London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has returned its summer figures which show passenger numbers were down 66% compared to pre-pandemic levels. July and August saw just 1.2m passengers pass through the terminals at London Luton compared to 3.6m in the same period of 2019. The airport says that despite the success [read more]
BA Cityflyer, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Airways, has confirmed it will be relaunching flights from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) from this autumn. The London City Airport-based airline will operate a twice-daily service to Belfast City using an Embraer regional jet. Announcing the return Tom Stoddart, the managing director of BA [read more]
According to multiple sources within the industry, low-cost airline easyJet (U2/EZY) has rejected a bid from a rival low-cost airline. The bid was put to the board who reportedly considered the offer for some time before coming to the decision to reject the offer. Some sources have suggested that ambitious [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced six new routes from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) for Winter 2021/22. From October, new destinations from Birmingham will include Bergamo, Lisbon, Bucharest, Shannon, Turin and Vilnius. The new routes bring the total of winter routes from Birmingham with Ryanair to 28 this season. Ryanair’s [read more]
Ryanair says it has failed to reach agreement with Boeing over the purchase of Boeing 737 Max10 aircraft. The all Boeing 737 airline has recently started to take delivery of its Max 8 variant, the Max8200 but was interested in purchasing the bigger, longer range Max10 variant. As usual with [read more]
A Boeing Stearman belonging to wing walking display team Aerosuperbatics has ditched into the sea near Poole Harbour following an engine failure. Both pilot and wing walker escaped with minor injuries and were shaken up after being rescued by the Poole lifeboat. Aerosuperbatics were displaying at the Bournemouth Air Festival [read more]
Ryanair has released figures showing that its traffic in August 2021 was 45% higher than the same period in 2020. The airline says it carried 11.1m passengers in August compared to just 7m last year when UK passengers were only allowed to travel for essential reasons. The figures show the [read more]
British startup FlyPop has unveiled a fully liveried Airbus A330 aircraft as it seeks to launch flights between the UK and India once travel restrictions are lifted. The airline has been set up to provide a direct connection between London Stansted and Amritsar to make it easier for the Indian [read more]
Low cost US carrier JetBlue has launched its transatlantic service between New York and London Heathrow with the inaugural Flight earlier today. The daily service is being operated by an Airbus A321neo equipped with JetBlue’s new transatlantic Mint suites and cabin. JetBlue is expected to add a Boston service from [read more]
The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) has appointed David Edwards as its new chief executive replacing Sir Brian Sturridge who is stepping down from the role. Mr Edwards was Chief Executive of the Air Charter Association and led that organisation through a significant period of change and has also been vice-president [read more]
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