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5,000 roles available at ex Thomas Cook employment event

03/10/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Manchester Airport is playing host to a special employment event today (3rd October) for former Thomas Cook staff where 5,000 roles are on offer. Manchester was one of the biggest areas hit by the collapse of the travel firm which hit not only employees but the Thomas Cooks’s supply chain. [read more]

Ryanair’s Lauda to launch flights to Bristol Airport

26/09/2019 Written by: UK Aviation News < 1 minute read

Ryanair subsidiary Lauda (OE/LDM) is to launch flights from Vienna (VIE/LOWW) to Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) from March next year. The twice-weekly flights will be operated by an Airbus A320 and will run on Sundays and Wednesdays. The Sunday flight will leave Vienna at 10:00hrs arriving at Bristol at 11:35hrs and [read more]

FlyBosnia get flights underway from Luton

20/09/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) saw its latest airline get direct flights to Sarajevo underway yesterday. FlyBosnia (6W/FBS) flew its inaugural flight from Luton to Sarajevo (SJJ/LOSA) after being sent off from Luton with the traditional water cannon salute. FlyBosnia CEO Tarik Bilalbegović said: “It is a great pleasure for me to [read more]

Busiest summer for Luton Airport but Wizz Air UK drops routes

11/09/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has enjoyed its busiest summer ever with 5.3 million passengers passing through the airport in August alone. The airport says that the most popular destinations included Malaga, Barcelona, Lisbon, Palma de Mallorca and Tel-Aviv. Alberto Martin, CEO of LLA, said: “The summer period is always a [read more]

Loganair announces six new routes for 2020

09/09/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Growing regional airline Lognair (LM/LOG) has announced that it is launching six new routes from UK airports in 2020 including its first route from Wales. The new routes are the latest to be announced under Loganair’s ‘Where next?’ programme, which is designed to expand the airline’s route network across the [read more]

Adria Airways to launch direct service to Liverpool

06/09/2019 Written by: Lisa Parkes < 1 minute read

Slovenian airline Adria Airways (JP/ADR) is set to launch direct flights from Ljubljana (LJU/LJLJ) to Liverpool (LPL/EGGP) com May 2020. The twice-weekly flight will operate using a Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet flying on Wednesdays and Saturdays. ADR472/43 will operate on Wednesday leaving Ljubljana at 06:35, arriving at Liverpool at 08:00; [read more]

Loganair’s new jet routes get underway

02/09/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Loganair’s (LM/LOG) latest jet routes have got underway from Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) and East Midlands (EMA/EGNX) airports. Aberdeen’s new jet routes to Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) and Norwich (NWI/EGSH) got underway yesterday (1st September) and East Midlands new routes to Inverness and Brussels launched today. All the routes are being operated by a [read more]

Gatwick Airport starts process to put Northern Runway into use

28/08/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) has begun the planning process it needs to put the northern runway, which is currently a standby runway, into use on a regular basis. Runway 08L/26R has a length of 8481ft compared to 10,880 feet on the main runway and sits around 400ft to the north [read more]

Thomas Cook to restart Gatwick to Lemnos flights

27/08/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) is to restart flights to the Greek island of Lemnos for summer 2020. The UK charter airline last flew to the island in 2014 but from 25th May 2020 package holidays will available for the island from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) Lemnos is currently only served by British [read more]

British Airways will phase out older aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400 over the next few years

British Airways Pilots announce September strike dates

23/08/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

British Airways Pilots have said they will begin a series of strikes on September 9th 2019. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) has given the airline formal notice that its members will strike on September 9th, 10th and 27th after an agreement could not be reached on a pay deal. [read more]