Airline news

British Airways has unveiled its new first class seat which will it says will form part of the Airbus A380 cabin refit that is due to start rolling out in 2026. The new ultra-wide seat is 36.5″ wide & 79″ long when in lie-flat bed mode and features a multi-purpose [read more]

Irish airline Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) is set to launch its Black Friday sale tomorrow, Tuesday 26th November with price drops on many routes across the Atlantic from Manchester Airport. The airline operates from Manchester (MAN/EGCC) to destinations including New York (JFK), Orlando (MCO) or Barbados (BGI) and the sale will [read more]

The UK has spent the weekend being battered by Storm Bert with strong winds and rain battering much of the country. The storm has affected all forms of transport and air travel in particular has suffered hundreds of weather related cancellations on both Saturday and Sunday. According to data from [read more]

Canadian carrier Air Transat has announced a special promotion on winter flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to Toronto, Canada. The offer means that passenger wanting to fly direct from London to Toronto can fly from as little as £379 return if they fly between the 21st of November and the [read more]

Guernsey based Aurigny Air Services (GR/AUR) has announced additional routes for its summer 2025 schedule including daily flights to Manchester (MAN/EGCC), Bristol (BRS/EGGD) and Birmingham (BHX/EGBB). The popular London City (LCY/EGLC) route also gets boosted for summer 2025 with up to 15 flights per week being operated but the airline [read more]

Jet2 (LS/EXS) and Jet2holidays, the UK’s largest tour operator and leading leisure airline, have unveiled a major expansion of their Summer 2025 programme from Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM). Responding to growing demand from holidaymakers and independent travel agents, the companies have announced thousands of extra seats to popular destinations, alongside [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has been hit by another IT outage which is stopping pilots from being able to access and file flight plans digitally resulting in delays and cancellations from London Heathrow Airport. The system outage is also affecting other IAG airlines using Terminal 5 at Heathrow including Iberia. Many [read more]

Jet2 (LS/EXS), the last British passenger operator of the Boeing 757, has begun retirement of the mid-range twin-jet as deliveries of the A321neo continue. The airline has operated the workhorse airliner on holiday routes from the UK with a peak of 13 757s in its fleet. But with an average [read more]