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Tricks to turbocharge your loyalty card points - and little-known ruses to squeeze extra from Nectar and Clubcard
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Tricks to turbocharge your loyalty card points - and little-known ruses to squeeze extra from Nectar and Clubcard

Daily Mail  

Almost all UK shoppers know the benefit of joining a loyalty scheme – as many as 97 per cent of shoppers are members of at least one. Card tricks: We have unearthed the best strategies to get the most out of the top loyalty schemes: Tesco Clubcard, Sainsbury's Nectar and Boots Advantage Card Follow Energy price-cap - and receive at …

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Virgin Atlantic CEO warns that Rolls-Royce engine issue will persist throughout 2025
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Virgin Atlantic CEO warns that Rolls-Royce engine issue will persist throughout 2025

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Virgin Atlantic’s boss has warned flight cancellations due to problems with Rolls-Royce engines fitted to some …

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Cost of flights to hit record high next year amid aircraft supply crisis, experts warn
1 month, 1 week ago

Cost of flights to hit record high next year amid aircraft supply crisis, experts warn

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Engine issue: Older Boeing 787 Dreamliners are particularly affected by the parts shortage Virgin Atlantic also …

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As British Airways and Virgin Atlantic battle with Rolls-Royce, the real loser is the passenger
1 month, 1 week ago

As British Airways and Virgin Atlantic battle with Rolls-Royce, the real loser is the passenger

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. BA announced in March this year that flights would resume this month, promising: “The airline will operate daily flights between …

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Florida airports and Disney World start to reopen after Hurricane Milton damage
2 months, 1 week ago

Florida airports and Disney World start to reopen after Hurricane Milton damage

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Airports and theme parks in Florida hit by Hurricane Milton are reopening now that the deadly …

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Virgin Atlantic announces moves to help deaf and hard-of-hearing travellers
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Virgin Atlantic announces moves to help deaf and hard-of-hearing travellers

The Independent  

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Virgin Atlantic orders seven new planes to complete fleet overhaul
5 months ago

Virgin Atlantic orders seven new planes to complete fleet overhaul

The Independent  

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Virgin Atlantic announces resumption of Israel flights
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Virgin Atlantic announces resumption of Israel flights

The Independent  

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Britain's biggest benefit cheats: How lowlife fraudsters fake needing wheelchairs, being single parents and even having dementia to swindle billions out of taxpayers... before justice finally catches
7 months, 1 week ago

Britain's biggest benefit cheats: How lowlife fraudsters fake needing wheelchairs, being single parents and even having dementia to swindle billions out of taxpayers... before justice finally catches

Daily Mail  

Shameless benefit cheats are costing British taxpayers billions of pounds every year. Pictured: Huge stacks of cash found during the investigation The crooked couple cuddle up together in an earlier snap taken in Palmers Green, north London, with Nikolova boasting: 'The air that I breathe' in the online post from September 2020 Patritsia Paneva, 26, and Tsvetka Todorova, 52, pleaded …

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Two planes collide at Heathrow Airport while aircraft being towed
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Two planes collide at Heathrow Airport while aircraft being towed

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A Virgin Atlantic spokesperson said: “We are aware that the wingtip of one of our empty aircraft came into contact …

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Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 and British Airways A350 suffer ground collision at London's Heathrow Airport
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 and British Airways A350 suffer ground collision at London's Heathrow Airport

Hindustan Times  

A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 and British Airways Airbus A350 suffered a ground collision at London's Heathrow Airport, leading to minor damage to both aircraft. According to media reports, two aircraft -- G-XWBC and G-VDIA -- were involved in the incident at London Heathrow. A tug pushing back a Virgin 787, crashed the wing into a BA A350.” Meanwhile, a …

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The collapse of air-traffic control that caused major flight chaos and how it unfolded
9 months, 1 week ago

The collapse of air-traffic control that caused major flight chaos and how it unfolded

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The UK air-traffic control system “identified a flight whose exit point from UK airspace, referring back to the original flight …

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Virgin Atlantic cancels New York-bound flight after passenger notices missing screws on its wings
11 months ago

Virgin Atlantic cancels New York-bound flight after passenger notices missing screws on its wings

Hindustan Times  

A Virgin Atlantic flight destined for New York City was cancelled just moments before takeoff when a concerned passenger observed missing screws on the plane's wing. New York City bound Virgin Atlantic flight was cancelled on Jan 15, minutes before takeoff, after passenger spotted missing screws on the plane's wing. Following Hardy's alert, engineers were swiftly dispatched to conduct maintenance …

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NYC-bound flight cancelled after British passenger spots an issue with plane wing
11 months ago

NYC-bound flight cancelled after British passenger spots an issue with plane wing

The Independent  

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Virgin Atlantic flight makes emergency landing at Manchester Airport as ‘cockpit fills with smoke’
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Virgin Atlantic flight makes emergency landing at Manchester Airport as ‘cockpit fills with smoke’

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Virgin Atlantic flight bound for Barbados was forced to land at Manchester Airport after the …

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Simon Calder’s 2023 travel year in review, plus where to go in 2024
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Simon Calder’s 2023 travel year in review, plus where to go in 2024

The Independent  

From the traveller’s point of view, each year begins full of hope and optimism – and the start of 2023 was expected to mark the great post-Covid reboot. June In a novel twist in the government’s quest to tie the hands of the UK aviation industry, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Heathrow airport learnt that non-UK/Irish transit passengers would have …

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Can we really fuel planes with fat and sugar?
1 year ago

Can we really fuel planes with fat and sugar?

BBC  

Can we really fuel planes with fat and sugar? Reuters Virgin Atlantic's Boeing 787 was the first commercial airline to cross the Atlantic using 100% biofuel For sustainable air fuel to work, it's going to need a staggering amount of land. Virgin Atlantic's Boeing 787 was powered not by fossil fuels, but plant sugars and waste fats – a form …

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British Airways flight to Tel Aviv returns to Heathrow as BA and Virgin Atlantic suspend flights
1 year, 2 months ago

British Airways flight to Tel Aviv returns to Heathrow as BA and Virgin Atlantic suspend flights

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British Airways' flight from London Heathrow to Tel Aviv is returning to the UK after a …

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Risk of passenger flights becoming a casualty of Israel conflict is ‘high’, warns aviation group
1 year, 2 months ago

Risk of passenger flights becoming a casualty of Israel conflict is ‘high’, warns aviation group

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy “The risk of a passenger aircraft becoming a casualty of this war is high” – that …

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Singapore Airlines named world's best airline at the 'Oscars of Aviation' - with BA slipping to 18th
1 year, 6 months ago

Singapore Airlines named world's best airline at the 'Oscars of Aviation' - with BA slipping to 18th

Daily Mail  

The winners were revealed during a ceremony at the Paris Air Show Singapore Airlines has been named the world's best airline at the 'Oscars of Aviation'. Singapore Airlines also dominated in the first-class categories of the contest – it takes the gong for 'World's Best First Class', the 'World's Best First Class Seat' and the 'World's Best First Class Comfort …

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Qantas relaxes uniform rules, with flat shoes, make-up and long hair an option for everyone
1 year, 6 months ago

Qantas relaxes uniform rules, with flat shoes, make-up and long hair an option for everyone

ABC  

Australia's national airline, Qantas, has announced it will scrap its gender-based uniform guidelines. Qantas says it has overhauled its guidelines to better reflect modern expectations and to make uniforms more comfortable for staff from "diverse cultural backgrounds". Qantas says the new "style and grooming guidelines" will ditch the previous "male" and "female" uniform categories. "So it's great can wear low …

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Virgin Atlantic to launch daily flights to Bengaluru from March next year
1 year, 6 months ago

Virgin Atlantic to launch daily flights to Bengaluru from March next year

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Virgin Atlantic will expand its India operations with daily direct services from London's Heathrow to Bengaluru starting 31 March, the British airline said on Monday. Virgin Atlantic will deploy the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft with 31 upper class, 35 premium and 192 economy seats on the Bengaluru route. "The rapidly growing city of Bengaluru represents an incredibly exciting …

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Airline cabin crew to work with Guide Dogs to help support those with a visual impairment
1 year, 8 months ago

Airline cabin crew to work with Guide Dogs to help support those with a visual impairment

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. And 84 per cent would feel more comfortable with air travel if cabin crew were better educated about visual impairment. …

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Virgin Atlantic passengers stranded for 30 hours and counting after flight diverts to Barcelona
1 year, 9 months ago

Virgin Atlantic passengers stranded for 30 hours and counting after flight diverts to Barcelona

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A Virgin Atlantic flight from Johannesburg to London Heathrow that was forced to divert to Barcelona …

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