Florida based Aerion has collapsed after failing to fund the production of its supersonic business jet despite having significant interest from operators. Founded by Robert Bass in 2004, Aerion had planned to build the AS2, a sonic boomless business jet capable of travelling at Mach 1.4. The company attracted backing [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced a new Cardiff to Edinburgh flight boosting connectivity between Wales and Scotland. The service will operate five times per week from 2nd August 2021 and will be operated by an Embraer E145 jet. Kay Ryan, Loganair’s chief commercial officer, said: “I know many [read more]
Air Canada is planning to launch a direct flight between Toronto and Manchester (MAN/EGCC) in Summer 2022. According to filings the route will commence on 1st June 2022 and will be operated by a Boeing 737 Max. The route is currently served by Canadian carrier, Air Transat.
The UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) has placed an order for 14 Boeing H-47(ER) Chinook helicopters in a deal worth £1.4bn. The deal will see 14 ‘extended range’ chinooks join the Royal Air Force (RAF) fleet starting in 2026 helping it to phase out older airframes. Extended range Chinooks carry [read more]
The much anticipated launch of the JetBlue services between New York and London Heathrow has now been confirmed as launching on 11th August 2021 Initially operating twice per day, it will mark the beginning of JetBlue’s transatlantic ambitions using their new Airbus A321LR aircraft. The flight will be the first [read more]
The Government has revealed which 12 countries will be listed as green under its traffic light system for travel during the COVID pandemic. Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel were confirmed as green but popular destinations Spain and Greece were not. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says that we must ensure that where [read more]
French flag carrier Air France is launching a direct flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Nice in the south of France from the end of June. Air France will operate the service four times per week on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 28th June. The route will put [read more]
Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Stobart Air, is returning to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) for the first time since 2016 reviving two routes to Northern Ireland and Eire. The new route to Belfast City will commence on 28th June and will operate four times per week on Monday, Friday, Saturday, and [read more]
Aer Lingus, which last flew a scheduled flight from Cardiff Airport in 2016, is set to make a tentative return to Wales’ national airport. According to ‘UK Aviation Schedule Analyst’ Sean M on twitter, Aer Lingus Regional will restart flights between Cardiff Airport and Dublin from 30th August 2021 operating [read more]
Ryanair has launched its summer 2022 schedule earlier than normal in a bid to boost passenger confidence and encourage forward booking. The budget airline plans to operate around 1,800 weekly flights across 160 routes from the UK. Keeping with this summers plans, Greece features heavily including Santorini, Rhodes and Chania [read more]
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