Aer Lingus is considering moving its Transatlantic services from Shannon (SNN/EINN) to an airport in the UK as Irish Government Covid-19 travel restrictions have left the two Airbus A321LR aircraft it has based there grounded. Six UK airports, including Edinburgh and Manchester, are bidding for the routes according to the [read more]
Direct flights from London Southend (SEN/EGMC) to Bergen, Norway got underway today when the inaugural Widerøe flight departed at 10:45am. Passengers on the 1hr 50min flight were treated to a water arch from the airports fire service on departure from Southend and had special cake to celebrate the launch. Christian [read more]
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons were launched on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) earlier this evening to intercept Ryanair flight FR7364. The two aircraft took off from RAF Conningsby along with an RAF Voyager tanker from RAF Brize Norton. The tasking was to a Laudamotion Airbus A320 (OE-LMB), which was [read more]
All the passengers onboard a Tui Airways flight from Zante to Cardiff last week have been told to self-isolate for 14 days after 7 confirmed cases of Coronavirus have been linked to the fight. Passengers on flight BY6215 which landed at Cardiff Airport on Tuesday 25th August are all now [read more]
One of the Boeing B52-H Bombers currently deployed to RAF Fairford as part of the Bomber Task Force has been involved what the US Air Force describes as an ‘unsafe and unprofessional’ interception by a Russian fighter. The incident, which occurred on Friday 28th August Aug. 28, 2020, involved two [read more]
A light aircraft has been forced to land near a golf course just short of the runway at St Athan airfield in South Wales. The aircraft, a Piper PA-28 Cherokee G-OFTI, is understood to have suffered a loss of power and was unable to make the runway. The aircraft landed [read more]
Boeing has asked for eight of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which are in use with airlines, to be pulled out of service due to a manufacturing problem it has discovered. The Seattle-based airframer has not disclosed the exact nature of the problem but it is understood to be two [read more]
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has said it will begin testing the Boeing 737 Max from the 7th September 2020 in a bid to get the aircraft cleared to fly again. The latest variant of the best selling Boeing 737 family has been grounded since March 2019 following [read more]
Switzerland, Czech Republic and Jamaica are being removed from the UK Government’s Coronavirus safe list. This means that travellers returning from these destinations will now to need quarantine for 14-days on return from 04:00 on Saturday. Traveller now have just over 24 hours to return to the UK to avoid [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is launching new direct services from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Islamabad and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Lahore & Islamabad. Both services will start in December 2020 with the Lahore service operating 3 times-per-week and the Islamabad service operating 4 times-per-week. Virgin Atlantic said “We’re thrilled to let [read more]
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