The UK Government was told airlines to avoid flying through Belarusian airspace after a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was intercepted and forced to land by the Belarus Government in order to arrest a journalist. Belarus sent Mig-29 Fighter jets to intercept the Ryanair Boeing 737 claiming it had [read more]
Air Canada is planning to launch a direct flight between Toronto and Manchester (MAN/EGCC) in Summer 2022. According to filings the route will commence on 1st June 2022 and will be operated by a Boeing 737 Max. The route is currently served by Canadian carrier, Air Transat.
The Airport Operators Association (AOA) has called out the Scottish Government over the cost of COVID testing for passengers using Scottish airports. The pricing difference between Scotland and the rest of the UK is something the AOA calls a “major discrepancy” and can see passengers using Scottish airports paying more [read more]
The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed an order for 14 Boeing H-47(ER) Chinook helicopters in a deal worth £1.4bn. The deal will see 14 ‘extended range’ chinooks join the Royal Air Force (RAF) fleet starting in 2026 helping it to phase out older airframes. Extended range Chinooks carry [read more]
The much anticipated launch of the JetBlue services between New York and London Heathrow has now been confirmed as launching on 11th August 2021 Initially operating twice per day, it will mark the beginning of JetBlue’s transatlantic ambitions using their new Airbus A321LR aircraft. The flight will be the first [read more]
The European Union (EU) General Court has ruled that billions given to Air France-KLM and TAP (Air Portugal) in assistance breached EU rules on state aid. The EU Commission approved the payments of €3.4bn to Air France-KLM and €1.2bn to TAP in 2020 as the airlines struggled with the Coronavirus [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced a raft of new routes for its Winter 2021 schedule along with a 50% increase overall in the number of seats for the season. Many of the routes have previously been summer only routes and will be operated in the winter for the [read more]
As of today, 12 countries have been moved to the Green list of countries as announced by the UK government last week meaning you can travel without the need to self-isolate on your return. But of that 12, many are not accepting travellers from the UK so realistically, where can [read more]
A new Icelandic carrier Play is set to begin operations to London Stansted from Keflavik after securing its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and signing the lease on an Airbus A321neo. The low-cost carrier, which is the brainchild of key executives from failed carrier WOW, has announced Stansted as the first [read more]
Airbus has resumed work on a brand new digital Final Assembly Line (FAL) for A320 family aircraft in the former A380 Lagardère facility in Toulouse. The new digital FAL will replace one of the original assembly lines for the A320 at the companies headquarters which currently can’t produce A321 variants. [read more]
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