Airline news

The airline dubbed Flybe 2.0 is returning to the skies for the first time since the original company collapsed in 2020 as the airline’s first flight between Belfast City and Birmingham got underway today. BE404 was the first passenger-carrying flight under the Flybe brand since March 2020 and it left [read more]

Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has launched its Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) to Wick John O’Groats (WIC/EGPC) service with the first flight leaving Aberdeen yesterday. The service will now operate (up to) twice daily on weekdays and Sundays and an additional early morning departure will commence from the 25th of April on Mondays, Tuesdays [read more]

Olso based Norse Atlantic Airways, a new low-fares transatlantic airline, has confirmed it has been awarded slots for Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) as it eyes a market left by Norwegian Long Haul at the airport. Norse had planned to start operations in 2021 but has currently delayed its initial launch until [read more]

Children under the care of CHAS, Scotland’s only child palliative care charity, have been treated to an eggcellent air experience thanks to Loganair (LM/LOG). The children and their families were taken on a special flight from Glasgow Airport around the Scottish highlands and islands. Loganair’s very own Easter bunny kicked [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has opened its two aircraft summer base at Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) bringing 10 new routes and 60 directly-employed jobs to the North-East. The new base will see Ryanair fly a total of 19 routes from Newcastle and up to 130 flights per week. New routes [read more]

IT problems have once again struck ‘Britain’s favourite airline’ British Airways (BA/BAW) leaving hundreds of passengers stranded and delayed yesterday. The global outage for the airline is the second major one this year leaving many questioning whether British Airways has made bad decisions on its IT infrastructure Airlines use IT [read more]

The reincarnation of failed regional carrier Flybe has finally put its first flights on sale, with the first flight on 13th April 2022. From its bases in Birmingham and Belfast it will serve 16 airports across the UK and Northern Europe. The first route to commence will be a four-times-daily [read more]

Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) have announced the creation of a brand new air service from Humberside (HUY/EGNJ) to Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) from April this year. The service will initially operate twice-weekly on a Monday and Friday from 1st April in a bid to increase connectivity between the Humber and Yorkshire [read more]