Air France (AF/FRA) has retired its first Airbus A380 Super-Jumbo and it has been flown to Knock, Ireland to be broken up. The Airbus A380 touched down for the final time at the West Ireland airport yesterday and is the biggest aircraft ever seen at the airport. The official twitter [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is bringing back its London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Cape Town (CPT/FACT service from 25th October 2020. The route was last served by the airline in 2015 and Juha Jarvinen, chief commercial officer at Virgin Atlantic commented: “We’re delighted to be flying to Cape Town again – we’re [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) says that it is offering what it calls “rescue fares” starting at just €19/99 on routes that are being suspended by Hungarian carrier, Wizz Air. Wizz Air is pulling the plug on routes from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) to Prague and Oslo Torp airports from May 2020. It is [read more]
North Somerset Council has voted 18-7 to reject Bristol Airports plans for expansion. The result goes against planning officers recommendations which was to approve the plans which involved a new car park and improved infrastructure to help the airport handle up to 12 million passengers a year. The rejection is [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has extended its suspension of flights to Mainland China until at least 31st March 2020 in response to the ongoing threat from the Novel Coronavirus. The airline suspended its daily flights to Beijing and Shanghai on the 29th January, shortly after the outbreak began but initially suggested [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) like most airlines have suspended flights between the UK and mainland China because of the Coronavirus outbreak and it has now extended that suspension. The airline originally placed a suspension on the London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Shanghai Pudong (PVG/ZSPD) service until 16th February 2020 but this has [read more]
Dr Liam Fox MP has written a letter to the Chief Executive of North Somerset Council in which he says that without solving the problem of local transport infrastructure “it is difficult to see how further expansion beyond the current limit of 10 million passengers could be justified” Bristol Airport [read more]
Hainan Airlines has confirmed that it will be suspending flights between Mainland China and Manchester Airport from tomorrow (6th February) as a result of the Coronavirus outbreak. The airline currently flies 3 times per week between Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) and Beijing Capital Airport (PEK/ZBAA). Around 20,000 cases of Coronavirus have [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has reported a net profit of €88m in Q3 according to its latest financial report boosted by better than expected fare prices for bookings in the Christmas and New Year period. The rise comes from a growth in traffic, up 6% to 36m passengers in [read more]
Planning Officers from North Somerset Council have recommended that the council approves the planned expansion at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD). If approved the expansion will see Bristol Airport increase its a capacity to 12 million passengers per year through improved infrastructure and facilities at the airport. The plans received over 2,200 [read more]
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