Following the establishment of the UK-UAE air corridor, Emirates has announced an increase in services on it’s UK routes to Heathrow, Manchester, Birmingham and Glasgow. Services to Heathrow will now be fully operated by the Airbus A380 aircraft four times a day from 27 November and six times a week [read more]
Aer Lingus (EI-EIN) is set to launch transatlantic flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) next year securing around 1,500 slots for the northern airport. Sources close to the airline say that it will base Four long-haul aircraft at the Manchester, most likely a single Airbus A330 and 3 Airbus A321LR aircraft. [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has added a sleigh full of additional Christmas flights to help family and friends reunite during the festive period. From 17th December the airline will be adding 14 additional flights to seven of its routes from the UK to boost capacity meaning everyone should be [read more]
Throughout the second lockdown, Newcastle Airport has announced that they’ll be keeping scheduled flights running for passengers who are exempt from the current travel restrictions. The airport is currently operating with the following restricted hours until the 3rd of December. Monday – Friday: 0555 – 1200 | 1630 – 2230Saturday [read more]
Norwegian.com has said that is aiming to restart transatlantic flights under its Norwegian Air UK subsidiary in late March 2021. The London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) based operation will see flights restart to the USA from the 28th March using its all Boeing 787 fleet. The initial routes will be Boston, Los [read more]
Hays Travel founder John Hayes has died suddenly aged 71. Mr Hays reportedly collapsed while working at the companies head office. He ran Hays Travel together with his wife Irene and together saved thousands of Thomas Cook jobs when they bought Thomas Cooks UK travel agencies. A spokesperson for the [read more]
Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is planning to launch services between London Heathrow and the Isle of Man. Sources close to the airline said that if approved the flights are expected to begin in mid-November using a 49-seat Embraer jet to operate the twice-daily service. Loganair has been rapidly expanding [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has hit back at Which? and exposed its “false and misleading claims” that Ryanair is not refunding customers and deliberately misleading them. Which? alleges that Ryanair claims that “every passenger booked with the airline has been refunded” but the airline makes it clear that this [read more]
Following the Government’s opening of a Canary Islands travel corridor, Iberia Express has announced flights from Manchester to Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Madrid. These 16 flights will operated between the 26th of December and the 3rd of January. Evandro Vianna, Chief Commercial Officer at Iberia Express, said: “Here at Iberia [read more]
Police Scotland has confirmed that the pilot of a gyrocopter has died after his aircraft went down near Avoch at 12:55pm. The pilot was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services. He was the sole occupant of the gyrocopter. A spokesperson from the Air Accidents Investigation Bureau (AAIB) has [read more]
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