IT weight mix-up leads to ‘serious incident’ on Tui flight April 8, 2021 A flaw in one of its IT systems saw a Tui flight take off with the wrong weight calculations after female passengers using the title “Miss” were registered as children. The error, which took place on a flight from Birmingham Airport to Majorca on 21 July last year has been labelled a “serious incident” by [...]
Virgin Voyages to launch in UK for vaccinated passengers April 8, 2021 Virgin Voyages has today announced that it will finally launch its long-delayed debut cruises this summer – but only for fully vaccinated passengers. The firm, which only caters to adult passengers, will offer six trips in UK waters, starting from Portsmouth, from August. Passengers aboard the Scarlet Lady can opt for either a three or [...]
Rolls-Royce hails best ever opening quarter for car sales April 8, 2021 Rolls-Royce sold the most cars it ever has in the first quarter of the year in 2021, the luxury car brand announced today. The marque sold 1,380 cars in the first three months of the year, up 62 per cent on last year. Sales came in ahead of 2019’s total, Rolls-Royce’s previous record first quarter. [...]
Lookers set to beat profit forecasts after ‘resilient’ lockdown performance April 8, 2021 Car dealership Lookers today said that full year profit would come in “materially ahead” of the £22.6m predicted by analysts after a better than expected performance in the first quarter. The announcement sent shares into overdrive this morning, with the company’s stock up 13.3 per cent as markets opened. The FTSE 250 firm, which has [...]
Rail firms boost service levels ahead of next stage of lockdown lifting April 8, 2021 Rail firms are cranking up their service levels in the build up to the next stage in the UK’s lifting of lockdown restrictions on 12 April. By next week, when retail and leisure facilities reopen, train franchises will be running 18,000 services a day, according to industry body the Rail Delivery Group (RDG). That’s more [...]
Cunard and Princess owner Carnival refuses to rule out vaccine passports for cruises April 7, 2021 Cunard and Princess owner Carnival refuses to rule out vaccine passports for cruises
Commercial struggles offer open skies to private jet operators April 7, 2021 The global collapse of aviation over the past year has for the most part been one long unrelenting nosedive, with the occasional moment of levelling out as much-needed respite. As in most crises, however, there are both winners and losers, and though the big commercial airlines clearly fall into the latter category, an unlikely group [...]
Pod Point hires Bank of America to help with float plan – report April 7, 2021 Electric vehicle charging firm Pod Point has reportedly brought on Bank of America to work on a potential stock market float. According to Sky News, the firm could go public at some point this year, with Bank of America working together with Barclays on the deal. Pod Point is majority owned by French energy giant [...]
British expats flee Spain to avoid deportation as post-Brexit rules turn them into illegal immigrants April 7, 2021 Thousands of undocumented British expats in Spain are heading back to the UK as they fear being fined or deported as a result of post-Brexit immigration rules in the southern European country. British nationals who failed to apply for Spanish residency documents or whose applications have been rejected are only permitted to stay up to [...]
Ryanair expects to limit last year’s losses to £732m April 7, 2021 Ryanair said it believes losses in the last year will now be lower than previously expected, at between £689m and £732m, compared with previous guidance of around £100m more. The downgrade comes despite the company adding that travel restrictions and lockdowns over Easter, blaming the slow rollout in the EU of Covid-19 vaccinations, delayed any [...]