The UK Government has placed Portugal back on the list of counties requiring a 14-day quarantine on arrival back to England. Portugal was recently removed from the list but a sharp increase in Coronavirus cases meant it once again breached the UK’s threshold of 20 cases per 100,000 people. The [read more]
According to muliple sources Oman Air is ending its Manchester (MAN/EGCC) to Muscat service at the end of October 2020. Oman Air had previously planned to operate the flight throughout the Winter 20/21 and Summer 21 but the flights have been taken off sale with the last available date being [read more]
The Wiltshire Air Ambulance was targeted by a laser while attempting to land at an emergency last night. The Air Ambulance was attempting to land near Trowbridge, Wiltshire when the laser was directed at the aircraft from the South West area of the town. In a statement, Wiltshire Air Ambulance [read more]
England & Wales have different quarantine exemptions for the first time after the Welsh Government deviated from the UK Government by adding Portugal and several Greek islands to the destinations that need a 14 day quarantine. It had been expected that the UK government would remove Portugal from the safe [read more]
A pilot from the Bremont Great War Display Team has had a miraculous escape as his replica Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c nose-dived into the ground at Sywell Aerodrome during a practice display. The pilot, named as Matthew Boddington, was taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries and is understood to have [read more]
TUI has cancelled all holidays to the resort of Laganas on the island of Zante (Zakynthos) as people are failing to take measures to control the spread of Coronavirus. The move comes after the Welsh and Scottish Governments say that travellers returning from the Island must quarantine for 14 days. [read more]
The 2nd of September is a sombre day for the team at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland because of two tragedies, 11 years apart to the day. The base is home to 120 Squadron (previously at RAF Kinloss) and was one of the former homes of the RAF Nimrod, a submarine [read more]
Tui Airways UK (BY/TOM) will launch a new service from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) to Innsbruck, Austria (INN/LOWI) this winter. The service will operate weekly on Saturdays from 26th December giving visitors the potential for a week of skiing or just soaking up the Tyrolean atmosphere. The flight times even offer [read more]
Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has ended based flights at London Stansted (STN/EGSS) and London Southend (SEN/EGMC) as it closes its bases at the two airports. The last flight arrived into Southend on Sunday night while a few flights, operated by aircraft based elsewhere, will continue to serve Stansted including Belfast, [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair has launched a mega drop sale offering 1 million seats to Europe, North Africa and the Middle East at just £5. The fares will be available to book on any of Ryanair’s 240 destinations for just 48 hours from now until 2nd September at midnight. Ryanair’s [read more]
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