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British Airways could abandon Gatwick airport

'There is a possibility that we will look to close our full LGW operation,' BA tells Unite union




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Ryanair says no holiday flights until July and cuts up to 3,000 jobs

Heathrow airport says passenger numbers fell 97 per cent in April




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Hundreds of tourists still stuck in the Maldives during coronavirus pandemic

Maldives government to help tourists who can't afford luxury resorts




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Justice Department spots signs of fraud in applications for small business coronavirus bailout

'Whenever there's a trillion dollars out on the street that quickly, the fraudsters are going to come out of the woodwork'




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Don't write off third runway, says Heathrow boss

'Do I think that the UK would benefit from private investors putting £14 billion of their own money into the UK in the next few years? Absolutely,' says John Holland-Kaye




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British Airways: closing Gatwick solves the Heathrow problem

The Man Who Pays His Way: will happen to the Sussex airport?




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Airports: when checking out becomes tougher than checking in

Plane Talk: People in this country have plainly had enough of experts




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Face masks to become compulsory for air travel

Despite questionable medical benefits, passengers will be told to wear face coverings




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Coronavirus: Terrorists could exploit aviation security changes made to reassure passengers

Exclusive: Coronavirus risk to aviation security when flying starts again




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France quarantine will not apply to Britons after diplomatic u-turn

'People entering French territory from European countries (EU/Schengen and United Kingdom) will not be affected by the quarantine measure,' says French consulate




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The Top Ten: Backronyms

From the USA Patriot Act and Gross to Spectre and Start...




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Coronavirus: Air Canada insists on pre-flight customer temperature checks

In a sweeping range of measures, the Canadian airline has stopped offering pillows and blankets – and removed its inflight magazine




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Coronavirus: 'UK aviation is facing a death spiral', pilots' union warns

Balpa calls on government to bring in a moratorium on job cuts




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'It has been so hard to be alone': Crew stuck on quarantine cruise ship forced to stay in cabins for nearly a month

'It's really hard for your mental health,' says crew member




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Virgin Atlantic to cut 3,150 jobs and stop flying from Gatwick

Airline plans to 'reshape and resize' the business




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British Airways says no 'meaningful' return to service before July

'We will adapt our operating procedures to ensure our customers and our people are properly protected in this new environment,' said Willie Walsh, IAG chief executive




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Coronavirus: Ireland could stay closed to Britons until later in the summer

Exclusive: Tourism 'recovery story' not expected till autumn




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Coronavirus: Heathrow to start temperature checks on arriving passengers

Screening technology will be trialled in Terminal 2, without passengers being aware they are being checked




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Heathrow expansion: Ruling that third runway is 'unlawful' to be appealed at Supreme Court

Airport chief told MPs earlier this week that expansion might not be back on the agenda for a decade




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Coronavirus: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to establish Baltic 'travel bubble' as restrictions eased

Baltic states agreed each 'had successfully managed the spread of Covid-19 and trust each other's health care systems'




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Virgin Atlantic: Things may look bad for aviation, but we will fly again

Plane Talk: Even during these darkest of times for aviation, there are opportunities for the bold




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Coronavirus: Can airports and airlines ensure passenger safety?

Passenger aviation and social distancing are fundamentally incompatible




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Coronavirus: Rail services set to increase this month as lockdown measures are eased

'We want to help Britain return to what we knew as normal before the pandemic,' says head of train drivers' union




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How to visit New York without leaving home

Armchair Travel: See the Big Apple from wherever you are




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Travel is unlike other industries – it sells dreams

The Man Who Pays His Way: After a select committee grilling, Simon Calder looks to an more thoughtful industry when it finally begins to recover




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That Summer: Stumbling through a year abroad in Barcelona in 1997

​'I was driven by a youthful fascination with this brash Latin world,' writes Ben Crichton




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Project lift-off: What frustrated travellers want to hear as Boris Johnson eases lockdown restrictions

The government's current travel advice prevents mainstream tour operators running trips and invalidates the holidaymaker's insurance




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Vintage railway posters redesigned to encourage tourists to delay holidays until after lockdown

Posters have been reimagined to include slogans including 'visit when this is all over' and 'no swimming today'




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Coronavirus: Holidays at risk as Boris Johnson set to announce 14 day quarantine for travellers arriving in UK

'Quarantine would not only have a devastating impact on the UK aviation industry, but also on the wider economy,' said Karen Dee, chief executive of the Airport Operators' Association




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Tourism reopening plans would be 'on the scrapheap' under 14-day quarantine, says airport boss

'For tourists coming to Cornwall from Germany, Scandinavia and elsewhere, that's the end,' says Tim Jeans, chairman of Newquay airport




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An agency hid Tesla crash data for nearly two years. Is that any way to build trust in driverless cars?

It was an extraordinary vote of confidence for autonomous driving by the nation's top vehicle safety agency.




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Amazon bets on electric truck maker Rivian

In its first big electric vehicle investment, Amazon is leading a round of fundraising by pickup and SUV start-up Rivian.




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Tesla Model 3 can no longer be recommended, says Consumer Reports

Tesla's stock price sank Thursday after Consumer Reports blasted the reliability of the company's new Model 3 sedan and dropped it from a list of recommended vehicles.




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Elon Musk should be held in contempt for unauthorized tweet about Tesla, SEC says

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Musk announces a $35,000 Model 3, closure of most retail stores, and a no-profit quarter

Three years after he promised to sell an all-electric Model 3 mass-market sedan for $35,000 before incentives, Elon Musk may finally be coming through.




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Tesla website and Elon Musk differ on Model 3 delivery dates. Two weeks? Four months?

Buyers who order the new lower-cost "standard-range" $35,000 Tesla Model 3 electric car and expect to receive it in two to four weeks might be in for a surprise.




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Tesla's Elon Musk, facing contempt charges, says semi-secret meeting was a mistake

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk, who is scheduled to defend himself Monday against contempt charges in a federal district court, may find his defense complicated by a semi-secret teleconference Tesla held Thursday with a small number of investors and members of the media.




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The Elon Musk circus is about to enter a new arena: federal court

Elon Musk's contempt toward the U.S.




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Tata's new car is cheap ($2,467), but will it sell?

The Indian carmaker plans to launch its auto by the third quarter of '08. Rivals are skeptical.




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Must Reads: The crowd-sourced, social media swarm that is betting Tesla will crash and burn

It's a sunny day in March and "Machine Planet" is flying a single-engine Cessna over Northern California.




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A key Tesla supplier cuts growth plans, raising red flags over demand for the Model 3

Panasonic is freezing plans to expand its role as Tesla's electric car battery supplier, a move that raises new questions about demand for Tesla's Model 3 — and the company's future.




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Full coverage: Toyota Prius defects and recalls

Toyota has recalled millions of hybrid gas-electric cars, mostly Prius models, around the world to fix electronic defects.




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In a bind, Musk hopes autonomous Tesla taxis will drive a new, positive narrative

Elon Musk is in a bind — perhaps the tightest bind of his business career.




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Elon Musk claims a million Teslas will drive themselves in a year. Safety advocates have concerns

Tesla, under pressure to show it can generate profits on its main business of making electric cars, on Monday trumpeted a custom-designed computer chip to let its vehicles drive themselves.




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Tesla returns to losing money as revenue, cash and other key numbers tumble

Elon Musk envisions a glorious future when fleets of Tesla robo-taxis earn money for Tesla owners and make all other automobiles instantly obsolete.




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Ugly turns uglier as a Tesla filing shows results were goosed by a surge in credits

Tesla's financial results released last week didn't mention that the automaker's revenue included $200 million collected from regulatory credits.




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Tesla Model 3 remains the most popular electric vehicle in the U.S. — by far

The Tesla Model 3 remained the bestselling electric car in the United States last month by far, according to estimates from website Inside EVs.




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Will Trump's China trade war mess up Polestar's U.S. challenge to Tesla?

The Polestar 2, the first electric car to go straight up against Tesla's Model 3, is due to go on the market in the U.S. by summer 2020.




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Volvo's 2019 V60 wagon handles snowstorms like a champ

Our plane landed in Denver just past midnight. It was April and blizzard season wasn't done yet.




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'Dark clouds over Fremont': Tesla enters survival mode as stock price drops

Elon Musk's growth story is looking more like a fable as Tesla Inc. enters survival mode.