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Flights have officially got underway at Jet2’s 13th UK base, London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) today with the first flights taking off to Majorca, Tenerife and Antalya. The airline marked the launch with celebrations in the airport including a red carpet and giveaways as well as with passengers in the air. [read more]

Orders from China Airlines and BOC Aviation have given Airbus March orderbook a boost as the month closes out. Leasing speciaist BOC Aviation signed a firm order for 70 additional A320neo family single-aisle airliners making BOC’s order backlog, airlines to be delivered, the largest in Airbus’ history. “This transaction will [read more]

Friday saw Jet2 celebrate a year of operating from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL/EGGP), and it did so by awarding free flights to lucky random passengers. The passengers who got a pair of free return flights included Paula and Billy Lane from Kirkby, who were awarded the prize whilst checking [read more]

Canadian airline is offering UK Passengers 20% off their flights to Toronto from the UK this weekend as the airline celebrates 20 years of marriage equality in Canada. Passengers can get the 20% by booking their flight between the 28th March and 1st April using the code BESF3UK20 on the [read more]

Swiss airline Helvetic has set a new record for the largest plane to land at London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) after it sent an Embraer E195-E2 to the docklands airport. Helvetic also held the prvious record operating its E190-E2 from the airport. The E195-E2 touched down just after midday today marking [read more]

The CEO of Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) Spencer Birns has quit the role with immediate effect leaving the airport in the hands of a non-executive director. No official reason has been given for the sudden departure other than that Mr Birns is “pursuing other opportunities”. His departure was confirmed by Cardiff [read more]

Greek carrier Aegean Airlines has disclosed that it is the customer behind an order for eight Airbus A321neo airliners which is in addition to the 52 A320neo family aircraft that it already had on order. The additional aircraft will help Aegean continue to grow its network and supports its expansion [read more]

The Airbus Foundation and Solar Impulse Foundation have launched a three-year partnership to address global sustainability through innovation and collaboration. The partnership will seek appications from projects who seeking to work on ‘critical societal issues’ such as ecosystem degredation, water security and natural disaster risk. Successful projects will gain access [read more]