Blue Air
Destinations

Blue Air launches Liverpool to Malaga

Blue Air has announced it will begin a Liverpool to Malaga service for summer 2018. The Romanian carrier has the put the twice-weekly service on sale and will begin the route on the 5th June 2018. It will run until 27th September. Located in southern Spain, Malaga is a popular [read more]

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Military aviation news

Army carries out final Lynx flight

The Army will bid farewell to the Lynx Helicopter today as they carry out a special final Lynx flight around the UK today. The Lynx helicopter has been in service with the Army since 1978 and has seen service in Bosnia, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Sierra Leone. It has been used [read more]

Airbus A380 at Farnborough Air Show (Image: Aviation Media Co.)
Aviation engineering news

No Emirates deal will kill the A380

It’s no secret that the Airbus A380 has been on life support for some time with Airbus cutting production but Airbus has now admitted that if it doesn’t get a new order from Emirates it will have to kill the A380 project. Emirates was widely expected to place an order for 50 [read more]

VLM to launch Birmingham to Antwerp flights
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VLM to launch Birmingham to Antwerp flights

VLM Airlines has announced it will begin flights from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGDBB) to Antwerp (ANR/EBAW) from the 12th February 2018. Belgian based VLM Airlines (VO/TCW) will operate a daily weekday service (Mon-Fri) between the two cities using a Fokker 50 aircraft. The port city of Antwerp is on Belgium’s River [read more]

Airbus A380 at Farnborough Air Show (Image: Aviation Media Co.)
Aviation engineering news

No Emirates deal will kill the A380

It’s no secret that the Airbus A380 has been on life support for some time with Airbus cutting production but Airbus has now admitted that if it doesn’t get a new order from Emirates it will have to kill the A380 project. Emirates was widely expected to place an order for 50 [read more]

Aeroflot consolidates london service
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Aeroflot to consolidate London flights

Russian airline Aeroflot has announced it is consolidating it’s flights to London to a single airport. The airline is cancelling its Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO/UUEE) to London Gatwick service (LGW/EGKK) with the last flight on the 25th March. The same day sees the Moscow Sheremetyevo to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) service increase with [read more]

Bristol Airport
Airline news

Bristol Airport reports busiest ever year

Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has reported 2017 as its busiest ever year with passenger figures topping 8.1m. The South West regional airport saw an increase of over 600,000 passengers compared to 2016  which equates to an 8% increase over the year. Bristol AIrport is England’s third largest regional airport and a base [read more]