Occasionally what is an innocuous press release drops into your inbox and you look at it and think its just the usual pr spiel. The next thing you know you are in floods of tears! The story of British Airways reuniting Lisa and Hayley who were pulled 10,000 miles apart by [read more]
Administrators of collapsed UK airline Monarch have lost the right to retain the slots owned by the airline. KPMG had been hopeful that they would be able to sell the slots raising up to £60m towards Monarchs debts but judges at the high court dismissed their claims on the basis [read more]
Charter holiday company Super-Break has announced a Cardiff to Seville offering for Easter 2018. The flight will be the first direct flight between the two cities and will offer Welsh holidaymakers the opportunity to experience the Andalusia region of Spain. The 4-night break is the second holiday being offered by [read more]
Ryanair has announced its 2018 summer schedule from Belfast International Airport (BFS/EGAA). The schedule sees the Northern Irish airport get a £200m investment from the Irish Low-Cost Carrier. Summer 2018 will see two Ryanair aircraft based at Belfast International Airport which will operate 14 routes including a new twice-weekly service [read more]
Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has scooped the top spot for staff courtesy in the UK in the latest ASQ survey. The Airport Service Quality (ASQ) survey is carried out by Airports Council International who use it as a benchmark for quality of service at the UK’s leading airports along with leading [read more]
It’s something that most passengers hope they never have to use but does that stop you wondering how an emergency slide works? It is extremely rare for an aircraft’s slides to have to be deployed, every commercial aircraft is fitted with a number of them, to ensure that in the event [read more]
Flybe (BE/BEE) has begun operating its 2017/18 Winter schedule from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) This season will see Flybe operate 14 routes including increased services between Cardiff Airport and Belfast City up to two flights a day on weekdays, and an increase in the frequency of flights to Jersey, Cork and Berlin Tegel, [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is launching its latest winter sun campaign for flights and holidays from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to destinations which include the Caribbean, Florida, Mexico and the Canary Islands. The campaign features model Amber Anderson who said: “When the skies take a wintry turn and the days are shorter [read more]
Jet2 (LS/EXS) have announced the routes to be flown the companies leased Airbus A321 aircraft. The Leeds based holiday airline will once again be operating a leased Airbus A321 from London Stansted (STN/EGSS). Jet2 operates an all Boeing fleet of 737 & 757 aircraft but leases an A330 and A321 [read more]
The latest figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) shows that passenger numbers were up for September. The statistics show that in September 166,463 passengers used Cardiff Airport up 7.6% on the same period last year. The figures boost the rolling 12-month total which shows 1,445,825 passengers up 7.3% vs. the same [read more]
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