Month: December 2018

French Airport operator Vinci Airports is to buy a controlling stake in London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK), the UK’s second busiest airport. Vinci Airpors, which operates several airports around the world including Lyon in France, Faro in Portugal and Santiago in Chile, will take a 50.01% stake in the London Airport [read more]

Low-cost airline Norwegian.com is looking on good financial shape going into 2019 thanks to a deal agreed with Rolls-Royce. The airline had been affected by the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 problems that grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners fitted with the Rolls-Royce variant. In a year end statement the airline said it had [read more]

Regional airline FlyBMI (BM/BMR) has announced it will begin a daily flight from Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) to Munich (MUC/EDDM). The service will begin on the 8th April 2019 and will be operated daily by one of the airlines regional jets. Munich is a popular city with British tourists and [read more]

Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has unveiled its expansion plans to take it to its planned 12 million passengers by 2025. The rapidly growing regional airport, which is a base a major hub for low-cost airline Easayjet (U2/EZY), has plans included an extended terminal, more parking and an extended canopy at the [read more]

London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) is expected to be closed until at least 16:00hrs today following a sustained drone attack on the airport that forced it to close its runway late last night. Reports first emerged just late yesterday evening that a number of drones where being flown in the vicinity [read more]

Growing Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has added its first German destination with the announcement of a new route from Glasgow (GLA/EGPF) to Dusseldorf (DUS/EDDL). Daily flights to Dusseldorf will begin on the 31st March 2019 using an Embraer E145 regional jet which offers a fast efficient connection to Rhine-Rhur [read more]

Low-cost airline Easyjet (U2/EZY) and Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) have put on a spectacular Christmas light show, on an Airbus A320. Ground staff at the airport created a spectacular festive experience by wrapping the aircraft with Christmas lights to the amazement of hundreds of specially invited guests including local children from [read more]

The boss of Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has come under fire from a pilots union after referring to his crews as “a bunch of layabouts” after a summer of strikes has left the airline facing legal action over compensation claims. Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary made the comments in phone [read more]