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RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland has been announced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as the UK’s home for the E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft (AEW&C) aircraft. The MOD placed an order for five of the Boeing 737-700NG based surveillance aircraft in 2019 will replace the Boeing E-3D [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) is shelving 15 long-haul destinations from its network as it streamlines its operations to recover from the Coronavirus pandemic. From 28th March 2021 (unless stated), flights to Pittsburgh Calgary, Charleston, Seoul, Durban, Dammam, Lima, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur, Seychelles (24th April 2021), Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Jeddah will all [read more]

Dublin based Aircraft Leasing specialist ABRIC has reached a conditional agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) which allows the airline to return one of its leased ATR aircraft. The agreement will see PIA return an ATR72-500 to ABRIC with the contract being terminated provided PIA meets certain undisclosed conditions. The [read more]

Loganair (LM/LOG) now has a service between Scotlands two biggest cities, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The 30min flight (including taxi time) will set you back around £94 but could see people avoiding having to drive on the M8 and then not having to worry about parking in either city. Travel from [read more]

Virgin Atlantic has begun a sale & leaseback program for two of its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in order to free up around £70m in cash. The deal will see Griffin Global Asset Management, together with Bain Capital, purchase the two aircraft under an agreement that will see the aircraft lease [read more]

Campaigners including Friends of the Earth Ltd and Plan B Earth have had their appeal victory against Heathrow Airports 3rd Runway overturned by the UK’s highest court. The move paves the way for Heathrow Airport to formally obtain permission to build the 3rd Runway at the UK’s largest airport. Friends [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) is restarting a route between London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) and Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC). The flight will operate daily from 28th March 2021 and shows that British Airways does still aim to operate flights from Gatwick and to maintain its valuable slots. British Airways services at London Gatwick all [read more]

Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has flown in some extra Christmas cheer as it delivered packages to a group of Scottish food banks. Due to its reduced flying programme in 2020 the airline has saved on providing in-flight catering and has used the cash to donate to food banks in [read more]