News from the world of Civil aviation and air travel. Including UK airlines and airports.
The United States is to reintroduce the requirement of a negative test for Chinese travellers following the relaxation of travel rules from china and a surge in COVID cases in the US. The move means that passengers arriving in the US from China will have to provide evidence of a [read more]
London Gatwick, London Luton and Bristol Airport have been listed as some of the worst airports in the UK for delays according to CAA data examined by flying experience provider, Flydays.co.uk The study, which measured data during August, September and October, found that over 30% of flights at Gatwick and [read more]
Finnish flag carrier Finnair (AY/FIN) is restarting flights from Helsinki to Osaka, Japan in 2023 as the demand increases on Asian routes post-pandemic. The flight times have been designed with easy onward connections to London Heathrow, Manchester and Dublin and passengers can choose from three weekly flights from Helsinki to [read more]
Flights between the 21st December and 4th January will remain 14% lower than pre-pandemic levels according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirum with 30,979 flights set to depart UK airports. easyJet (U2/EZY) is set to rank top of the Christmas flights with 5,928 flights departing over the festive period [read more]
Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) has confirmed it is increasing its Doha (DOH/OTHH) to Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) service to ten flights per week from February 2023. The service is operated by a Boeing 787-8 aircraft and will add further connectivity from Scotland’s busiest airport to the rest of the world via Doha. Kate [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has put its new Cardiff (CWL/EGFF) to Belfast International (BFS/EGAA) on sale. The new route will connect the Northern Irish capital with the Welsh capital twice weekly from the 29th of March 2023 operating on a Wednesday and Saturday through to the end of October. The new route [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) has confirmed its plans to boost its operations at Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) for summer next year including a second Embraer E145 regional jet based at the northern hub. The expansion plans include a double-daily flight to Aberdeen with a daily onward flight to Oslo, giving Newcastle passengers flight [read more]
Lufthansa has confirmed it is launching flights from Frankfurt to Belfast City and London Gatwick as part of a raft of new additions for Summer 2023. The Belfast city service will operate four times per week whilst the Gatwick rotation will be twice daily. The new services are part of [read more]
US airframer Boeing has been awarded a firm order for 100 Boeing 787 Dreamliners with the option to purchase a further 100 in an order which sets the US record for the type. The order also includes 100 Boeing 737 Max single-aisle airlines which include the conversion of 44 previous [read more]
Aer Lingus (including Aer Lingus UK) has unveiled the largest-ever transatlantic schedule from its UK base at Manchester (MAN/EGCC) with a 72% increase on the New York route. An aircraft change on the Manchester to New York route from an Airbus A321LR to an Airbus A330 will provide 133 more [read more]
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