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Norwegian rejects IAG Bids

08/05/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) has confirmed it has rejected two separate bids by International Airlines Group (IAG). Norwegian said that the offers were ” unanimously rejected on the basis that they undervalued NAS” after being reviewed by the Board. IAG confirmed last month that it had bought a small [read more]

Italian strike set to cause travel chaos tomorrow

07/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

National strike action in Italy will affect airports across Italy as Air Traffic Control and Airport Staff walk out on Tuesday 8th May. Airlines have already started to cancel flights ahead of the Action including Flybe flights from Cardiff to Venice & Rome and from Birmingham & Manchester to Milan. The [read more]

Met Police spent £5 million on premium flights

07/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

The Met Police spent nearly £5 million on premium flights in 3 years according to research by the Tax Payers Alliance. The total spending on flights between April 2015 and December 2017 was £8,577,748 of which £4,838,689 paid for premium tickets. The Met also spent over £400,000 on first-class tickets [read more]

Morane-Saulnier File Image (Image: Rama/CC BY-SA2.0)

Ex French Air Force plane forced to land on Devon beach

05/05/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

A former French Air Force plane has carried out an emergency landing on a Devon beach. The Morane-Saulnier MS.315, No 354, is understood to be G-BZNK (not pictured) which was built in 1932 and operated with the French Air Force before passing into private hands as F-BZNK. According to local media, [read more]

L-R-Neil Turner, Alistair Coffin, Maggie Gault, Matt Thompson. (Image: NATS)

NATS EFPS System takes-off at Farnborough

04/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

The UK’s leading air traffic services provider, NATS has successfully introduced its Electronic Flight Progress Strips (EFPS) system to Farnborough Airport (FAB/EGLF). The NATS “Hub and Spoke” system incorporates Approach and Radar services along with Farnborough’s Lower Airspace Radar Service (LARS). Farnborough saw 27,000 movements last year and with 100,000 flights [read more]

Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737 (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Six new routes take off at Newcastle Airport

03/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Summer 2018 has seen six new routes take off at Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) with Thomas Cook and Jet2. Thomas Cook brought Enfidah, Tunisia back to the airport for the first time in 3 years and this summer will also be flying to Bodrum, Turkey. Jet2 & Tui also launched new [read more]

Norwegian 787 Dreamliner at London Gatwick

Norwegian increases Gatwick to New York frequency

03/05/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Low-cost carrier Norwegian.com has announced it is increasing its London Gatwick to New York service to 3 times per day. The additional flight will operate 6 days per week (excluding Saturdays) and will leave Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) at 09:50hrs, arriving in New York (JFK/KJFK) at 13:00hrs. Giving passengers the option of 3 [read more]

Qatar A350-900 arrives into Cardiff Airport (Image: Pete Harrison)

Qatar Airways is in Cardiff for the long-haul

02/05/2018 4 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Qatar Airways Chief Executive His Excellency Akbar Al Baker has said his airline plans to be at Cardiff Airport forever as flights between Doha and Cardiff get underway, but it’s not all about passengers. One of the keys to the success of Qatar Airways new service linking the two capitals is [read more]

Air India increases flights to Amritsar from Birmingham

01/05/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Air India has announced that it is increasing the frequency of its flight from Birmingham to Amritsar to three times-per-week from 5th May 2018. The service currently operates twice-weekly but the airline will add an additional service on Saturday evenings. The flight will arrive Birmingham Airport at 18:15 and depart for [read more]

Qatar A350 lands at Cardiff Airport (John Moore)

Qatar Airways has landed at Cardiff Airport

01/05/2018 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

At 12:30 the very first Qatar Airways flight between Doha (DOH/OTHH) and Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) touched down on Runway 30. The flight, which arrived 20 minutes early, was given a water salute as it marks the start of a new era for Cardiff Airport with scheduled long-haul flights offering one-stop [read more]