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Friday, 16 April 2021

Financial Times

• Wizz Air expects sluggish travel recovery in late summerCautious outlook suggests travel curbs could wreak havoc with peak season
• Flying cars finally prepare for take-offA century after Henry Ford’s vision, air vehicles may soon be operational

The Guardian

• Before Covid, giving up flying was taking off. We need to get that momentum backInterest in low-carbon living, including pledges not to fly, was high before the pandemic. After lockdown, we must not allow climate action to fall off the radarIt’s hard to remember what life was like before the pandemic hit. A year and a half ago, 2019 was drawing to a close with something like a promise. It had been the year of Greta Thunberg, Extinction Rebellion and the school climate strikes, and the momentum was with climate activism. And 2020 promised to be the year of change.Helped by Thunberg’s yacht journey across the Atlantic, the spotlight was on aviation’s role in the climate cri...

City AM

• Wizz Air dives to €590m loss as wait for recovery goes onWizz Air came back down to earth with a bump this morning as the firm braced itself for a net loss of up to €590m for the full financial year.

Bradford Telegraph & Argus

• Jet2holidays reports strong demand for Summer '22 holidays JET2HOLIDAYS has reported strong bookings for Summer 2022, with demand resulting in more people looking ahead and booking an ATOL protected package holiday for the next summer season than ever.

London Evening Standard

• Tui boss ‘optimistic’ for foreign summer holidaysBritons are set to be allowed to travel abroad for foreign holidays from May 17.

Cambridge News

• EasyJet boss says which summer holiday spots will be on travel listThe Government has yet to confirm which countries will be on the list

Other News Sources

• DfT “committed” to Heathrow rail private financeThe Department for Transport has reaffirmed its commitment to the privately financed 10km proposed southern rail link to Heathrow Airport, with project updates expected to be released in the coming months