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Low-cost carrier Easyjet has launched the first of its four new routes from London Southend. The flight to Bordeaux, France which took off yesterday afternoon is the first of four to launch this summer and will also see a new aircraft at the base. The Bordeaux flight will operate 3 times [read more]

Yesterday July 25th 2018, Zephyr, the British military Drone built by Qinetic and Airbus Defense and Space at Farnborough has broken the world record for the longest continuous flight. The Zephyr took off on July 11th and is still up in the stratosphere at 56,700ft above Arizona in the USA. [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed it will be launching a direct service to Pittsburgh (PIT/KPIT) from Spring 2019. The flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) will operate 4 times-per-week year-round from 2nd April 2019 using a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. The flight will be the UK’s only direct connection to the city. [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair has issued 90-day redundancy notices to 100 pilots and 200 crew at its Dublin base as it plans to transfer aircraft to Poland from the 28th October. Dublin has been hit by three strikes this month by Pilots of the Irish Airline Pilots Association in a [read more]

The third strike by Irish pilots of budget airline Ryanair has seen flights cancelled for over 2,500 passengers flying between the UK and Ireland. Ahead of today’s strikes, Ryanair tried to shift blame onto its pilot’s by publishing pay slips and claiming its pilots earn between €150,000 and  €200,000 per annum [read more]

The Ministry of Defence is preparing to sell RAF Scampton, home of The Red Arrows, as part of a plan to cut costs across the defence estate. The Lincolnshire base is earmarked for sale by 2022 along with North Yorkshire air base, RAF Linton-on-Ouse which is currently used as a flight [read more]

Firefighters are tackling a grass fire that has broken out at Bournemouth Airport causing at least one flight to divert. The blaze is on a large area of grass near Taxiway Tango on the north of the airfield in an area used for aircraft storage and maintenance. Firefighters from the Airport [read more]

A summer of fun for kids aged 3-13 is planned at Manchester Airports Runway Visitor Park. The Runway Visitors Park (RVP), which is by far one of the best facilities for aviation enthusiasts in the UK, will be holding a number of events throughout the summer holidays including Sunday Fun [read more]