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Belgian carrier VLM has announced it is to begin flights from Manchester Airport to Antwerp and Ostend-Bruges from October 2018. VLM will operate flights to Antwerp twice daily Monday to Friday, with daily flights over the weekend. Ostend-Bruges will be served once a day. The Ostend-Bruges service is a first [read more]

The 2018 Yeovilton Air Day could be the best ever judging by this years line up of both flying and static displays. The Air Day, which takes place on Saturday 7th July 2018 at RNAS Yeovilton, sees confirmed displays including the Canadian CF/16 in a special NORAD 60 scheme, the [read more]

The ultra-long-range variant of the Airbus A350 XWB has completed its first flight from Toulouse as it embarks on its certification process. The Ultra-long-range (ULR) A350 XWB will fly further than any other commercial airliner currently available and will help launch customer Singapore Airlines take the crown for the worlds longest route [read more]

Leeds-Bradford based holiday airline Jet2 has announced a raft of new routes for Summer 2019. The new routes include destinations in France, Croatia, Italy and Turkey on flights from Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports. Birmingham Airport sees new routes to Bergerac, France; Pula, Croatia; Kefalonia, Greece; and Verona, Italy. [read more]

Australia’s Matt Hall won the Red Bull Air Race in Cannes, the first ever air race in France. Britains Ben Murphy of The Blades Racing Team faced an uphill challenge after a poor qualifying saw him face the fastest qualifier Michal Goulian in the Round of 14. Sadly Ben lost [read more]

A disappointing qualifying session this afternoon saw Ben Murphy qualify in 14th pace ahead of tomorrows Red Bull Air Race in Cannes, France. The result means Ben will face Air Race veteran and 1st place qualifier Micheal Goulian in the Round of 14 race tomorrow. In his post-qualifying reaction, Ben said: “Not [read more]

Britains Ben Murphy is all set for the second Red Bull Air Race of the 2018 season in Cannes, France. This weekends race is the first to be held in France and will see Ben go up against local pilots Nicolas Ivanoff, François Le Vot and Mika Brageot who will [read more]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is to issue an airworthiness directive that will require airlines to carry out inspections on CFM56 engines on Boeing 737’s. The move comes as a result of an engine failure on a Southwest Airlines flight on Tuesday which killed one passenger although the FAA has been working [read more]