If you have seen strange shapes in the skies over Gloucestershire this week then you could be forgiven for thinking a UFO is to blame but the chances are it is the US Air Forces most secret aircraft, the B2 Stealth Bomber. A flight of 3 Northrop Grumman B2 Stealth [read more]
London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) has begun the planning process it needs to put the northern runway, which is currently a standby runway, into use on a regular basis. Runway 08L/26R has a length of 8481ft compared to 10,880 feet on the main runway and sits around 400ft to the north [read more]
Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) is to restart flights to the Greek island of Lemnos for summer 2020. The UK charter airline last flew to the island in 2014 but from 25th May 2020 package holidays will available for the island from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) Lemnos is currently only served by British [read more]
Leading UK airline Jet2 is to increase capacity on four key routes from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) for Summer 2020 (S20). These routes that will see the increase are Manchester to Nice (NCE/LMFL), Almeria (LEI/LEAM), Corvera (RMU/LEMI) and Preveza (PVK/LGPZ). The four routes are currently operated by 189-seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft [read more]
Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has been officially awarded the Public Service Obligation route between the city of Derry, Northern Ireland and London. A Public Service Obligation or PSO route is an air route that is deemed vital to the economic development of the region and as such are subsidised [read more]
Captain Al Haynes, considered by many to be the hero of United flight 232, has passed away aged 87 in Seattle on Sunday 25th August. Captain Haynes was the pilot in command on Flight 232 from Denver to Chicago on the 19th July 1980. During the flight, the DC10 suffered [read more]
Two people have been confirmed dead at the scene of a light aircraft accident in Stonor, Henly-on-Thames. The aircraft is believed to have crashed into a field in Stonor just after 2 pm today and emergency services were called to the scene. Police, Fire and Ambulance services attended the crash [read more]
Low-Cost Carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) is launching a new service from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) to Prague (PRG/LKPR) from W19 onwards. Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic. It is popular with British travellers looking for a city break of a weekend getaway. In addition to Pragues famous [read more]
British Airways Pilots have said they will begin a series of strikes on September 9th 2019. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) has given the airline formal notice that its members will strike on September 9th, 10th and 27th after an agreement could not be reached on a pay deal. [read more]
British Airways has announced that its baby retro jet, the BEA Airbus A319, will fly at the Jersey Airshow this September. The specially painted Airbus A319 G-EUPJ has been painted in the British European Airways (BEA) livery as part of the airlines 100 year anniversary, BA100. BEA was was one [read more]
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