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British Airways has been forced to suspend business-class catering on its BA Cityflyer flights from London City airport for the whole of July, after a bungled handover between catering suppliers left the carrier unable to load full meals onto its aircraft.
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British Airways suspends business class meals at London City after catering switch goes wrong

By Ana Ives · August 2, 2026
 Heathrow will be permitted to pass up to £320m of third runway planning costs on to airlines through higher passenger charges, in a Civil Aviation Authority decision that adds roughly 15p to the price of a ticket from 2028 and around 30p in the years that follow.
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Business travellers face 15p ticket rise as regulator lets Heathrow bill for runway planning

By Ana Ives · July 29, 2026
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Perk lets travellers apply and pay for visas and ETAs inside its booking flow

By Ana Ives · July 27, 2026
 Amsterdam Schiphol handled fewer flights in the first six months of 2026, yet its owner insists appetite for travel has not weakened, a message that matters to the thousands of UK companies routing staff through the Dutch hub every week.
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Schiphol says demand holds firm as war and weather cut flight numbers

By Ana Ives · July 27, 2026
 American Express and ALL Accor have struck a global partnership that gives eligible card members a route into Accor's elite tiers without a single stay, alongside a new option to move Membership Rewards points into the hotel group's loyalty scheme.
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Amex card members handed Accor Gold status in new global loyalty deal

By Ana Ives · July 27, 2026
 Eight UK projects will develop the charging points, hydrogen storage and refuelling systems that electric and hydrogen aircraft need before they can carry passengers, in a £7.3 million award from the Department for Transport.
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Government backs zero-emission flight with £7.3 million for airport infrastructure

By Ana Ives · July 27, 2026
 American Express Global Business Travel has launched an Egencia AI connector for Anthropic's Claude assistant, allowing employees and enterprise AI agents to search, book and manage policy-compliant flights and hotels without opening a booking tool.
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Amex GBT puts corporate booking inside Claude with new Egencia AI connector

By Ana Ives · July 27, 2026
 France wildfires travel advice for UK business travellers. Bordeaux flights, FCDO guidance, refund rules and insurance gaps explained before you fly.
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What UK business travellers need to know about the France wildfires

By Ana Ives · July 26, 2026
 Hilton has warned the Government that hotels are being repeatedly overlooked in efforts to ease the hospitality sector's business rates burden, a gap that threatens the very accommodation UK companies depend on when their people travel for work.
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Hilton warns hotels cannot be left out of UK business rates relief

By Ana Ives · July 25, 2026
 Virgin Atlantic signs binding deal to sell Joby air taxi flights from Heathrow and Manchester
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Virgin Atlantic signs binding deal to sell Joby air taxi flights from Heathrow and Manchester

By Ana Ives · July 22, 2026
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Eve Air Mobility and Florida transport agency to test air taxi operations at SunTrax

By Ana Ives · July 22, 2026
 Most UK businesses cannot see comparable carbon information at the point of booking workforce accommodation, leaving them unable to act on sustainability commitments even when they want to, new research suggests.
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UK firms left guessing on carbon when booking workforce accommodation

By Ana Ives · July 20, 2026