Ryanair (FR/RYR) has officially released its winter 21/22 schedule with over 700 routes in the programme as the airline banks on restrictions lifted. For winter sun-seekers highlights includeCyprus, Gran Canaria, the Greek islands, Sicily and Malaga. For winter sports fans, Turin, Milan and Salzburg feature. City breaks are also on [read more]
easyJet (U2/EZY) has announced two new routes to Newquay Cornwall Airport from Manchester and Glasgow. Flights from Manchester start on 21st June 2021 and will operate five-times-per-week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays. The Glasgow flights start 29th June and operate twice-weekly on Tuesdays and Saturdays. easyJet’s UK Country [read more]
Sources close matter have said that Warwick Brady, Chief Executive of Esken, the new name for Stobart Group, is set to quit his role and take over as Chief Executive of Handling agent Swissport. Esken, which owns London Southend Airport and Stobart Aviation Services, has just completed an investment round [read more]
The annual Cosford Airshow has officially been postponed until September 2021 due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The show was due to take place in June but organisers have taken the “difficult decision” to postpone to ensure safety. The organisers said “Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, and the resulting [read more]
Images of scores of airliners parked at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) visually shows how Bristol Airport has been hit coronavirus travel restrictions. Bristol Airport is normally one of easyJets busiest airports but the airport has become a parking lot for the airline with just a fraction of the normal flights operating. [read more]
Scottish airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced that is launching a direct flight from Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) to Jersey (JER/EGJJ) in the Channel Islands. The route will be on the airlines summer schedule starting on 28th May 2021 and will be operated by a 49 seat Embraer 145 regional jet. Kay Ryan, [read more]
Airports and ground handling companies in England are set to recieve up to £8 million in Government help as the Airport Support Scheme comes online. As we reported earlier this month, the government announced the Airport Support Scheme last year and then more recently said it would be in place [read more]
France is set to close its borders to non-EU nationals in tough new border restrictions as Coronavirus cases in the country remain some of the highest in Europe. The move closes the country to all non-Europeans from Sunday unless their travel is absolutely necessary although the French prime minister Jean [read more]
In a stroke of good news after months of border closures and travel bans, India is allowing UK flights into the country once more. Hardeep Singh Puri, the civil aviation minister, announced on 1 January that flights between India and the UK would resume starting 8 January. This comes shortly [read more]
Sources close to Air Transat have said that the airline is laying off swathes of flight crew as it cancels flights to and from Toronto. Montreal based Air Transat is Canada’s third-largest airline and is citing Canadian government travel restrictions as the reason for the flight cuts which will last [read more]
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