FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Travel and leisure / 7 October 2026
Travel and leisure: sector news on Wednesday 7 October 2026
Average tone +3.3 (positive) across 5 companies with relevant coverage, from 75 stories.
Company by company
| Company | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| International Airlines Group | +3.7 | 39 | Coverage was dominated by British Airways unveiling its retrofitted A380 cabins with a 106-seat business class, plus new lounges and routes, which reads positively. |
| EasyJet | +2.0 | 19 | Coverage was dominated by reports that Apollo would favour aircraft financing over junk bonds for its easyJet buyout, alongside a Deutsche Bank upgrade and new ChatGPT booking tools. |
| IHG Hotels & Resorts | +7.0 | 9 | Coverage was mainly about IHG signing a 130-key voco hotel in Vrindavan, India, and Hotel Indigo reaching 200 open hotels. |
| Games Workshop | +4.3 | 6 | Coverage was mainly about the Warhammer Survivors release date, platforms and a positive preview, alongside a new Warhammer 40k product reveal. |
| Whitbread | −0.7 | 2 | Coverage was thin and mixed, with one piece noting shares crossing above their 200-day moving average and another noting them edging lower as leisure names face cost pressures. |
Strongest stories in the sector
- −9.7 Passenger jet bound for US plunges 27,000 feet before circling for hours
Jet plunged thousands of feet, circled for hours - −9.7 British Airways sounds emergency alarm after rapid 28,000ft descent
Emergency alarm after rapid descent - +9.3 Hotel Indigo Reaches 200 Hotels Worldwide as Global Expansion Continues
Hotel Indigo 200-hotel milestone shows continued global expansion. - +9.2 British Airways unveils fully revamped A380 cabins
Revamped A380 cabins revealed - +9.2 British Airways Unveils A380 Cabin Overhaul with 106 Club Suites
BA premium cabin investment in A380 fleet - −9.2 British Airways Chicago Flight Makes 28,000-Foot Emergency Descent and Returns to Heathrow
Emergency descent and return to Heathrow - +9.2 British Airways unveils all-new First, Club Suite, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller cabins for retrofitted A380 fleet
Full A380 cabin retrofit unveiled - −9.2 British Airways London Chicago Flight BA295 Makes Emergency Return After 28,000-Foot Descent
Emergency return after big descent - −9.2 British Airways flight to Chicago drops 28,000 feet, returns to London - en.bd-pratidin.com
Flight dropped 28,000 feet and returned to London - −9.2 British Airways Flight Dropped 28,000 Feet In Seven Minutes Over Ireland
Rapid descent over Ireland reported - −9.2 British Airways Flight Turns Back to Heathrow After Emergency Over Ireland
Flight turned back after emergency - +9.2 Hotel Indigo Reaches 200 Open Hotels
Hotel Indigo brand reaches 200 open hotels, a milestone.
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