‘Tickets that fit the way we live and travel now are needed, not just season tickets designed for city gents in the last century’ – Anthony Smith, Transport Focus
The Independent Articles
Wizz Air takes on easyJet at Gatwick airport
Athens, Lanzarote, Malta and Naples will be the first destinations for the airline’s UK subsidiary
Oil companies wipe $87bn off value of fossil fuel reserves as demand plunges during pandemic
With oil prices expected to stay low, big producers are grappling with lower profits and the prospect of a quicker transition to renewable energy
Marks & Spencer to cut 7,000 jobs
Clothes and homeware sales plummet due to pandemic, as high street chain says many stores still impacted by social distancing and reduced footfall
Qatar Airways hands back almost £1bn to passengers during coronavirus pandemic
Exclusive: To encourage bookings, travellers are offered extreme flexibility – including switching Tokyo tickets to Sydney
Low-income workers three times more likely to have hours cut during pandemic then high-income workers
‘Realistic’ unemployment rate is 15 per cent, and disadvantaged groups are much more likely to be affected, report concludes
Self-employed people face six-week gap in government support as scheme reopens
Only workers who can prove their income was impacted after 14 July are eligible for grant – after shops, pubs and restaurants reopened
Japan's economy shrinks at fastest pace on record, despite no coronavirus lockdown
World’s third largest economy reports biggest quarterly fall in GDP – but decline not as severe as US and Europe
Arts and entertainment sectors face 'significant' job losses unless furlough extended, government warned
Just 29 per cent of sector’s furloughed staff have returned to work, with many venues still closed
Police seize £115,000 in cryptocurrency linked to fraudulent coronavirus loan applications
Mule bank accounts – used to transfer criminal cash on behalf of others – used to receive proceeds of fraudulent applications to government’s Bounce Back Loan scheme