Airline news

Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines (FlyPGS) is rolling out AI-enabled cabin announcements across its fleet in a ground-breaking new multilingual project to improve passenger experience. Developed by Pegasus Innovation Lab, established last year in Silicon Valley, the AI system is programmed with the synthesised voices of pilots who work at [read more]

Abu Dhabi-based carrier Etihad has launched a series of special winter fares from the UK and Ireland for those looking to escape the cold British & Irish Winter and find some sun in the Middle East, India and Asia. From the 28th of September to the 4th of October, flights [read more]

Prospective start up airline Global Airlines has taken another step towards being an operational airline after signing an agreement with German MRO Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW) to prepare and maintain its sole Airbus A380 which is currently stored at Prestwick Airport. Global Airlines signed the contract yesterday which will see [read more]

Edinburgh headquartered ground handling specialists Menzies Aviation has extended its partnership with Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) to include Iași International Airport bringing the total number of Ryanair locations serviced by Menzies up to 10. Iași International Airport, one of the oldest airports in Romania is the fifth airport in [read more]

Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is boosting connectivity to and from the Scottish islands with more ‘same-plane; services in its 2025 schedule. The new services include connecting Sumburgh to Belfast, Sumburgh to Manchester, Kirkwall to Belfast and Kirkwall to Manchester. Operating the routes as ‘same-plane’ means passengers don’t need to [read more]

Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced an exclusive partnership with Swedish Hybrid-electric aircraft designer Heart Aerospace. The aim of the partnership is to establish a use case for Heart’s Hybrid-electric aircraft on Loganair’s regional network. Heart is developing the ES-30, a 30-seat regional airliner which could significantly reduce carbon [read more]

Abu-Dhabi-based Etihad has sent its superjumbo, the Airbus A380, to Mumbai to start a series of special flights marking 20 years of the airline flying between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and India. The airline has also marked the occasion by becoming the official shirt sponsor for Mumbai FC. Etihad [read more]

The UKs leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is celebrating 300,000 passengers at Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT). To celebrate the milestone Loganair awarded the 300,000th passenger, medical-student Emma Pattie, with free flight vouchers. Emma said: “It was such a wonderful surprise to be given these tickets – I wasn’t expecting that at [read more]