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A drop in reliability to below the UK average has forced Guernsey based airline Aurigny to lease two new ATR 72-600 aircraft in a bid to arrest the fall. The airline, which is owned by the States of Guernsey, had previously been one of the UK’s most punctual airlines but [read more]
The UK’s leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is celebrating one year of connecting remote destinations in Scotland with London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) with what it calls “Gamechanger” routes. After obtaining the sought after slots into Heathrow Loganair announced it would connect the UK capital to Derry and Dundee, the latter connecting [read more]
RwandAir, the national airline of Rwanda, has begun daily flights between Kigali and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) up from its previous four flights per week. The frequency increase shows the demand for the route which is operated by an Airbus A330. The daily flight from London to Kigali WB711 departs Heathrow [read more]
Etihad has teamed up with the Abu Dhabi’s Department of Culture and Tourism (DCT) to offer passengers transiting through Abu Dhabi with Etihad a free one or two night stay at a premium Abu Dhabi hotel. Guests booking flights with Etihad through Abu Dhabi will now have the option to [read more]
India’s largest airline, IndiGo has placed a firm order with Airbus for 30 Airbus A350 widebodies as it looks to expand its international long-haul network. The order comes ahead of an expected boom in international travel from India which is already the fastest growing aviation market in the world. IndiGo’s [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) is launching a direct flight between Aberdeen Airport (ABZ/EGPD) and Teesside Airport (MME/EGNV) restoring North-east England connectivity to Scotland. Starting on the 20th May, the new service will initially operate daily Monday to Friday and on a Sunday but this will increase to twice daily from the [read more]
Turkiye’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines has unveiled a new initiative with Airbus and Rolls-Royce in a bid to strengthen Turkiye’s role in the aerospace industry. Unveiled at a meeting at Turkish Airlines headquarters in Istanbul the new initiative, known as Strategic Türkiye Enhanced Programme (STEP), will create highly skilled jobs [read more]
The return of the Dublin (DUB/EIDW) to Minneapolis St Paul service makes the completion of Aer Lingus’ North American transatlantic network to pre-pandemic status. Aer Lingus hasn’t operated the route since 2020 but the newly reinstated route took off again on the 29th April. The route is served by an [read more]
Low-cost carrier Wizz Air is working with British company Firefly Fuels to produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) from human sewage in order to have 10% of its flights powered by SAF by 2030. Firefly has developed a process which can convert the human waste into fuel and having signed Memorandum [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has unveiled a new pathway for aspiring commercial pilots to prepare them for joining a commercial airline. In partnership with CRM Aviation Europe, the Airline Pilot Standard Multi-Crew Cooperation (APS MCC) is focused on teaching new pilots the necessary skills to work as part of [read more]
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