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What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

by Rhys Jones

Here’s the full HfP index of articles for April 2021

Here is a full list of the articles we published in April 2021.  Click through to read them in full: We put the new BA ‘Speedbird Cafe’ (and Tom Kerridge pie) to the test Redeem your Virgin .....

Here is a full list of the articles we published in April 2021.  Click through to read them in full: We .....

by HfP team

Should tour operators be banned from using your money as working capital?

The Civil Aviation Authority has opened an industry-wide consultation on changes to the current ATOL (Air Travel Organiser’s Licence) regulatory system. The pandemic has brought one of the more .....

The Civil Aviation Authority has opened an industry-wide consultation on changes to the current ATOL (Air .....

by Rob Burgess66 comments

All Dixons Travel stores to close after ban on tax free shopping

All Dixons Travel branches in UK airports are to close. The announcement was made this morning by parent company Dixons Carphone. The closure was blamed on the ban on tax free airport shopping, which .....

All Dixons Travel branches in UK airports are to close. The announcement was made this morning by parent .....

by Rob Burgess127 comments

Heathrow flights may be diverted to avoid Windsor

Historically, Windsor has not been a great place to live if you are not an aviation fan. Aircraft will pass over your house on a very regular basis and at a relatively low altitude, with the final .....

Historically, Windsor has not been a great place to live if you are not an aviation fan. Aircraft will pass .....

by Rob Burgess

Teesside International Airport drops its £6 facility fee

Teesside International Airport, which is currently in the middle of a major redevelopment programme, has dropped its unpopular £6 ‘facility fee’. This was, effectively, an additional .....

Teesside International Airport, which is currently in the middle of a major redevelopment programme, has .....

by Rob Burgess95 comments

Jersey publishes the list of local authorities it will admit

We recently published this article about the re-opening of Jersey. From Monday, you are free to visit Jersey and stay in a hotel. As long as you live in a Green-listed local authority, you can take a .....

We recently published this article about the re-opening of Jersey. From Monday, you are free to visit Jersey .....

by Rob Burgess

easyJet adds flights from London Gatwick to Newquay

Newquay Airport is at serious risk of being overrun this Summer, given the number of airlines annoucing new routes. Aer Lingus, via its Stobart Air franchise, was the first up this week, announcing .....

Newquay Airport is at serious risk of being overrun this Summer, given the number of airlines annoucing new .....

by Rob Burgess51 comments

What you missed on Head for Points last week

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that you don’t miss out on any short-notice deals or offers, we also offer this weekly summary .....

Welcome to our weekly newsletter! Whilst we encourage email readers to sign up to our daily emails so that .....

by Rhys Jones

Stobart Air and Carlisle Lake District Airport sold

An announcement on the proposed sale of Stobart Air by Esken, previously known as Stobart Group, was released yesterday. Less expected was an announcement about the parallel sale of Carlisle Lake .....

An announcement on the proposed sale of Stobart Air by Esken, previously known as Stobart Group, was released .....

by Rhys Jones

Southampton Airport gets permission for runway extension

After a reported 19 hour council meeting last week, Southampton Airport has finally won approval for its runway extension. On the face of it, this is not a major piece of construction. It involves .....

After a reported 19 hour council meeting last week, Southampton Airport has finally won approval for its .....

by Rob Burgess

Is Flybe really going to return this summer?

13 months after its collapse a new management team is declaring that Flybe will restart flights this summer. Or will it ….? The road to this point has been a rocky one. It involves the .....

13 months after its collapse a new management team is declaring that Flybe will restart flights this summer. .....

by Rhys Jones46 comments

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