Austrian budget airline Laudamotion has announced it is launching a direct service from London Stansted (STN/EGSS) to Vienna (VIE/LOWW) later this month. The city of Vienna was recently voted the most livable city on the planet. It is renowned for its art and culture and passengers jetting off from mid-November [read more]
I’ve recently got back from a weekend in Geneva and, if i’m honest, I wasn’t sure entirely what to expect when I headed off but I came back wanting to go again. Arriving at Bristol Airport early on a Friday morning found a busy check in area and a notable [read more]
Britain’s Ben Murphy just missed out on a podium place when he finished 4th at the Indianapolis Air Race last weekend. The Blades Racing Team pilot got through to the final round of 4 after beating American Kirby Chambliss in the round of 8. That result saw Ben scored his [read more]
On the 4th October 1958 the first ever jet powered airliner to fly across the Atlantic took off from London bound for New York. The BOAC Comet 4 aircraft did the flight in 7 hours shaving 11 hours off the previous crossing time. More importantly for British Airways, then known [read more]
Budget long haul airline Norwegian.com has announced it is launching domestic flights in Argentina allowing passengers travelling from London Gatwick to Buenos Aires to connect to six destinations across the South American country. A fleet of Norwegian Boeing 737-800 aircraft will operate flights from Buenos Aires to Córdoba & Mendoza from [read more]
Primera Air, the Danish based low-cost carrier that operated from Birmingham and London Stansted, ceased trading yesterday leaving thousands of passengers either stranded abroad or having to cancel travel plans and its collapse comes as a warning to all flight only passengers, there is likely to be no rescue. Primera [read more]
Low cost airline Primera Air has ceased operations after it failed to secure the financing to continue trading. The email tells staff that Primera Air Nordic and Primera Air Scandinavia will file for bankruptcy and the airline ceased operations at midnight leaving thousands of passengers stranded across Europe and on [read more]
The daily Qatar Airways service from Doha (DOH/OTHH) to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) is on target for a 65% load factor in its first year of operation. The news comes as figures are released for its first 4 full months of operation and they show that the route has grown each [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it is launching six new routes from Manchester Airport in 2019 bringing the total number of routes served from the airport to 63. Ryanair will launch routes from Manchester to Bordeaux, Gothenburg, Marrakech, Marseille, Nantes & Thessaloniki will launch for the Summer 2019 [read more]
Flybe is ending a number of routes at London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) as low-fares rivals Easyjet & Ryanair increase their presence at the Essex airport. Routes been terminated include Budapest, Glasgow, Manchester, Milan, Prague and Vienna and they will end at the end of October. Flybe is currently undergoing restructuring [read more]
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