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The Canary Islands have been removed from the UK’s list of safe travel corridors meaning that anyone returning from the Islands after 04:00am o Saturday (12th December) will to quarantine for two weeks. The move will come as a blow to UK holiday companies including Tui and Jet2 as the [read more]

The new Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) route from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Islamabad, Pakistan has got underway today with the first departure earlier today. Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and is a popular destination for the Pakistani diaspora living in the North of England as well for tourists to the [read more]

Boeing has successfully completed the first test of its MQ-25 T1 Automated Aerial Refuelling Store. The 2 1/2 hour test flight was conducted in partnership with the US Navy and was designed to test the aerodynamics of the vehicle using the underwing mounted Cobham Aerial Refuelling System (ARS). The Cobham [read more]

Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc (AT/RAM) is set to launch a direct service from the Atlantic coast city of Agadir to Manchester (MAN/EGCC) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The routes will be served by two-flights per week. In addition to Agadir, Royal Air Maroc will also be launching a four-flights-per-week [read more]

BA Cityflyer (CJ/CFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Airways, launching summer services from Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI). BA Cityflyer will offer up to 17 flights per week from Southampton from 1st May to 31st October 2021 to destinations including Malaga, Florence, Faro, Mykonos, Ibiza, Palma, Bergerac, Limoges–Bellegarde, Nice Côte d’Azur, Edinburgh [read more]

Dassault Aviation unveiled its latest business jet yesterday 8th December as it rolled out the Falcon 6X at Bordeaux-Merignac’s Charles Lindbergh Hall. The French plane makers latest aircraft features the tallest and widest cabin ever found on a business jet making long-haul travel even more comfortable. The cabin is up [read more]

Five people have been confirmed dead in a helicopter crash in the Savoie area of France. The aircraft was carrying out a rescue mission at the time of the crash but is owned by a private company, Service Aerien Francais, not military or emergency services. The alarm was raised by [read more]

Orders for Boeing’s beleaguered 737 Max family have continued to disappear as Boeing saw 88 orders cancelled last month. Despite the type being cleared to return to service airlines including Virgin Australia and Air Lease cancelled aircraft. Boeing did disclose though that Virgin Australia offset 25 of those cancellations with [read more]