Loganair has become the first UK regional airline to commit to being Carbon Neutral by 2040 after it announced its Green Skies initiative. The first step in the Green Skies initiative is to introduce a carbon offsetting programme which will begin on 1st July and will see a £1 carbon [read more]
Wizz Air UK has announced its first ever domestic flights as it plans fly from the Channels islands to mainland UK for Summer 2021. The flights will connect Jersey with Doncaster & Cardiff, routes that have been previously served by Flybe. The routes will be operated by an Airbus A321 [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is set to increase its flights to and from the Isle of Man by 70% as coronavirus restrictions continue to be lifted across the UK. The airline is expecting to operate 44 flights per week to six different destinations from the Island by the end [read more]
President Joe Biden has landed in the UK on board Air Force One. He departed Joint Base Andrews earlier today as he left for his first foreign trip. The Boeing VC-25 carrying the president landed slightly before the scheduled time of 8pm as Biden arrives in the UK ahead of [read more]
After a year of none it was great to be back at an airshow last weekend, especially the off-airport ones with pretty locations, and few airshows have a prettier location than the Midlands Air Festival which is held at Ragley Hall in Warwickshire. If anyone was looking for context about [read more]
Singapore Airlines (SQ/SIA) has confirmed it is relaunching flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) from 17th July 2021. The direct service between Singapore Changi Airport and the North of England will operate three-times-per week using an A350-900 aircraft. It its hoped that this will increase over time and will also see [read more]
Portugal rejoined the Amber travel list at 04:00 hours this morning after the UK Government caught the travel industry, and tourists, by surprise and removed it from the green list. The move prompted a rush by British passengers to get back to the UK before the deadline with airlines laying [read more]
US carrier United Airlines has taken civil aviation by surprise by betting big on future supersonic transport after it announced a commercial agreement with Denver based Boom Supersonic to add the Overture supersonic airliner to its fleet. At a price of $200m (list), United has a agreed to purchase 15 [read more]
European airframer Airbus has released its latest figures which show it delivered 50 aircraft to 32 different customers in May 2021. The deliveries included 41 of its single aisle A320 family aircraft, of which 38 were New Engine Option (NEO) types. Other aircraft included 1 A330neo, 4 A350, 4 A220 [read more]
The plans for thousands of Britons to take a summer holiday in Portugal this year are being thrown into chaos with the government putting the popular holiday destination back on the amber list. Currently Britons can travel to Portugal without the need to self-isolate for 14-days on return but its [read more]
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