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Norwegian to drop Singapore flight from Gatwick

10/09/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Low-cost carrier Norwegian.com is ending its long haul service from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to Singapore (SIN/WSSS). The flight currently operates 4 times-per-week but will end on 10th January 2019, the last return flight will operate on the 11th January 2019. The Singapore service has fallen victim to dwindling passenger numbers [read more]

Easyjet A320 neo at Bristol Airport (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Bristol Airport celebrates busiest month ever

10/09/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Summer at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has been a busy one and thanks to nearly a million passengers, August was the busiest month in the history of the airport. The main summer holiday month saw 951,973 passengers pass through its terminal bringing the summer total to 1.8 million passenger, nearly 7% [read more]

Hawker Siddeley Trident 3B (Image: Michel Gilliand/GFDL/Wikimedia)

42 Years ago today: British Airways flight in mid-air collision

10/09/2018 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Today is the anniversary of a mid-air collision over Yugoslavia, a crash that is one of the worst air disasters to involve a British airline, and the 3rd deadliest mid-air collision in history. It is also the only fatal accident in the history of British Airways. On the 10th September [read more]

Airbus looks to add flying technology to its ships

09/09/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

European aerospace company Airbus has said it is planning to add its aeronautical expertise to an innovation that could revolutionize maritime transport. The SeaWing is a fully automated para-foil kite which is deployed from the front of the ship in order to “tow” the vessel through the water providing an [read more]

Ryanair CEO, Michael O’Leary with Laudamotion's Michelle Capelli, Melanie Brunner and Andreas Gruber (Laudamotion CEO)

Ryanair owned Laudamotion to double Airbus fleet

29/08/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Austrian low-fares airline Laudamotion has announced it plans to double its Airbus fleet now the Ryanair’s 75% share purchase is complete. The Irish budget airline’s investment has allowed Laudamotion to purchase an additional 9 Airbus A320 aircraft which will be delivered across Summer 2019. The new aircraft will bring the [read more]

A Wamos A330 (Image: Russell Lee/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Norwegian extends Wamos A330 lease for Gatwick flights

27/08/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Low-Cost carrier Norwegian.com is extending the lease of a Wamos Air A330-200 until the the end of October. The Wamos aircraft will operated the London Gatwick to New York JFK service from 2nd September to 27th October, a route normally operated by a state of the art Boeing 787-9. The [read more]

Airbus considering military version of A320neo

18/08/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Airbus is considering making a military version of the Airbus A320neo commercial airliner. The A320M3A (Modular Multi-Mission Aircraft), as it would be designated, would be offered to air forces looking for a multi-mission aircraft for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) roles. The aircraft would be capable being outfitted with modular roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) payloads [read more]

British Airways family zone at Heathrow Airport

Top 20 family-friendly airlines named

16/08/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The top 20 family-friendly airlines have been named by the website Play Like Mum after they looked at the facilities for traveling families on the worlds top airlines. The website looked at criteria such as in-flight entertainment for kids, early boarding, free checked luggage and being able to take pushchairs [read more]

Norwegian Boeing 787 Jane Austen (Image: Atle Straume)

Jane Austen takes flight with Norwegian

09/08/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The latest British hero to make it onto the tail fin of a Norwegian.com aircraft is Jane Austen. The Pride and Prejudice author now has her image on the tail of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, G-CKWE, which flies from London Gatwick on long-haul routes. The airline has always honoured iconic [read more]

Thomas Cook A321 (Image: Aviation Media Agency)

Thomas Cook partners with Air Europa

06/08/2018 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Thomas Cook Group airline has announced a partnership with Spanish carrier Air Europa which will allow passengers to connect through to Air Europa. Passengers will be able to “interline” via Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Ibiza (IBZ) and Las Palmas (LPA) to destinations including Seville, Salamanca and Santiago de Compostela. Christoph [read more]