Flybe (BE/BEE) has announced that it has completed the sale of its operation, include all the companies assets, to Connect Airways Ltd, A consortium led by Stobart Group and Virgin Atlantic. The announcement came just hours before the deadline for the sale which was awaiting approval from the European Commission. [read more]
Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it is to create a new base in Toulouse, France. The two-aircraft base will open in October 2019 and will serve 20 routes including 11 new ones including: Alicante (2 per week) Brest (3) Budapest (2) Lille (daily) Luxembourg (3) Marseille (Daily service) Oujda [read more]
The Royal Air Force has said goodbye to the Panavia Tornado in a farewell tour of the UK which took place over the last 3 days. Originally designed as a low-level penetration bomber and strike fighter for the Cold War, the Tornado has been in service with the Royal Air [read more]
Flying a drone or other unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) near an airport or airfield will be a criminal offence next month when new legislation comes into force extending the restricted areas. From the 13 March 2019 the flight restriction zone around airports and airfields changes and under new rules the [read more]
Aer Lingus has said it will end flights between the Irish city of Cork and Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI) later this year. The flights, operated by Stobart Air, operates up to five times per week depending on the time of year, will stop on the 20th May 2019. The airport said [read more]
In what could be yet another blow to the plan to sell Flybe to Connect Airways, a group led by Stobart Group and Virgin Atlantic, MESA Air Group has submitted an offer to the board. The consortium led by Bateleur Capital and Mesa Air Group is understood to have offered [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has unveiled its first retro-liveried aircraft to mark its #BA100 celebrations. The Boeing 747-400, G-BYGC, has been repainted into the blue and gold livery of BOAC (which became British Airways in 1971) and we were on hand to watch it arrive into Heathrow for the first time [read more]
Ove the next 3 days the Royal Air Force is carrying out a farewell tour of the UK with 3 RAF Tornados. The Panavia Tornado, affectionately known as “Tonka”, has been in service with the RAF in various forms for nearly four decades and it was Britains front line Cold [read more]
Scottish Airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has said it is taking over three key routes from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ/EGPD) that were run by FlyBMI which collapsed yesterday. Lognair will take over the routes to Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD), Oslo (OSL/ENGM) and Ebsjerg (EBJ/EKEB). FlyBMI, also known as BMI Regional, entered administration yesterday and [read more]
FlyBMI (BMI Regional) (BM/BMR) has ceased all operations as the airline has entered administration tonight. The airline has been struggling financially for some time and could not secure a cash injection to keep it afloat today. All flights have been cancelled by the airline and many of its aircraft have [read more]
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