Airline news

All Jet2 flights from the UK to Spain have turned back to the UK according to data from flight-tracking service Flightradar24.com. The flights currently affected are LS641 East Midlands to Alicante LS605 East Midlands to Malaga LS1451 Stansted to Fuerteventura LS271 Leeds to Alicante LS879 Manchester to Alicante LS177 Glasgow [read more]

Loganair (LM/LOG) has taken over another former Flybe route this time in the form of the vital connection between the Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS) and Liverpool (LPL/EGGP). The twice-daily service will be operated by a Loganair Saab 340 aircraft maintaining essential connectivity for the Island and also to help patients [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has said that it is cancelling all flights to Italy in light of the Italian Governments implementation of a country-wide lockdown. The move also comes after the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) advised against all but essential travel to Italy. British Airways currently flies to most major [read more]

Online cheap flights specialist Netflights has launched a petition in the hopes of persuading Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) to rename the airport after Aviatrix Amy Johnson. According to Netflights, the timing is right for the change as the airport has revealed updated plans for a brand new terminal to complete [read more]

Airlines look set to get a temporary exemption from having to utilise 80% of their slots in order to keep them. Secretay of State for Transport Grant Shapps MP recently wrote to Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) asking them to reconsider the rules on slot utilisation during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. [read more]

The National Police Air Service (NPAS) has announced that four new bespoke aircraft are being added to the fleet. Based out of the NPAS base at Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA/EGCN) the aircraft will operate across the UK tasked in a similar way to the Helicopter fleet. The aircraft, Vulcanair P68, [read more]

Struggling regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) has entered administration tonight after failing to reach a rescue deal with its shareholders or the UK Government. In a statement, Flybe said: “CEO Mark Anderson has expressed his deep regret that, after making every possible attempt to secure the airline’s long-term future, Flybe has [read more]

Chloe Haines, the woman who tried to open the door on a Jet2 Flight last year prompting the RAF to launch a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) response has been sent to prison for two years. Haines (26) of High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire went into a drunken rage on the Jet2 [read more]