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Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a cut to Air Passenger Duty (APD) for domestic flights in todays budget. The move means that passengers using domestic airlines such as Loganair will no longer be penalised by paying APD in both directions putting them on par with airlines flying to Europe. Mr Sunak [read more]
The upcoming budget could see chancellor Rishi Sunak cut or slash air passenger duty (APD) for flights within the UK. Under current tax laws, air passenger duty is charged on all flights departing a UK airport which means domestic flights are charged on all sectors. Currently APD is charged at [read more]
It is not uncommon for people to recognise the Concorde, that divisive but ground-breaking piece of aviation engineering; yet few can name its supersonic rival. Breaking both records the Concorde seemingly claims, the Soviet Tupolev 144 was the first supersonic commercial design aircraft to break the sound barrier and the [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it will launch a new air link between the Northern Irish airport of Derry (LDY/EGAE) and Manchester (MAN/EGCC). Starting the 1st December 2021, the flight will operate three times per week using a Boeing 737-800. Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason Mc Guinness, said: [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has today announced a new twice-weekly route from Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) to Poznan, Poland. The new winter route starts on 4th December 2021 and operates until March 2022. Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason Mc Guinness, said: “As Europe’s No.1 airline, Ryanair remains committed to re-building Europe’s aviation [read more]
Aer Lingus’ UK based subsidiary, Aer Lingus UK (EG/EUK), is set to begin transatlantic operations for the first time next week as it launches its direct service from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Barbados. The airline, which is based at Manchester Airport, will see Aer Lingus compete with Virgin Atlantic on [read more]
Air Transat (TS/TSC) is set to resume its weekly direct flight to Toronto, Canada from Manchester next week as it returns to the airport for the first time since the Coronavirus pandemic all but grounded air travel in the UK. The popular route will operate from Terminal One at the [read more]
European airframer Airbus has reported 40 aircraft deliveries to 25 customers in the month of September 2021. The number brings the year to date to 424 aircraft to 74 customers. Some of the recent deliveries include the first Airbus A220 to French national carrier Air France. Airbus has also recently [read more]
The collective ingenuity of the Anglo-French aircraft manufacturing collaboration set in motion a wave of unlimited potential. Instigated in the context of the necessary development of aviation in post-war Europe, the harnessing of supersonic power in flight began. World War II unsurprisingly limited commercial flights around the globe but despite [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that its Airbus A380 superjumbos will return to the skies in November after being grounded by the Coronavirus pandemic. The Airbus A380 is the sole remaining four-engined airliner type in the British Airways fleet after the global pandemic saw the Boeing 747 Jumbo jet retirement [read more]
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