Airline news

Charter Airline Hi Fly Malta, a subsidiary of Hi Fly, will not renew its lease of Airbus A380 MSN006 (Currently 9H-MIP) when it expires later this year. Hi Fly leased the ex Singapore Airlines Super Jumbo from Doric Aviation after the asian carrier end its lease after 10 years. The [read more]

Scotland has joined England & Wales in banning all but essential international air travel. The move announced by First Minister Nicolas Sturgeon where she said that Scots “should not travel overseas except for essential purposes.” The move means that there will be no holiday or leisure flights from mainland UK [read more]

Manchester Airports Group CEO Charlie Cornish has released a damming statement claiming that the Government has “neglected UK aviation”. The statement is in response to the banning of holiday and leisure air travel from 5th November until at least the 2nd December from England and Wales. Mr Cornish said that [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it will operate its planned flights from the UK during the lockdown stating on 5th November leaving leisure travellers unable to travel and no right to a refund. The prime minister Boris Johnson announced the new lockdown on Saturday which means that non essential travel would [read more]

As from the 1st December 2020, Romanian low-cost airliner Blue Air is moving its flights from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) creating the first low-cost link between Heathrow and Bucharest. Initially the airline will operate flights between Bucharest and Heathrow 5-times-per-week which will increase to 11-flights-per-week in Summer [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has launched a spooky sale for Halloween which it says is “frighteningly good”. Travellers looking to get away in the final part of 2020 can get one of 50,000 seats available at just £9.99 as long as they book before midnight on Halloween (31st October). [read more]

British Airways parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG), has reported a €6bn loss in its Quarter 3 (Q3) financial results. The group, which also owns Aer Lingus, said Q3 had seen it run an operating loss of €5.9bn compared to a €2.5bn profit in the same period last year. IAG [read more]

Ryanair has said it is to suspend all operations from Irish airports with the exception of Dublin. The suspension will start on 4th November and last for at least 4 weeks and will see flights stopped from Shannon, Cork, Knock (West Ireland). Ryanair has taken the decision due to a [read more]