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iGA Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM), which opened in 2018, is a rising star amongst modern airports and has rapidly become Turkiye’s gateway to the world offering global connections as a significant European & Asian hub. It has now published its sustainability report for 2021-22 which details its roadmap toward Net-Zero which [read more]
Monday’s Air Traffic Control failure of its flight planning system continues to have an effect three days later with cancellations hitting almost 2000 now according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. The worst hit day was Monday which saw 27% of flights from the UK cancelled, some 799 and [read more]
Flights to and from the UK faced delays earlier as the UK’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems experienced a “technical issue”. Airlines warned passengers of delays until the problem is resolved. In a statement, UK Airpsace provider NATs said: “Engineers are working to find and the fix the fault. We [read more]
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air, along with its UK subsidiary Wizz Air UK has carried 65 million passengers from and to London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) according to data from the airport. Wizz Air is the largest carrier at the Bedfordshire airport with 12 aircraft based there and around 100 flights per [read more]
Qatar Airways return to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has taken a step closer with the airline applying for slot pairs into the Welsh Capital from Doha. The application made to Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) shows the airline has requested four weekly slots starting on the 18th December 2023. Information from application [read more]
The UK’s biggest regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has started operations with new ATR aircraft at its Glasgow base as it replaces older turboprops. The ATR 42-600 aircraft are part of a multi-million-pound fleet investment and are larger, quieter, and more efficient than the Saab 340s they replace. The new aircraft [read more]
Security staff at London Heathrow airport are set to go on strike this summer as Unite demands an inflation busting 12% pay rise for its staff, despite inflation falling below 10%. The strikes have been timed to cause maximum disruption to holidaymakers during the summer holidays with August alone set [read more]
Passengers are facing lengthy delays at airports across the UK after the UK Border Force’s Passport eGate system crashed on Friday night. The nationwide outage means passports are having to be manually checked as the 270 eGates located around the UK are unable to check them. Some frustrated passengers took [read more]
Holiday airline Jet2.com is set to open a four aircraft base at Liverpool Airport (LPL/EGGP) for Summer 2024. Initially offering 20 routes, the new based will create up to 200 jobs as a result. The new bases will be Leeds-Bradford based Jet2.com’s 11th UK airport as it seeks to expands [read more]
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