LONDON, - Britain should set up "travel bubbles" with low-risk countries to allow the movement of people, instead of bringing in new coronavirus quarantine rules when flights restart, according to Heathrow Airport. Isolating arriving passengers is a major concern in the UK airtravel industry.

LONDON . Britain risks destroying its aviation sector and smothering any broader economic recovery after it failed to follow the likes of the United States and France in propping up its airlines, the head of London Heathrow Airport warned as airport expects a significant delay in the construction of a third runway.

LONDON - Virgin Atlantic said on Tuesday it planned to cut 3,150 jobs and would move its flying programme from London Gatwick to Heathrow airport as it counts the cost of the Covid-19 pandemic. The spread of coroanvirus has virtually brought airports around the globe to a standstill, leaving airlines taking drastic steps to make savings.

LONDON - Passenger numbers and revenue were up at Gatwick Airport for the nine-month period ending 31 December 2019, compared to the same period last year. Just under 37 million passengers passed through the airport in the nine-month period – an increase of 0.3 percent - but then Covid-19 stroke.

PARIS - A common set of rules is needed to help facilitate the restart of global air travel, the head of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said, adding that new measures must still allow airline operations to be economically viable.

LONDON - Low-cost airline Wizz Air said on Saturday it would restart some flights from London's Luton Airport on May 1, becoming one of the first European carriers to begin restoring scheduled flight services that have been halted during the coronavirus pandemic.

DUBAI - Middle Eastern and African governments are failing to take the action required to protect their airlines from the economic crisis caused by the new coronavirus pandemic, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Thursday.

LONDON - London Stansted’s engineering team is using the unprecedented grounding of aircraft across the globe as a unique opportunity to move planned overnight runway maintenance works to daytime hours.

LONDON - London Stansted airport has released unique drone footage showing how it is managing the challenge of finding parking spaces for almost 100 aircraft which have been grounded following the Covid-19 pandemic. Only a handful of passengers and essential cargo fly in and out of the idle Stadsted airfield.

ATLANTA - As airlines idle thousands of aircraft for which there are no passengers, they are hitting an unprecedented problem: finding a place to park them. Taxiways, maintenance hangars and even runways at major airports are being transformed into giant parking lots for more than 2,500 airliners.

ABU DHABI - The UAE close their airports for nearly all passenger operations. Abu Dhabi`s Etihad Airways will survive the "unprecedented times" of the coronavirus epidemic, it`s chief executive said in a video released, a day after the industry`s largest body warned that Middle East airlines were in crisis.

LONDON - As part of UK Airspace Modernisation Programme, London Stansted has begun the process of re-designing the network of corridors and flightpaths that aircraft use when travelling to and from the airport. Government requested all airports to review how new technology can best be used to make airspace use more efficient.

LONDON - The chief executive of British Airways-owner IAG said that the building of a new runway at Heathrow Airport was "significantly reduced" by a court ruling on Thursday. Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, has been trying for years to expand but a court blocked the new runway plan on Thursday on environmental grounds.

LONDON - The planned expansion of London`s Heathrow Airport was declared unlawful on environmental grounds by a court on Thursday, a ruling that could sink the $18 billion project that has been dogged by decades of dispute and indecision.

LONDON - Britain`s Heathrow Airport, the busiest hub in Europe, has so far seen little impact from coronavirus on passenger numbers, but its chief executive said it was too soon to say whether or not the growth of the London hub this year would be curtailed by the global virus outbreak.

LONDON - Heathrow airport pushes for its expansion. Despite record breaking start to the year at Heathrow, latest figures show that its EU competitor, Paris Charles de Gaulle, is growing at twice the rate and is set to overtake as Europe`s leading hub airport within the next two years, the airport warned.

LONDON - Stansted airport can continue its expansion plan without central government approval. A High Court judge has dismissed an appeal by Stop Stansted Expansion (SSE) group to have the airport`s planning application to serve more passengers determined by national government.

LONDON - South African Airways might tap Heathrow slots as a source for cash in its turn-around efforts. According to a media report, the airline considers selling a prime slot pair it currently uses for an overnight service to Johannesburg. South African has neither confirmed nor denied the rumors.

LONDON - Boris Johnson sees no "immediate prospect" of construction activity to expand London Heathrow. The British PM dodged a question in parliament on his stance the billion pound infrastructure project. According to a recent timeline a third runway is unlikely to be completed before 2028.

LONDON - New routes, additional frequencies and larger aircraft take London City Airport to new heights. Over five million passengers travelled through the central air link last year, making 2019 the busiest year in the airport`s history. An ongoing expansion plan will add capacity to the slot-constrained field.