British low-fares carrier EasyJet (U2/EZY) has announced that it is to roll out its ‘Worldwide by Easyjet’ service to seven more airports. The service, which allows EasyJet customers to seamlessly connect with partner flights, is already operational at London Gatwick and Milan Malpensa. The plans mean it will soon also be available [read more]
Ryanair’s plan to buy 75% of Laudamotion gives the Irish budget carrier something different, 15 Airbus A320 aircraft. Until now, Ryanair has been a staunch single type airline, namely the Boeing 737-800. It is, in fact, one of Boeing’s biggest customers and their relationship with European airframer Airbus has been somewhat [read more]
The German city of Frankfurt sits on the Main river and apart from being a major financial hub, it is one of the most exciting cities I’ve visited in a long time. Booking a few days away in any German city is never a bad thing but having never been [read more]
Self-styled Party of Wales, Plaid Cymru said it would introduce a National Airline for Wales if it got control of the Welsh Government at the next assembly elections. Assembly Member Adam Price made the claim during his speech in Llangollen last week. Wales has had two welsh airlines based at Cardiff [read more]
UK Holiday airline TUI is adding flights to Naples and Dubrovnik to its Summer 2019 programme at Cardiff Airport. Naples, Italy was listed recently as an “in-demand” route based on Skyscanner searches leading many to expect a service to the Italian Port, which according to TUI, will also serve a new [read more]
Australian carrier, Qantas (QF/QFA) is will begin its QF10 non-stop Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Perth (PER/YPPH) service tomorrow. Known as “The Kangaroo Route”, the ultra-long-haul flight will take 16hrs 45mins to get to Perth, leaving Heathrow at 13:15hrs and arriving in Western Australia at 13:00hrs the next day. For many, the thought [read more]
Andy Hill, the pilot whose Hawker Hunter aircraft crashed during a display at the Shoreham Air Show, is to be charged with manslaughter and endangering an aircraft according to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The crash, which killed 11 people, happened when Mr Hill’s Hawker Hunter was unable to recover [read more]
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has confirmed that Corporal Jonathan Bayliss was the engineer killed when the Red Arrows Hawk T1A aircraft he was flying in crashed at RAF Valley yesterday. Cpl Bayliss (41) was flying in the rear seat of Red 3 which was being flown by Red Arrows [read more]
The investigation into the fatal Red Arrows crash at RAF Valley is continuing today as air accident investigators try to piece together what happened. It was around 13:30hrs yesterday when the Red Arrows took off from RAF Valley to fly back to RAF Scampton, their home base. The Reds had been at [read more]
Emergency services are attending an incident at RAF Valley on Anglesey involving a Hawk aircraft. The aircraft, believed to be one of the Red Arrows, crashed on the airfield but the two persons on board. Group Captain Nick Tucker-Lowe confirmed that a Red Arrows Engineer has died in the accident. [read more]
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