The UK’s largest tour operator, TUI, has confirmed it will be resuming flights from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) from 25th July. The TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) Boeing 737’s and 757’s are usually a familiar sight at the West Country airport but flights were grounded due to the Coronavirus pandemic. Now blue [read more]
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Boeing and Etihad Airways (EY/ETD) have announced a partnership that will see them test ways to reduce emissions and noise while flying with a sustainable fuel using a Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner. The ecoDemonstrator 787-10 is one that is destined to be formally delivered to Etihad later this year. Boeing and [read more]
Hungarian carrier Wizz Air (W6/WZZ) has launched a Cabin Crew to Captain programme aimed to allow their cabin crew members progress through flight training and swap the cabin for the cockpit. The programme is a first for the industry and will help cabin crew members who want to learn to [read more]
Spanish airline Vueling ()VY/VLG) has relaunched flights from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to Spain following the easing of travel restrictions. The first flight to Alicante (ALC/LEAL) resumed yesterday (16th July) with Malaga (AGP/LEMG) resuming on the 1st August and Palma de Mallorca (PMI/LEPA) on the 3rd August. Alicante and Palma flights [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that is retiring the Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet with immediate effect. The airline was the world’s largest operator of the type and has operated the Boeing 747-100, -200 and -400 variants. In a communication to staff British Airways said: “With much regret, we are proposing, [read more]
Spain will be a destination again from Teesside (MME/EGNV) airport this summer for the first time in nine years when as Eastern Airways commits to a weekly flight to Alicante (ALC/LEAL). The flight will start on 14th August and operate every Friday through to 7th September. Teesside Airport is owned [read more]
The latest Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 to be sent to pasture is G-VAST which will leave Manchester Airport at 11:00 local time this morning for a short flight down to St Athan, South Wales. The aircraft, known as “Ladybird”, has been with Virgin Atlantic since it was delivered in 1997. [read more]
Doncaster Sheffield Airport will reportedly be closed for flights until after 0600hrs tomorrow due to a small runway excursion by a Boeing 747 Freighter. No one was injured in the incident, which happened as the aircraft was backtracking (taxiing) along the runway after landing, but the aircraft will take some [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) is to cut 1,000 Irish flights from its schedule with the loss of 200,000 passengers as the row with the Irish government over quarantine heats up. The flight cuts through August and September will largely affect Shannon, Cork, Knock and Kerry as the airline says [read more]
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