A Chinese H-6N Bomber coming into land was recently filmed by aviation spotter, nothing exciting in itself but it was what was underneath that has sparked interest, and fear in the western world. The images show a large missile attached to the underside of the aircraft which has the tell-tale [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has reported a drop in passengers numbers of 66% in September 2020 compared to the previous year. The drop is largely down to the travel restrictions in place to tackle the spread of coronavirus and the impact it is having on passenger confidence. The airport says [read more]
According to schedule updates by Russian airline Aeroflot (SU/AFL) they plan to operate an Airbus A350 between Moscow and London on five of the weekly flights for the Winter 20/21 season. The filings show that the A350-900XWB will operate 5 of the 14 weekly flights between Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO/UUEE) and [read more]
According to a recording obtained by the BBC, EasyJet Captain and British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) rep Mark Entwisle claims that the airlines future is ‘hanging by a thread’ as it continues to deal with the global crisis. The recording is allegedly from a presentation given by union reps where Mr [read more]
A summer of strikes for Irish budget airline Ryanair is one of the factors cited as helping Easyjet boost profits up by 41% for the year to September. Strong summer sales and a clear strategy for all BREXIT scenarios also helped the airlines pre-tax profits top £578m. Looking forward to [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has launched a 8-day long sale event dubbed ‘Cyber Week’. Kicking off today with up to £30 off return flights to destinations across Europe for next summer, the deals will change daily. That means each deal must be booked by midnight on the day of [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has reported record passenger numbers for October 2018. The airport says that 1.5 million passengers used the airport in October, a 7.9% increase over the same period last year. The increase comes as a raft of new routes are launched by Easyjet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, SunExpress, [read more]
Garuda Indonesia (GA/GIA) is resuming its London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Jakarta (CGK/WIII) service from the 27th November 2018. The flight returns as a three-times weekly non-stop service and will be operated by a Boeing 777-300 aircraft. The Skyteam Alliance member previously suspended the service at the end of October and [read more]
Tickets to the Royal Navy International Air Day 2019 have gone on sale today. Formerly known as Yeovilton Air Day, the airshow will celebrate modern and historical Air Power in its many forms not least its central role for Maritime Capability and for the capabilities of our sister services, the [read more]
Birmingham (BHX/EGBB), East Midlands (EMA/EGNX) and London Southend (SEN/EGMC) scooped the best airports in their respective sizes at the annual Airport Operators Association Awards. Birmingham won the over 10 million passenger category beating off competition from airports such as London Gatwick and Manchester to get the top spot while East [read more]
©2014-2022 UK Aviation News | A UK Aviation Media Production | Hosted and Maintained by Newport Digital | Find us on Mastodon