

Service to the UK was suspended in mid-December after a more transmissible COVID-19 strain was detected in the country.

British Airways (BA) plans to transfer a small group of long-haul routes to London Gatwick from London Heathrow for the start of the airline industry’s summer season.

Three new routes are being launched and capacity will be added to popular existing links.

The oneworld alliance member has resumed service to London Gatwick after a month-long absence.

Wizz Air continues to increase flying to leisure destinations in Western Europe.

The base becomes the third in the UK to be announced by the ULCC since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.

The Worldwide Airport Slot Board has urged regulators to commit to prolonging slot flexibility before the end of the year.

The LCC will begin services to LGW and STN in 2021.

JetBlue Airways has secured slots at London Gatwick (LGW) and London Stansted(STN), but was denied slots at London Heathrow (LHR), the UK’s largest airport.

Robin Hayes believes the US carrier’s entry into the transatlantic market will be “brilliantly timed.”

Extending the temporary waiver on airport slot rules in Europe through the summer 2021 season will slow the recovery and prevent competition returning to the industry, according to the CEOs of Ryanair Group and Wizz Air.