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Passenger Intelligence Platform raises £1.23m in seed funding

11/02/2025 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

UK-based Arcube has raised £1.23m ($1.5m) in seed funding for its Passenger Intelligence Platform which is designed to help airlines upsell to passengers post-flight. The platform was developed by University of Manchester graduates Prithveesh Reddy and Harvey Lowe and has recently been trialled by Etihad Airways. With Etihad, it generated [read more]

Etihad flies A380 to Singapore for the first time

05/02/2025 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Etihad’s flagship Airbus A380 has made its debut at Singapore International Airport as the airline works to enhance connections between the UAE and Singapore. Adding the A380 to the daily service between Abu Dhabi and Singapore makes 700 extra seats per week available. Etihad’s A380s feature “The Residence”, the world’s [read more]

Jet2's first flight from Bournemouth Airport

First Bournemouth base flights take-off for Jet2

04/02/2025 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The first Jet2 flights have taken off from Bournemouth Airport (BOH/EGHH), the airline’s newest and 12th UK base. The departure to Tenerife this morning officially opened the operations from the two-aircraft base at Bournemouth with passengers jetting off for flight only and Jet2 Holidays package deals. Jet2 will be operating [read more]

Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737 (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Jet2.com adds two new routes to Budapest from UK

31/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Jet2.com and Jet2Citybreaks have added two new routes to the Hungarian capital, Budapest from the UK for Winter 25/26. The new routes are from East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) and Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) offering passengers from the Midlands and North East the chance to get away for a cheap city break. [read more]

Loganair selected for Orkney Inter-Islands PSO for further 4 years

22/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Loganair (LM/LOG) has been again selected by Orkney Island Council to provide inter-island transport under the Public Service Obligation (PSO) for the next four years. The current contract expires at the end of March this year with the new contract coming into force from the 1st of April to the [read more]

Finnair and British Airways expand codeshare agreement

21/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Finnish flag carrier Finnair (AY/FIN) and Oneworld partner British Airways (BA/BAW) are expanding their codeshare agreement to cover seven additional UK domestic routes. The agreement means that Finnair will add its flight code to British Airways flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD), Belfast City (BHD/EGAC), Gibraltar(GIB/LXGB), Inverness (INV/EGPE), [read more]

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Bristol Airport (Image: UK Aviation Media)

BALPA wins landmark case against Ryanair over pilots strike

17/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), the union which represents British pilots has won a landmark case against Ryanair’s practice of blacklisting pilots who took part in the strikes in 2019. Ryanair used this blacklist to withdraw perks such as travel benefits to pilots who exercised their right to strike [read more]

Eastern Airways ATR72-600 (Image: Eastern Airways/Brad Simpson)

New London Southend to Cornwall route for Summer 2025

14/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Regional airline Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) in partnership with London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) is set to launch a new route from Southend to Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) for Summer 2025. Flights are set to launch on the 3rd of April 2025 and will operate daily with fares starting at £59,99 one [read more]

ALIA SN1 flies over the Green Mountains on the way home to Burlington, Vermont from Manchester, New Hampshire

Avolon and Air New Zealand to partner on electric aircraft commercialisation

09/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Dublin-based aircraft leasing specialist Avolon and Air New Zealand have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to research the commercialisation of electric aircraft along with battery hybrid and hydrogen-powered aircraft. The agreement between the two partners also includes the sale and leaseback of Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) BETA Alia [read more]

ABM awarded BA Cabin cleaning contract at Heathrow

07/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Integrated facilities specialists ABM have been awarded the cabin cleaning contract for the British Airways (BA/BAW) fleet using terminal 3 at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The company began servicing the BA fleet in November after successfully winning the contract following a tender process. ABM will carry out cabin cleaning during turnaround [read more]