Air travel news from UK Aviation News

Norwegian Boeing 737 on Finals to London Gatwick

Norway Government will now offer support for Norwegian

21/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Government of Norway has said it will support and contribute to the capital of Norwegian Air Shuttle just two-months after it refused further support for the struggling carrier. Since then the airline has entered a restructuring process under an “examinership scheme” in Ireland and a “supplementary reconstruction” process in [read more]

Teesside mayor Ben Houchen with Embraer 145 Spirit of Teesside

Loganair to launch Teesside to Heathrow route

18/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The UK’s biggest regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced it is launching a direct service between Teesside International (MME/EGNV) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The service will initially operate twice-daily on Monday to Friday from 8th March with a single flight on Sundays. This will increase on 28th March to add [read more]

Norwegian 787 Dreamliner at London Gatwick

Norwegian: Massive job losses at Gatwick

14/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Norwegian is to end its trans-Atlantic and Asian long-haul network as part of its restructuring process resulting in over 1,000 job losses at Gatwick Airport. The airline group which has been struggling to weather the pandemic is closing Gatwick based Norwegian Air UK which operated flights to the US, Singapore, [read more]

A Loganair Saab at London City Airport (Image: TransportMedia UK)

Loganair confirms ambitious Isle of Man Summer 21 schedule

12/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Leading UK regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has confirmed its schedule for the Summer 2021 season from the Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS). The airline recently switched its daily London flight from London City to London Heathrow and this will increase to twice daily from 28th March 2021. Manchester sees a twice-daily [read more]

Holiday Companies cancel holidays as UK enters new lockdown

05/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Thomas Cook and TUI have cancelled all holidays from the UK as the new national lockdown takes effect to try and beat the growing number of Coronavirus infections. TUI said that passengers due to travel from airports in England before mid-February, or from a Scottish or Welsh airport up to [read more]

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Watchdog to investigate Ryanair’s ‘Jab & Go’ campaign

04/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The UK’s advertising watchdog is set to investigate Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) after a recent campaign showed a vaccine bottle and invited customers to ‘Jab & Go’. The Advertising and Standards Authority has received thousands of complaints about the advert with some arguing that it misled customers into thinking [read more]

A busy scene at London City Airport (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Seven UK & Irish Airports that have achieved Carbon Neutrality

04/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Six UK airports have already achieved Carbon Neutrality according to Airport Carbon Accreditation Programme (ACA). According to the ACA, to achieve ‘Level 3+ Neutrality’ status the airports must meet the following criteria: Determine emissions sources within the operational boundary of the airport company. Calculate the annual carbon emissions. Compile a carbon [read more]

Aer Lingus to start sales of UK transatlantic flights

04/01/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Aer Lingus is to begin sales of transatlantic flights between Manchester and the US from Friday subject to approval from the US Department of Transportation. According to filings the airline has sought approval from the US DoT to promote, advertise and sell tickets from the UK to the US from [read more]

Ukraine International Airlines B737 (Image: LLBG Spotter/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Aircraft Accidents fell in 2020 but deaths rose

02/01/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

According to a report by Aviation Consultants To70, commercial aviation accidents in 2020 fell from 86 in 2019 to just 40 but the number of fatalities rose from 257 to 299. The increase in fatalities comes despite a significant decrease in air global air travel due to the Coronavirus Pandemic [read more]

Flights between UK and India to resume

01/01/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Flights between the UK and India are set to resume from 8th January following their suspension after a new variant of Coronavirus was found in the UK. India’s Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that initially only 15 flights per week would be allowed in order to allow India [read more]