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]
Two Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons were launched on Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) earlier this evening to intercept Ryanair flight FR7364. The two aircraft took off from RAF Conningsby along with an RAF Voyager tanker from RAF Brize Norton. The tasking was to a Laudamotion Airbus A320 (OE-LMB), which was [read more]
All the passengers onboard a Tui Airways flight from Zante to Cardiff last week have been told to self-isolate for 14 days after 7 confirmed cases of Coronavirus have been linked to the fight. Passengers on flight BY6215 which landed at Cardiff Airport on Tuesday 25th August are all now [read more]
A light aircraft has been forced to land near a golf course just short of the runway at St Athan airfield in South Wales. The aircraft, a Piper PA-28 Cherokee G-OFTI, is understood to have suffered a loss of power and was unable to make the runway. The aircraft landed [read more]
Boeing has asked for eight of its Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, which are in use with airlines, to be pulled out of service due to a manufacturing problem it has discovered. The Seattle-based airframer has not disclosed the exact nature of the problem but it is understood to be two [read more]
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