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Wizz Air announces new route from London Gatwick to Varna, Bulgaria

Wizz Air, Europe’s largest and the most sustainable airline globally, announces a new summer route from London Gatwick Airport to Varna in Bulgaria.

Travellers prioritise short haul city breaks: Co-op Holidays

Short haul city breaks are the most popular form of travel so far this year according to new data from Co-op Holidays, the in-house tour operator of Your Co-op Travel.

Emirates begins operating with SAF at London Heathrow Airport

This is the first time the airline will be using SAF to power some of its flights at London Heathrow and represents the largest volume of SAF it has purchased to date.

Port of Dover welcomed inaugural calls from three cruise lines in the past week

Compagnie Française de Croisières (CFC) Renaissance, Seabourn Venture and TUI Mein Schiff 4 all sailed into Dover over the past week for inaugural port of call visits.

TG Lynes brings electric truck to London streets

Heating, plumbing and air movement materials supplier TG Lynes has become one of the first businesses to operate a 7.5 tonne electric truck on the streets of London

AirHelp Analysis: Best airlines to fly with from the UK by haul

AirHelp, the travel tech company supporting passengers with flight disruptions, has analysed 2023 flight data by haul to share the best airlines to fly with from UK airports to avoid disruptions.

Loganair celebrates one year connecting remote communities with the UK’s largest airport

The UK’s largest regional airline, Loganair, has today marked one year operating “game-changer” routes from some of the UK’s most remote communities to Heathrow Airport, connecting customers with an array of worldwide destinations.

Emirates returns to Edinburgh with a daily A350 service

Emirates has announced it will resume flight operations to Edinburgh starting from 4 November 2024.

RwandAir takes off with daily direct flights to Kigali from London

RwandAir has begun its daily direct services between London Heathrow, Terminal 4 and Kigali as the airline grows to meet strong demand from the UK market.

Brits spent record amounts on hotels in 2023 – but are UK ‘staycations’ now too expensive?

Brits spent £175.4bn on hotel stays and restaurants in the UK last year – up from £165.7bn in 2022. We also spent a record £38.3bn on other holiday accommodation, such as holiday lets.

art’otel London Hoxton is now open!

London’s highly anticipated lifestyle hotel, art’otel London Hoxton designed and filled with artworks by Signature Artist D*Face is now open.

Ryanair and ‘On the Beach’ partnership takes off

Following the announcement of their “Approved OTA” (online travel agent) partnership Feb last, Ryanair, Europe’s No.1 airline, announced that its low fare flights are now available to book as part of On the Beach holiday packages, just in time for the peak Summer holiday season.