News from the world of Civil aviation and air travel. Including UK airlines and airports.
British Airways (BA/BAW) is to reward staff with a 13% pay increase following negotiations with the Unite Union which represents a large proportion of British Airways staff, particularly ground staff. The deal will also see staff get a £1000 one-off goodwill payment and ends the threat of strikes over the [read more]
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has placed an order with Airbus for a further 75 Airbus A321neo aircraft as it looks to bring more efficient aircraft into its fleet. The order brings Wizz Air’s total order for the type to 434, with its total A320 family fleet and commitment to [read more]
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has stepped in to force Wizz Air to look at rejected claims from passengers after it said the airline was failing in its legal obligations to passengers. In an unprecedented move by the CAA Wizz Air must review all claims for additional expenses, welfare [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair has placed its Britten-Norman BN2 Islander back at Kirkwall airport with a fresh new look. The small twin engined aircraft has now joined the rest of the Loganair fleet in sporting the airline’s Tartan livery. The Islander is a familiar sight in the Orkney Islands as [read more]
easyJet Holidays, Jet2 and Tui have all confirmed they are suspended packsge holidays to the Greek island of Rhodes as a huge wildfire ravages the holiday island. The move comes as all three airlines are sending empty aircraft out to Rhodes to evacuate British holidaymakers who have been forced out [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]
Leading low-cost airliner easyJet (U2/EZY) has put eight new flights on sale for winter 2023/24 from several UK airports. The new batch includes four new flights to Hurghada, Egypt from Belfast, Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Liverpool. For those travelers looking for a more Christamas-themed getaway, easyJet has new flights to Rovaniemi, [read more]
Leeds-Bradford based holiday airline Jet2 has completed the first Foreign Exchange (FX) agreement with Lloyds Bank which is sustainaby linked. Carrying out sustainable transcatioms will help the airline move towards its decarbonisation goal of reducing the gCO2 emissions per passenger kilometre travelled. Lloyds Bank has worked with Jet2 for some [read more]
The UK’s leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has become.the first airline to be awarded the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award. The UK Government scheme recognises businesses for the opportunities theu provide Armed Forces community. Loganair currently employs 16 people who are part of that community. Among them is Captain Aakash [read more]
The number of UK flight cancellations in the first half of 2023 is the lowest seen since the covid pandemic hit in 2019. 6,665 flights were cancelled in the first half of this year according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium equating to 1.53% of scheduled flights. Unsurprisingly 2020 saw the [read more]
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