Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a cut to Air Passenger Duty (APD) for domestic flights in todays budget. The move means that passengers using domestic airlines such as Loganair will no longer be penalised by paying APD in both directions putting them on par with airlines flying to Europe. Mr Sunak [read more]
The upcoming budget could see chancellor Rishi Sunak cut or slash air passenger duty (APD) for flights within the UK. Under current tax laws, air passenger duty is charged on all flights departing a UK airport which means domestic flights are charged on all sectors. Currently APD is charged at [read more]
It is not uncommon for people to recognise the Concorde, that divisive but ground-breaking piece of aviation engineering; yet few can name its supersonic rival. Breaking both records the Concorde seemingly claims, the Soviet Tupolev 144 was the first supersonic commercial design aircraft to break the sound barrier and the [read more]
Just days after Ryanair announced a new route from Edinburgh to Marrakesh the African nation has decided to stop flights from the UK over concerns about rising COVID cases. The UK has seen a sharp increase in COVID cases in the last few weeks with the current daily case rate [read more]
Fay Keely, one of the owners of the Piper Malibu N264DB, has told Cardiff Crown Court that she told David Henderson that pilot David Ibbotson should not fly her aircraft. She made the decision after being informed of multiple airspace restriction infringements by Ibbotson in her aircraft. Ms Keely was [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has today announced two new routes for Winter 2021/22 including Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) to Marrakesh and Manchester (MAN/EGCC) to Lviv. The new Edinburgh route will operate twice-weekly from the 18th of October to the Moroccan city and will be perfect for those seeking some winter sunshine [read more]
A man has pleaded guilty to illegally arranging the flight which killed Emiliano Sala when it crashed near the channel islands in 2019. David Henderson (66) of East Ridings in Yorkshire entered a guilty plea at Cardiff Crown Court to the charge of attempting to discharge a passenger without valid [read more]
One of the most anticipated new pieces of Space hardware has arrived in French Guiana ahead of its scheduled launch on 18th December. The Webb Space Telescope (WST) is an orbiting infrared telescope that, Jean-Marc Nasr, Head of Airbus Space Systems, “will change the way we see the universe”. About [read more]
Ryanair has said that it has been forced to cancel 700 flights to and from Lisbon and cancel three routes from the Portuguese capital completely as it has been unable to obtain the necessary slots to operate the flights in what it claims is “slot hoarding” by the national airline, [read more]
The US Government has confirmed that it will allow fully-vaccinated travellers from the UK and Europe to enter the US from 8th November. Announced last month, but without a confirmed date, the new rules will see the US Government relax its current regulations and allow passengers that have had both [read more]
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