North Somerset Council has voted 18-7 to reject Bristol Airports plans for expansion. The result goes against planning officers recommendations which was to approve the plans which involved a new car park and improved infrastructure to help the airport handle up to 12 million passengers a year. The rejection is [read more]
GoSkydive has today confirmed that while they will continue to operate a Skydiving Drop-Zone, Old Sarum Airfield will remain closed to General Aviation Traffic. Old Sarum Airfield (EGLS) closed on 31st October 2019 after the owners failed to get the backing to turn the airfield into a flying hub along [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has extended its suspension of flights to Mainland China until at least 31st March 2020 in response to the ongoing threat from the Novel Coronavirus. The airline suspended its daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai on the 29th January, shortly after the outbreak began but initially suggested [read more]
A British Airways (BA/BAW) Boeing 747-400 has completed the flight from New York to London in 4 hours and 56 minutes, believed to be the first time its been flown by a transonic aircraft in under 5 hours. According to data from flight-tracking website Flightradar24.com the flight, BA112 left New [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) like most airlines have suspended flights between the UK and mainland China because of the Coronavirus outbreak and it has now extended that suspension. The airline originally placed a suspension on the London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Shanghai Pudong (PVG/ZSPD) service until 16th February 2020 but this has [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has cut its carbon emissions for January down to 69g per passenger, per km. Substantially lower than many of its competitors. The airline has achieved this primarily by maintaining high load factors and having one of the youngest fleets in the industry. The figures make [read more]
Low-cost airline Norwegian is launching a new direct service from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to Aktion, Greece (PVK/LGPZ). The twice-weekly service will operate on a Thursday and Sunday starting from the 3rd May 2020. Aktion is a great way to access the lesser-known Greek regions of Preveza and Lefkada which offer [read more]
Dr Liam Fox MP has written a letter to the Chief Executive of North Somerset Council in which he says that without solving the problem of local transport infrastructure “it is difficult to see how further expansion beyond the current limit of 10 million passengers could be justified” Bristol Airport [read more]
Hainan Airlines has confirmed that it will be suspending flights between Mainland China and Manchester Airport from tomorrow (6th February) as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. The airline currently flies 3 times per week between Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) and Beijing Capital Airport (PEK/ZBAA). Around 20,000 cases of Coronavirus have [read more]
The first of nine Royal Air Force (RAF) Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft has arrived at RAF Kinloss in Scotland today. The Boeing P-8A is the UK’s new maritime patrol and submarine hunter aircraft designed to protect the waters around the UK and on overseas operations. The UK hasn’t had a [read more]
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