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Airline easyJet to launch loyalty scheme

LONDON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - British low cost carrier easyJet said it would launch a loyalty scheme for its most frequent travellers, the latest perk to be added that is more usually associated with traditional airlines. At an event marking 20 years since its first flight on Tuesday, easyJet

As suspicions of a bomb behind plane crash grow, chaos at an Egyptian airport

* Chaos and anxiety as tourists grow impatient * Some flights cancelled * Crash is a blow to tourism By Ahmed Aboulenein SHARM AL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 7 (Reuters) - A holidaymaker stranded in Egypt's Sharm al-Sheikh airport was wearing a t-shirt with the slogan "take what y

UPDATE 2-British attempts to return tourists from Egypt mired in confusion

(Adds comments from Cameron and transport ministry) By Sarah Young LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - British attempts to bring home thousands of tourists stranded in the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh were thrown into chaos on Friday when Egypt slashed the number of flights it would allow

Egypt: easyJet Flights Cancelled Over Concerns About Air Traffic

Situation in Sharm al-Sheikh "difficult" -UK PM's spokesman

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Britain is working with the Egyptian authorities to bring tourists back to the UK safely, a spokesman for Prime Minister David Cameron said on Friday, calling the situation in the Sharm al-Sheikh resort "difficult and fluid". Earlier, easyJet said Egyptian authori

UK transport ministry says urgently working to ensure planned flights leave Sharm al-Sheikh

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Britain's transport ministry said it was working with Egypt to ensure flights could bring home British tourists stranded in the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh after one airline said it had been refused permission to fly some of its planes there. "We are urgently

EasyJet says Egyptian authorities suspend some British flights

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Airline easyJet said on Friday Egyptian authorities had suspended British airlines from flying into the Sharm al-Sheikh, meaning that many of the flights planned to repatriate British tourists from the resort would no longer be able to operate. EasyJet said that tw

With just hand luggage, British tourists to fly home from Egypt

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - British tourists will fly home from the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh on Friday with extra security measures in place after Prime Minister David Cameron said a bomb probably downed a Russian airplane, killing all 224 people on board. Cameron's decision to grou

UPDATE 1-EU to suggest loosening rules on foreign ownership of European airlines - draft

* EU to unveil aviation strategy next month * Suggests loosening limits of foreign ownership of EU airlines * Proposes commercial aviation agreements with China, Gulf states (Adds details, background) By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - EU regulators will sugge

Thousands of tourists trapped at Sharm El-Sheikh, Thomas Cook drops

(ShareCast News) - Thousands of tourists were stranded at the resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh after the government asked that all flights departing from the UK to and from the holiday destination be delayed until British aviation experts could assess the security arrangements at the Egyptian airport.

UPDATE 1-Holiday firms' shares fall after UK warning over Egypt

* UK suspends flights to and from Sharm el-Sheikh * ABTA says at least 9,000 British holidaymakers in the resort * Shares in Thomas Cook fall 6.7 pct, TUI down 1 pct (Adds comments, tourism figures, financial performance) By Sarah Young LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Shares i

Holiday stocks fall after UK warning over Egypt resort

By Sarah Young LONDON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Shares in holiday companies Thomas Cook and TUI Group fell on Thursday after Britain stopped flights to a major Egyptian tourist resort, raising the possibility of cancellations and a drop in demand for holidays to Egypt. Britain said on Wednes

easyJet sees 10% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers

(ShareCast News) - easyJet had nearly 6.4m passengers booked on its flights in October. The FTSE 100 budget airline posted its latest passenger statistics on Thursday. The statistics showed an increase of 9.7% compared to the number of seats booked in the same month last year, but a 3.2% decrease o

EasyJet Passenger Traffic And Load Factor Improve In October

FTSE 100 movers: Travis Perkins builds gains; Hikma slumps on generics business

(ShareCast News) - London's FTSE 100 was down 0.1% to 6,355.80 at 1445 GMT, as investors weighed up mixed Chinese manufacturing data against better-than-expected UK factory data, with broker notes providing much of the action. Hikma Pharmaceuticals slumped after lowering its guidance for the generic