The EU commission has approved Ryanair taking a 75% stake in Austrian airline, Laudamotion. Laudamotion is owned by former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda and took control of Niki when Air Berlin collapsed last year. Ryanair almost immediately took a stake 24% in the airline in a deal worth €50m, [read more]
EasyJet has put 16 new routes from the UK on sale today, including the airlines 1000th route. The Luton based low-cost carrier’s 1000th route is Manchester to Bordeaux, which launches in Winter 2018. In addition to Manchester, EasyJet also put new routes on sale from Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Liverpool, Luton and [read more]
Right so we’re all ready for day two of the Wales National Airshow! The girls had a really late night so it was like waking two zombies!! All we’ve seen leading up to today are people warning about thunder and rain but the BBC weather still isn’t showing rain so [read more]
US low-cost carrier JetBlue is the first airline to order the newly renamed Airbus A220 airliner. JetBlue has signed a commitment for 60 of the jets, formerly known as the Bombardier C-Series. The C-Series was officially brought into the Airbus family on Tuesday when it was renamed as the A220. The order [read more]
Ryanair has confirmed it has had to cancel a number of flights from Ireland as a 24hour pilot strike gets underway. The 24-hour walkout by pilots based at Dublin and other Irish airports began at 01:00hrs (BST) today and will last until 01:00hrs (BST) tomorrow. The Irish budget carrier confirmed it had [read more]
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