News from the world of Civil aviation and air travel. Including UK airlines and airports.
Canadian airline Air Transat has today launched a summer sale on flights from the UK to Canada for travel between June and October 2024. For those looking to visit Quebec’s largest city Montreal flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) are available from £349 return if you book before 2nd of July. [read more]
Air India will launch a direct service between Benglauru to London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) from late summer this year to meet growing demand for travel between the UK and the Bangalore region of India. The new service will operate five-times-per-week using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner which includes Air India’s business class [read more]
Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) has launched a flash sale on transatlantic flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) for passengers looking to jet off to the Caribbean or North America. Aer Lingus flies direct to three transatlantic destinations from the North-West to England hub, New York JFK, Orlando and Barbados. [read more]
The Oneworld alliance, which includes British Airways, has welcomed Fiji Airways as its 15th member airline. The Fijian flag carrier has been a Oneworld connect partner for the last 5 years developing links with other Oneworld airlines but now becomes a full member. Fiji Airways offers Oneworld a gateway to [read more]
Budget airlines easyJet and Ryanair are amongst the airlines that have been fined almost €150 million by the Spanish Government over charges for passengers for extras such as carry-on luggage and reserving seats. The move is the biggest sanction against the industry ever issued by the Spanish authorities and sees [read more]
US low cost carrier JetBlue (B6/JBU) has started its new service between Edinburgh and New York with the inaugural flight taking off yesterday. The new daily service is operated by an Airbus A320neo featuring JetBlue’s “Mint” cabin featuring 16 Mint Suites offering a fully lie-flat bed. Operating into New York [read more]
Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) has announced it is launching flights to Las Vegas, USA from its hub at Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) from October this year. The route will operate three times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays using an Airbus A330-300 airliner, the largest aircraft in Aer Lingus’ fleet. Launching [read more]
Leading UK regional airline Loganair’s (LM/LOG) Glasgow to Donegal service has become a year round service with the summer schedule coming into effect yesterday. There will be up to three flights per week between the two destinations offering a direct airline between Northwest Ireland and the Scotland. Passengers using there [read more]
Saudia Group, which operates Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier Saudi as well as budget airline flyadeal, has placed an order for an additional 105 singe-aisle A320neo family airliners with European airframer Airbus. Announced at the Future Aviation Forum in Riyadh, the deal adds to the 144 aircraft already on the books [read more]
Ultra-low-cost-carrier Wizz Air is offering passengers the chance to win a chance to visit all 200 of Wizz Air’s destinations with a ‘lifetime of flights’ worth €20,000 as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. Launched in 2004, Wizz Air flew its first flight from Katowice in Poland to London Luton in [read more]
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