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Sunak blames Labour for missing spring deadline for Rwanda flights
Rishi Sunak has acknowledged he will miss his self-imposed spring target for getting the Rwanda scheme off the ground but insisted: “We will start the flights and we will stop the boats.”
The Prime Minister said “enough is enough” and...
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Rwanda Bill sends 'clear message' that illegal migrants cannot stay in UK - Prime Minister full speech
Rishi Sunak said the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill sends a “clear message” that illegal migrants will not be able to stay in the UK.
The Prime Minister, addressing the Government’s illegal migration operations committee...
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'Enough is enough' Rwanda flights to go ahead 'without further delays' - Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak has insisted Rwanda flights will get off the ground without further delays.
Speaking at a press conference in Downing Street on Monday morning, the Prime Minister said: “Enough is enough. No more prevarication, no more...
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First Rwanda flight will leave 'in 10 to 12 weeks' - Rishi Sunak
Rishi Sunak said teams across Government “are working flat out to deliver this genuine game changer”.
He told a Downing Street press conference: “The first flight will leave in 10 to 12 weeks. Now of course that is later than we wanted.
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Sunak declines to give numbers of people likely to leave on Rwanda flights
Rishi Sunak declined to give details on numbers of people likely to leave on flights to Rwanda, but said there will be a “regular rhythm” of “multiple flights a month through the summer and beyond”.
The Prime Minister, addressing the...
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Gatwick ranked worst airport for flight delays
Gatwick was the worst airport in the UK for flight delays last year, an investigation has found.
Departures from the West Sussex airport were an average of nearly 27 minutes behind schedule in 2023, according to analysis of Civil...
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Americans looking to escape violence in Haiti fear there is no way out
Some Americans who are trying to flee the escalating violence in Haiti say that they find themselves stuck in the country.
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Ryanair boss labels Irish ministers ‘dunces’ over Dublin Airport passenger cap
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has launched a fresh broadside against Irish Transport Minister Eamon Ryan as he blamed a passenger cap at Dublin Airport for blocking the airline’s growth.
Mr O’Leary said Mr Ryan and his Green Party...
Bloomberg
Mahajan: Markets Holding in There
Mona Mahajan, Edward Jones Senior Investment Strategist explains the appeal of Treasuries this week and why the Fed might pause its tightening cycle.
Bloomberg
Behind The Scenes At JFK With JetBlue CFO
Nearly 16 million JetBlue revenue passengers passed through JFK Terminal 5 in 2022. JetBlue CFO Ursula Hurley tells Matt Miller how the airline has worked through Covid staffing challenges at the facility, shows him JetBlue's new Mint...
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Air traffic control boss: Odds of bank holiday failure were ‘one in 15 million’
The technical glitch which caused widespread disruption to flights last week was a “one in 15 million” occurrence, an air traffic control (ATC) boss said.
National Air Traffic Services (Nats) chief executive Martin Rolfe said one of its...
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AirlineRatings.com's Thomas on Qantas Company Outlook
Geoffrey Thomas, Managing Director at AirlineRatings.com, discusses his outlook for Australian airline Qantas as Alan Joyce departs the company early in a move to removes the primary lightning rod for public anger over fake-ticket...
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Flight delays continue following air traffic control issues
Passengers continue to experience delays at airports across the UK following issues with the air traffic control system on Monday.
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‘Frustrated’ Scottish student stranded at airport overnight amid travel chaos
Matthew Creed, a “frustrated and tired” Scottish drama student, was left stranded in Amsterdam Airport overnight when an air traffic control glitch saw his flight cancelled, forcing him to sleep there.
Tens of thousands more airline...
Bloomberg
BoS's Lee: Neutral On US Stocks, Japan A Bright Spot
Bank of Singapore Managing Director & Investment Strategy Head Eli Lee says he is neutral on US stocks, and that Japan is a bright spot. He speaks with Haslinda Amin and Rishaad Salamat on "Bloomberg Markets: Asia".
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Challenges Facing the Private Air Travel Industry
Janine Iannarelli, Founder and President of private aircraft broker Par Avion, discusses the state of the business and what it says about the broader economic outlook. This interview aired on "Bloomberg Businessweek" on May 19, 2023.
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Central Bankers Are Absolutely Buying Gold: Crowell
"We saw record holdings from central banks increase significantly in 2022 and will continue into this year." Ruth Crowell, chief executive officer at the London Bullion Market Association, discusses the supply and demand for gold and her...
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Remaining Sudan evacuees land in Birmingham
The last Government-arranged flight evacuating British nationals from Sudan has arrived back in the UK. The evacuees arrived at Birmingham Airport at 4:58pm on Tuesday on a Titan Airways Airbus A321 after a four-hour, 40-minute flight...
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Politics daily briefing: April 27
All the latest political developments in the UK as thousands of British nationals in Sudan have been warned that there is no guarantee on further evacuation flights once the ceasefire expires on Thursday night.
Military chiefs said at...
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World War II Reconnaissance Planes Survey London
LONDON- CIRCA 1942-1944 World War II Reconnaissance Planes Survey London.
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Light planes and Gliders in flight in France, 1974
Light planes and Gliders in flight, somewhere in France 1974.
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Disabled girl Tafida Raqeeb and family arrive in Genoa
Severely disabled five-year-old girl Tafida Raqeeb arrives at Genoa Airport in Italy and is taken from a chartered plane onto a trolley and into an ambulance.
Her parents won a High Court battle to move her abroad from the Royal London...
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Ryanair announces up to 3,000 job losses - stock footage
Up to 3,000 jobs across pilots and cabin crew are to be cut at Ryanair.
The budget airline group announced that a restructuring programme could also involve unpaid leave and pay being slashed by up to 20%, as well as the closure of “a...
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Declining travel due to pandemic forces British Airways to retire Boeing 747s
British Airways is to retire its fleet of Boeing 747s with immediate effect.
The airline has used the craft since July 1989 and is currently the world’s biggest operator of the 747-400 model.