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UK companies will see some of the smallest car hire increases in Europe over the next two years, with rates forecast to rise by between 0.6% and 1.3%, according to the latest Ground Monitor from American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT).
Features

Amex GBT finds business travel ground costs stay flat as mobility market shifts

By Ana Ives · August 24, 2026
 Virgin has cleared a major regulatory hurdle in its bid to end Eurostar's three-decade monopoly on cross-Channel rail, winning approval from the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) to run up to 20 daily return services through the Channel Tunnel.
News

Virgin Channel Tunnel services win track access for 2030 launch

By Ana Ives · August 17, 2026
 Scotland's regional carrier will become Europe's first commercial airline with an electric aircraft fleet, putting five BETA planes into passenger and cargo service from 2029.
News

Loganair orders five electric aircraft in European first

By Ana Ives · August 15, 2026
 Emirates has announced plans to expand its services to London Heathrow during the winter season.
News

Heathrow loses crown as Europe’s busiest airport to Istanbul

By Ana Ives · August 13, 2026
 Gatwick's £2.2bn northern runway scheme is now legally unassailable after two senior judges refused campaigners permission to appeal, ending an eight-year planning battle and clearing the airport to begin design and delivery work on a project that will add 100,000 flights a year.
News

Court of Appeal blocks final challenge to Gatwick’s second runway

By Ana Ives · August 4, 2026
 Almost every business traveller surveyed by American Express plans to attend a sporting fixture, concert or festival on a work trip this year, and the card giant has named Manchester as one of only three international cities where its corporate customers are spending noticeably more.
Bleisure

Manchester named a rising business travel hotspot as Amex finds major events now drive corporate trips

By Ana Ives · August 4, 2026
 Gatwick has told airlines it is short of jet fuel for the next two days, with long-haul services the most exposed and business travellers facing a real prospect of delays at the height of the summer season.
News

Gatwick warns airlines of jet fuel shortage as summer peak bites

By Ana Ives · August 3, 2026
 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.
News

Business travellers face 15p ticket rise as regulator lets Heathrow bill for runway planning

By Ana Ives · July 29, 2026
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News

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