Month: April 2020

A brand new Maintenance hangar capable of housing aircraft up to a Boeing 737-800 is to be built at the former MOD site at St Athan. The Welsh Government contract to build the hangar has been awarded to Rubb Buildings which will use its unique technology to build the hangar. [read more]

Hungarian owned low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced that it plans to resume operations from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) Airport from 1st May. The airline has said that it will restart a limited program to destinations in Israel, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Spain with enhanced safety and distancing measures [read more]

A British Air Charter company has paid tribute to the NHS with some flight tracking sky art yesterday. Belfast, Northern Ireland based Woodgate Aviation operated the flight using one of the companies Beech B200 Super King Air aircraft which are often used for Air Ambulance missions. G-NIAA took off at [read more]

There has been much news recently about airlines being reluctant to refund passengers for flights cancelled as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic preferring to give a credit voucher instead, but here are your rights, and how to get that cash refund. The import regulation to remember here is the [read more]

The island paradise of Mauritius is now on the verge of losing its national airline, Air Mauritius. The latest COVID-19 casualty broke the news this morning that it had taken the difficult decision to enter voluntary administration. Air Mauritius’s board of directors came to the decision that this step was [read more]

Looking at flight tracking websites like FlightRadar24 at the moment means you often see things you don’t notice, or pay attention too, normally including a bunch of yellow balls floating around over South America and Africa. But they aren’t UFO’s they are Balloons that are part of Project Loon, a [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has been accused of trying to force passengers into accepting vouchers instead of a cash refund by telling passengers it could be months before any cash refund is even processed. The email, sent to customers who had sought a cash refund, included a voucher and warned the recipients [read more]

Norwegian, one of Europe’s largest low-cost airlines has today announced that it plans to lay off 4700 staff. As the struggling airline declares four of its subsidiaries bankrupt. Norwegian were one of the weakest carriers to enter these unprecedented times of uncertainty, as COVID-19 continues to spread. Norwegians rising debts [read more]