Irish budget airline Ryanair has come under fire on social media over its latest campaign to get students to book flights which features a man asleep on a beach next to an empty bottle of alcohol under the tag line “Book on ryanair.com in between “studying” tonight. This could be you ?”. Facebook [read more]
Delays in the runway reopening at Carlisle Airport are being blamed for the closure of Border Air’s Carlisle flying school. In a statement on their website Border Air said: “We received notification over the weekend that Carlisle Airport will not re-open on Monday 4th June 2018. We have been very [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has signed a code-share agreement with Fiji’s national airline, Fiji Airways (FJ/FJI). As of today, British Airways passengers can book flights to the Fijian gateway of Nadi from its hubs at Singapore, Los Angeles and San Francisco. The South Pacific has traditionally been a hard place to [read more]
The cabinet recently approved the Heathrow Expansion plan but what does that mean for regional airports? How have they taken the news? We ask 3 major regional airports for their views. Cardiff Airport was quick to point out how Cardiff can complement London’s air traffic. Chief Executive Officer Deb Barber [read more]
Norwegian airline Wideroe is to begin direct flights from Liverpool (LPL/EGGP) to Bergen (BGO/ENBR) later this year. The twice-weekly flights will begin on the 17th August and operate on Mondays and Fridays. Bergen is Norway’s second city and known as the gateway to the Fjords. Surrounded by mountains and fjords Bergen is [read more]
Low-cost long-haul airline Primera Air is suspending transatlantic services from Birmingham Airport due to delays of its new aircraft. Primera Air started flights to New York in May using a leased National Airlines 757 and had planned to start flights to Toronto later this month but it has now suspended [read more]
The Rolling Stones are currently on their #NoFilter tour of the UK which is great news for AvGeeks as it means their private 767 is also touring the UK. The near 30-year-old Boeing 767-35D(ER), ZS-NEX is being leased from Aeronexus for the tour and is wearing the bands #NoFilter lips on its [read more]
The UK Government has blocked a bid by the Welsh Government to increase the passenger numbers on the Intra-Wales PSO route between Cardiff Airport and Anglesey Airport (Yns Mon). The Welsh Government had applied for a derogation, where an exemption from or relaxation of a rule or law is sought, with [read more]
Norwegian Air UK (DI/NRS) is planning changes to its long-haul schedule from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) for Winter 18/19. One of the biggest changes planned is a change to Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ) service. The route currently operates 3-times-per-week but the low-cost carrier is planning to move it to daily from the [read more]
Last year we published a story on Wingwalking, in particular, AeroSuperBatics search for a new Wingwalker for 2018 so we sent Aviation Wales’ “upper wing balancing expert” Nick Harding along to meet the lucky applicant who gets to spend their summer with the best view in the sky! Pulling up the [read more]
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