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South Wales Police have recently launched an airport watch scheme at Cardiff Airport for plane spotters and aviation enthusiasts. Cardiff Airport Watch allows local plane spotters and regular visitors to the airport to become a reliable source of information about goings on outside of the fence and help to boost [read more]

Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air is to launch its UK airline, Wizz Air UK in October 2018. Operating under the W9/WUK codes the airline will launch at London Luton on the 28th October. Wizz Air UK will initially operate flights from London Luton to Lisbon &  Eilat, with Kharkiv being [read more]

Jet Airways has said it will increase the planned frequency of its Manchester to Mumbai service which is due to start in November. The Indian airline will now offer the service five times per week from launch with flights operating on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday using an Airbus [read more]

VLM Airlines has said it will end the Antwerp to Birmingham (BHX/EGBB) service in the “coming weeks” as it seeks to focus on its charter operations. In a press releases by VLM owner, SHS Aviation, the planned service to Manchester (MAN/EGCC) is also postponed until further notice as the airline cuts [read more]

The Daily Mail’s Mail on Sunday paper and website printed a fake news article by Mark Nichol on Sunday 5th August claiming that secrets about the UK’s F35 programme had been stolen in a “honeytrap plot” on Tinder. The Mail on Sunday claimed it could “exclusively reveal” that “Secrets about [read more]

Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) has been named as the UK’s most family friendly airport by Netflights.com. Netflights.com polled 2,000 British families based on their habits and experiences of using airports in the UK with children. Birmingham topped the poll thanks to 80% of its flights leaving on time in June 2018, [read more]

Thomas Cook Group airline has announced a partnership with Spanish carrier Air Europa which will allow passengers to connect through to Air Europa. Passengers will be able to “interline” via Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Ibiza (IBZ) and Las Palmas (LPA) to destinations including Seville, Salamanca and Santiago de Compostela. Christoph [read more]

Airbus has launched a programme aimed at helping to curb the global pilot shortage by offering training courses for new pilots. The Ab Initio scheme will train pilots from zero hours through to being A320 qualified with an ATPL (Air Transport Pilots Licence) at the Airbus Training Centre in Mexico. The [read more]