UK Low Cost Carrier Easyjet has added 3 new destinations from Belfast International (BFS/EGAA) for Summer 2018. The LCC will offer flights to Naples (NAP/LIRN), Valencia (VLC/LEVC) and, in a contender for the shortest route on the network, to the Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS) just 67nm away from Belfast. The [read more]
According to the latest figures released by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for October, growth at Cardiff Airport had slowed compared to previous months. The figures show that 134,349 passengers used the Welsh Government owned airport in October 2017, a 4.1% rise over the same period last year but [read more]
Virgin Atlantic is changing some A330 routes at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to the smaller -200 version in 2018. Starting from March ’18, flights from Manchester to Atlanta (ATL/KATL) and New York (JFK/KJFK) will use the smaller Airbus A330 variant and from May ’18, Barbados (BGI/TBPB), Boston (BOS/KBOS) and San Francisco (SFO/KSFO) [read more]
The UK’s Department for Transport (DfT) has agreed to a 50% increase in permitted flights to China raising the potential weekly flights from 100 to 150. The move is designed to allow for a huge expansion in routes and capacity for flights to China from the UK. One of the [read more]
Iberia Express has confirmed that they will operate flights between Cardiff (CWL/EGFF) and Madrid (MAD/LEMD) again in Summer 2018. The airline, owned by International Airlines Group (IAG), linked the two capitals for the first time in 2017 with a successful summer season. The demand for seats has prompted the airline [read more]
Operations at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) are returning to normal this morning after a day disruption as the country was hit by snow. With Wales seeing up to 20cm of snow on Sunday, Cardiff Airport suffered cancellations and delays as well as handling diversions from other airports including London Heathrow as [read more]
Icelandair is ending its Reykjavik to Birmingham service in January 2018. The main airline of Iceland had previously announced it would switch the twice-weekly service from a Boeing 757 to one of their new Boeing 737 Max aircraft but have since decided to withdraw the service completely. Icelandair has seen significant growth [read more]
The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has confirmed it has sent a team to a fatal light aircraft crash near St Albans in Hertfordshire. According to Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue, Emergency services were called to reports of a light aircraft that crashed into a field shortly after taking off. Two fire engines and [read more]
Danish low-fares carrier Primera Air has increased its Boeing 737 Max9 order to 10 further enhance the carrier’s growth potential with possibilities of adding, even more, new routes to its already extensive network. Primera Air will be the first airline to operate the Boeing 737 Max9 with Extended Range. Andri [read more]
Thomas Cook Airlines (UK) (MT/TCX) is planning to launch a service from Manchester to Marrakech starting in winter 2018. The UK holiday airline will operate the service twice-weekly using one of the airlines A321 aircraft. Marrakech is the 4th largest city in Morocco and is home one of the best Medinas [read more]
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