Airline news

UK start-up Hans Airways has today confirmed that it has successfully completed a round of new financing which will enable it to move forward with plans to start flying from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) to Amritsar, India. The investment will also see the company restructured with Chief Operating Officer Nathan Burkitt [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) and Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) have both gained slots at London Heathrow (LHR.EGLL) according to data from Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) – the UK’s airport slot regulator. Completed slot trades for both airlines show BA has leased (swapped) slots from fellow IAG airline Iberia and Virgin has purchased [read more]

Manchester based start-up Sentra Airways has said it will launch flights from Manchester to Accra, Ghana by the end of 2022. Operating an Airbus A330-200 leased from Air Lease Corporation Sentra Airways will operate under its own Air Operating Certificate (AOC) offering direct flights from Manchester Airport. Sentra is the [read more]

UK start-up Hans Airways is recruiting cabin crew as it inches towards launching services from Birmingham (BHX/EGBB) to Milan in Italy and Amritsar in India. The recruitment gives hints about its expected launch date with the airline hoping passenger operations will begin by the end of 2022. Applicants for the [read more]

The UK’s largest regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is set to bolster its summer schedule for 2023 with additional flights from Scotland to other UK airports and Norway. Additional flights from Edinburgh to Southampton, Exeter and Bergen lead the way from the Scottish capital with additional flights from Glasgow to Southampton [read more]

The Isle of Mans Civil Aviation Administration (IoM CAA) has investigated a serious security breach at Isle of Man airport (IOM/EGNS) after a passenger was able to bypass security. According to Manx Radio the passenger was able to leave a flight, go to his car, and then return to the [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has called on the UK, Irish, Italian and Spanish Governments to protect flights that fly over French airspace during the ATC strikes which have again led to 100s of cancelled flights. The French Government has used minimum service legislation to protect French flights and French [read more]

Doncaster Sheffield Airport, which is due to close later this year, is set to become a hi-tech business park under plans revealed by owners Peel Group. Peel Group want to expand on the plans for the £1.7 billion GatewayEast development, located near the airport and attract cutting-edge, future-tech businesses to [read more]