British low-cost airline Jet2 will add Krakow (KRK/EPKK), Poland to its list of destinations from Leeds Bradford (LBA/EGNM) this winter. Leeds Bradford based Jet2 will operate the twice-weekly route from 9th November 2018 using a Boeing 737. Krakow is the second largest city in Poland and is best known for its [read more]
Textron Aviation has completed initial wind tunnel testing of its new utility turboprop, the Cessna 408 Skycourier. Announced in November 2017, The Cessna 408 SkyCourier is a twin-turboprop, high-wing, large utility aircraft that offers a combination of high performance and low operating costs for air freight, commuter and special mission operators. The [read more]
Low-cost airliner Primera Air has announced several new routes including from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Malaga, Spain. The route will be operated from Primera Air’s new base in Malaga and will operate 4 times per week on a Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. Primera Air says that Malaga is traditionally [read more]
Regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) has released it’s winter 2018/2019 schedule from Cardiff Airport which features an increase in flights to Geneva. Flights from Cardiff Airport to Geneva have been doubled and now operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays, the increase takes advantage of the 3rd based aircraft that Flybe is adding [read more]
Scottish airline, Loganair (LM/LOG) has said it plans to launch flights from Carlisle Airport (CAX/EGNC) from June 2018. The flights will be the first scheduled routes from the airport in 25 years after it was given a new lease of life by the Stobart Group. Loganair will operate three routes to [read more]
Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) is getting a multi-million-pound investment in order to introduce new ePassport gates to its expanded international arrivals area. The new international arrivals hall is on course to open in Summer 2018 and will be significantly expanded and improved and includes five brand new ePassport gates which are being [read more]
One person has been taken to hospital following a helicopter crash at Perth Airport (PSL/EGPT) in Scotland. The crash happened as the aircraft was taking and it came down just metres from the Scotland Charity Air Ambulance (SCAA) base at the airport. Crews from SCAA were amongst the first on [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair is cancelling five routes from its base it Frankfurt Hahn airport (HHN/EDFH). Flights to Plovdiv, Porto, Valencia, Venice Treviso & Zadar will all end on the 23rd/24th March 2018. The news comes shortly after Ryanair announced it was closing its base Glasgow Airport with the based [read more]
Leeds based Commercial Drone provider, COPTRZ, has announced it has launched a Drone Detection system to protect airports. The turnkey solution is in partnership with leading Drone manufacturer DJI using the DJI Aeroscope detection systems which allows an operator to track telemetry data from drones in surrounding airspace of up to [read more]
Tianjin Airlines (GS/GCR) will start a twice-weekly service to Xi’An (XIY/ZLXY) from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) for Summer 2018. The route, which begins on the 7th May replaces the plans Tianjin Airlines had to operate from London Gatwick (LHR/EGKK). Tianjin Airlines will fly the route with an Airbus A330-200 aircraft and it will [read more]
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