Aviation

NHS staff are being given first class treatment by furloughed airline crew onboard a mobile wellbeing lounge (John Walton/PA)

NHS staff given first class treatment by furloughed pilots and cabin crew

February 5, 2021

The pandemic has seen passenger numbers at Edinburgh Airport fall to the lowest level in 25 years (Jane Barlow/PA)

Edinburgh Airport passenger numbers plummet to lowest level in 25 years

February 4, 2021

The aviation industry has been hit hard by Covid-19 (Steve Parsons/PA)

Taxpayer support for aviation sector reaches £7.2bn – Shapps

February 3, 2021

The Scottish Government should use the ‘opportunity’ created by the coronavirus pandemic to target reduced growth of air travel, MSPs have been told (Jane Barlow/PA)

Pandemic creates an opportunity to manage demand for air travel, MSPs told

January 26, 2021

Passengers push luggage through the Arrival Hall of Terminal 5 at Heathrow (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Aviation sector warning as ministers prepare to discuss quarantine hotels

January 25, 2021

Heathrow and trade bodies have expressed their concerns (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Quarantine hotels would be ‘catastrophic’ for aviation industry

January 25, 2021

Budget airline Norwegian has axed its long-haul network, leading to the loss of 1,100 pilot and cabin crew jobs based at Gatwick Airport (Norwegian Air Shuttle/PA)

Norwegian cuts 1,100 jobs at Gatwick as it axes long-haul flights

January 14, 2021

Heathrow suffered a 72.7% drop in passenger numbers last year, the airport said (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Heathrow lost 58.8 million passengers in 2020

January 11, 2021

The UK Border Force will check arrivals for test results (Yui Mok/PA)

‘Four nations’ approach to international travel rules – Sturgeon

January 8, 2021

Edinburgh Airport chief executive Gordon Dewar criticised First Minister Nicola Sturgeon over comments she made about not booking holidays (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Sturgeon campaigning against aviation sector, claims Edinburgh Airport boss

December 10, 2020

The Government is to review air passenger duty on domestic routes (Steve Parsons/PA)

What is air passenger duty and why is it criticised?

January 15, 2020