London Heathrow Airport reported strong passenger traffic numbers for May, with totals nearly matching pre-pandemic levels, bolstered by transatlantic flying.
Virgin Atlantic revealed plans to open a route from London Heathrow to São Paulo, Brazil—marking its South American debut—as well as a new route to India.
The regional airline was the sole carrier on around a quarter of its route network, but the impact of its collapse will be far less severe than when the previous incarnation of Flybe failed almost three years ago.