The Lloyd George Museum in Llanystumdwy, Gwynedd, is marking RAF100 today with a flypast and special exhibition. The first and only Welsh Prime minister, David Lloyd George, established an independent air force in 1918 after realising that air power was crucial to winning battles and wars. When debating the creation of an air force [read more]
Finnish airline Finnair (AY/FIN) has announced it is increasing the frequency of its link between Helsinki Vantaa (HEL/EFHK) and Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH). The summer-only route becomes a year-round operation with 3 weekly flights between the two capitals. The flight is operated by a Finnair Embraer E190 and will operate a Monday, [read more]
Rescue services are on the scene of a light aircraft crash at near Bredon Hill, Overbury in Worcestershire. West Midlands ambulance service has confirmed it sent 2 ambulances to the scene of the accident. Several fire engines attended the scene where it has been confirmed that two people have died. [read more]
Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) has started a recruitment drive for staff at Cardiff ahead of the launch of its daily service to Doha. With flights beginning on 1st May 2018 between Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) and Doha (DOH/OTHH) the Qatari flag carrier is recruiting for the following roles: Corporate Account Manager Sales Executive [read more]
A Ryanair flight that was due to land in Bristol this evening has diverted to Cardiff Airport following suspected flap issues. The flight, FR8217 was due to land at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) at 18:15 but after discovering issues with extending the flaps the pilot elected to divert to Cardiff (CWL/EGGD) due [read more]
After barely a week back at work, almost 250,000 Welsh holidaymakers will have already booked their next holidaymakers to the latest research from ATOL, the UK’s air holiday financial protection scheme. Saturday (6 January), dubbed ‘Sunshine Saturday’, is expected to see the biggest spike in holiday bookings, as UK holidaymakers [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced the busiest summer ever at London’s Gatwick airport. Summer 2017 at Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) saw around 1000 flights per week from British Airways but 2018 will see around 160 additional weekly flights. The increase comes after the successful acquisition of slots made available when Monarch [read more]
A police officer from North Wales has been awarded a MBE for his services to policing. Sergeant Scott Gallagher who has worked in Police Air Support for over ten years was awarded the gong in the latest new years honours. Joining North Wales Police in 1994, Scott managed the force’s [read more]
Norwegian has outlined its expansion plans for 2018 at London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) including more US flights and its first South American flight. The low-cost airline will start a four-times-weekly service from Gatwick to Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ), Argentina will on 14th February using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. New destinations in the USA [read more]
Aerospace Bristol is a brand new aerospace attraction on the site of the old Filton Airfield and whilst it might be the new kid on the block in terms of aviation museums, it packs a very pointy punch! From the moment you step into the Aerospace Bristol building, you know [read more]
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