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British holidaymakers face a fresh blow as Brussels confirm tourists will need a visa waiver next summer.   The Etias pass, a USA-style Esta 'visa-waiver', will cost £6 (seven euros) and be valid for three years, or until a passport expires. The Etias, which stands for European Travel Information and Authorisation System, was previously set to launch last year will come into force next June. 

In 2012, former British Airways boss Willie Walsh famously bet Sir Richard Branson that Virgin Atlantic wouldn't exist in five years' time. It's a bet that Mr Walsh has comprehensively lost, with MailOnline watching on this week as Sir Richard waded fully clothed into the pool at his Las Vegas hotel (see video) in celebration of Virgin Atlantic's 40th birthday. Once he'd dried off, we sat down with the famously clever founder and the airline's CEO, Shai Weiss, to discuss the airline's 'secret sauce', its most remarkable moments and more…

The cost of your next flight is likely to go up partly as a result of environmental rules, industry leaders have warned.  While carriers recover from the groundings worldwide from the coronavirus pandemic, there are several costs likely to push ticket prices ever higher, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), which held its annual meeting in Dubai. A global push for the aviation industry to decarbonise has more carriers fighting for the little amount of so-called sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) available on the market, pushing prices up. 

On August 28, the computer systems at NATS, the national air-traffic control services provider for the United Kingdom, went into meltdown, leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded, with a preliminary inquiry into the root causes releasing on Monday. In a lengthy statement from Ryanair and a accompanying video, Mr O'Leary laced the paper with the findings, which were described as a 'whitewash' and 'numerous inaccuracies' within it.

In a NATS report, which has been sent to Transport Secretary Mark Harper and the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the particulars have been revealed. According to the NATS investigation, this was the first time the issue had arisen in the five years that the computer system has been operating, handling more than 15 million flights. As a result, one person close to the probe announced that this was a 'one in 15 mill' occurrence.' It has been announced that a software upgrade is scheduled to take place this week to avoid a repeat of the mayhem. The CAA is today launching an independent probe into what it has described as a "improbable data anomaly."

On Friday, August 18, Amber O'Connor and her family enjoyed a 10-night all inclusive holiday to Antalya, Turkey. They were supposed to fly back to the United Kingdom on Monday, August 28, but they were forced to cancel due to a single rogue flight plan. Since being stranded in Antalya for more than a week, the family was told they would not return home for more than a week, with the next available service scheduled on Saturday, September 9. Ms O'Connor was told live on television by ITV's Good Morning Britain that she had in fact been scheduled on a flight for this Saturday, September 2, ensuring that her children will be back in time for school next week.

STEPHEN GLOVER: Until Nats ruined tens of thousands of people's holidays, few of us had heard of it. It stands for National Air Traffic Services. We don't bother about it much if NATS does its job properly, as it usually does. However, when things go wrong, as they did on Monday, evidently as a result of a software bug, Nats has a huge capacity to muck up our lives. To whom is Nats accountable when things go awry? The government is primarily responsible for this, but ministers are often far removed from what has been going on. Mark Harper, the transportation minister, has ordered an inquiry, indicating that what went wrong was not his fault.

A tens of thousands of British families are now trapped around the world as a result of the'staggering' systems' failure on Bank Holiday Monday. Airlines are requesting that the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) pay for the disruption that is its fault, which was made possible by Brexit. As a result of the company's involvement in the downturn, it is under pressure to strip its CEO, Martin Rolfe, of windfall compensation.

Under management of boss Jon Steinberg's proposal, the future, which is behind titles such as Country Life, Marie Claire, and Four Four Four Two Two, may prioritise consumer-facing businesses. Sky News announced that this would require the auction of B2B assets such as the email newsletter publishing platform SmartBrief.

Prudential is the Far Eastern and emerging market arm of the country's most totemic brand. M&G, which runs the £114 billion legacy Pru fund, continues to thrive in the city. The Pru was one of the first Western insurers to recognize the Chinese market's potential, and along with AIA (an American International Group offshoot) it has been a major beneficiary of China's opening to overseas players.

As a result of the'staggering' devices' failure on Bank Holiday Monday, tens of thousands of British families remain trapped around the world. Airlines are requesting that the National Air Traffic Services (NATS) pay for the disruption that is the airline's fault, which was made possible by Brexit. As a result of its role in the crisis, it is under pressure to strip its CEO, Martin Rolfe, of windfall compensation. The NATS chief attributed the meltdown to the fact that computer systems were unable to cope with a single piece of faulty incoming data - rumored to be a flight plan submitted by a French airline. A leading industry figure has cast doubt on the explanation, saying, "it doesn't stand up."

A single rogue flight plan is believed to have triggered the widespread disruption, which started on Monday. A single rogue flight plan is believed to have caused the widespread disruption that started on Monday. Controllers need basic information on each flight to populate their display, such as the flight number, aircraft model, destination, and route. If these details are not spaced and formatted in a certain way, and the system does not recognize the data, it could result in system breakdown - a loss that has been described as'staggering' by former British Airways boss Willie Walsh this morning. Michele Robson, who has worked in air traffic control for more than 20 years, told the Sky News Daily podcast: "It's almost always something to do with bad information that has been submitted in the wrong format."

A single rogue flight plan is believed to have caused the widespread disruption that began on Monday. Martin Rolfe, the CEO of National Air Traffic Services, saw his pay double last year, a £281,000 annual bonus, and a backdated £555,000 long-term incentive plan, as it came. 64 flights scheduled to fly today from London airports were cancelled as of 9 a.m., according to Cirium's aviation analytics firm, after some 1,585 flights were cancelled on Monday and a further 345 on Tuesday. Willie Walsh, the former British Airways boss, said it was'staggering' that the system was allowed to fail due to a piece of inaccurate information.

As air traffic control (Heathrow, left) forecasts 'overloads' at major travel hubs including London, Brussels, and Barcelona, holidaymakers have been warned of a 'challenging' summer ahead. Eurocontrol, which oversees European airspace, has sparked concerns of travel disruption (queues at Bristol Airport, right) during the peak summer season, as air traffic surveillance braces itself for an estimated 33,000 flights per day for the next eight weeks. This is an eight percent rise on the number of flights throughout Europe for the same period last year. The warning comes as Britons are expected to fly more than 25 million trips around the world between now and September, the bulk of which are by land. Due to the military needing more airspace, Eurocontrol cited the conflict in Ukraine as a contributing factor.

After a number of airlines' buoyant updates in recent weeks, the International Air Transport Association revealed that revenues will be up from a previous target of £3.8 billion. Despite the fact that many households have been put in a cost of living crisis, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Easyjet, and Ryanair are expected to be a blockbuster for airlines such as British Airways, Virgin Atlantic, Easyjet, and Ryanair.

Inset: John Holland-Kaye (inset) has been the chief executive at Heathrow Airport for nine years and will continue in office until a replacement is named. Heathrow, the Spanish company that recovered its top spot in western Europe last year after falling down the rankings during the Covid-19 pandemic, is owned by Ferrovial and Qatar Investment Authority, as well as other investors. In recent years, the airline industry's virtual demise due to Covid-19, as well as persistent challenges, including a big baggage issue last year, which resulted in thousands of bags being separated from their owners. Heathrow announced a loss of £442 million in five months in October, raising the company's total loss in the first two years due to the pandemic. Heathrow's chairman called him a "extraordinary king."

An announcement has been made that Heathrow Airport chief John Holland-Kaye will continue his duties this year. Mr Holland-Kaye, who has been in charge of the UK's busiest airport, has announced that he will remain in office until a replacement is chosen. Mr Holland-Kaye was instrumental in Heathrow's obtaining parliamentary approval for the third runway expansion, and he was a key representative of the aviation industry during the coronavirus pandemic.

The UN agency said in a rare rebuke of Beijing on Wednesday that China was using a'very narrow' definition of Covid deaths, alerting that official reports are not reflecting the full effects of the country's devastating outbreak. 'samel's apprehensions are among the many things that can be described as "noble" in a newspaper. Left: In Shanghai, Chinese people are reportedly seen a body on the streets, allegedly burning a corpse. The WHO is making the comment on Thursday as part of a larger briefing among member states on the global COVID-19 epidemic, despite fears that the virus could propagate further and in new variants. We believe that the latest numbers from China underrepresent the true effect of the disease in terms of hospital admissions, especially in terms of ICU admissions, and especially in terms of deaths,' WHO emergencies director Michael Ryan told reporters. On Tuesday, top right: On Tuesday, a woman at Tongren Hospital in Shanghai aids a patient. In Shanghai, a funeral worker pushes a body on a trolley.

Shai Weiss, Virgin Atlantic's chief executive, said the upgrade would be 'difficult' to handle unless the airport's policies are changed. He ordered that the airport be'priced fairly and open to competition' while speaking at a major international conference.' Heathrow is continuing to build a third runway, but that was postponed due to legal challenges and the coronavirus pandemic. Mr Weiss sluggishly criticized the airport's decision to raise fees and limits capacity in a talk at the Airlines 2022 conference in Westminster. Heathrow's appeal to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for permission to introduce a '120 percent price increase in per passenger charges' would have been 'a bad deal for consumers, airlines, and the UK economy,' he told the audience.

After its CEO, John Holland-Kaye, said on a call with investors that the hub must raise tariffs to maintain a safe level of passenger service, Willie Walsh, the general director of the International Air Transport Association, lashing out at the UK's flagship airport. Holland-Kaye's remarks came after the Civil Aviation Authority's summer decision to reduce Heathrow's average cost per passenger from £30.19 to £26.31 in 2026. Holland-Kaye is attempting to reverse its decision and encourage it to levie higher fees.

The country's biggest airport wants to introduce a £40-per-ton levy that will have an effect on airlines transporting cargo. After airlines being told not to stop selling summer tickets and enforcing a cap of 100,000 passengers until October, the travel hub has already come under fire this summer. A memo seen by us details of the charge, which analysts estimate will cause'significant economic harm to global Britain' because it will raise export prices.