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Virgin Atlantic is moving its London to Las Vegas flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from March 2019. The route will also benefit from an upgrade to a state of the art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft instead of the current Boeing 747-400. The upgrade means an increase in [read more]

Exeter based regional airline Flybe is to reduce its fleet of aircraft to 70 over the next 2 years in a bid to make the airline more efficient. The move will allow the airline to continue its strategy of reducing its overall fleet and to concentrate on profitable routes only. [read more]

As the latest French Air Traffic Control (ATC) strike takes hold later today here’s what you need to know if you plan to travel over the next few days. Today’s strike is the latest in a long-running dispute by French Air Traffic Controllers who are unhappy with changes to their [read more]

The RAF100 Aircraft Tour gets underway this weekend and its first stop on the tour is Cardiff. For this weekend only you will a Wessex Helicopter, Eurofighter Typhoon, A Harrier and a Spitfire parked on the grass in front of Cardiff’s City Hall and you can visit them, for free. [read more]

Major Indian airlines Jet Airways (9w/JAI) has announced that it will operate a four-times-weekly service from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Mumbai (BOM/VABB). The route will start in November 2018 and will operate on Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday using an Airbus A330 with 254 seats. The route will be Jet Airways [read more]

Wales will see a flypast of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) Lancaster this evening at Chepstow and Cardiff as the Welsh connections to the famous Dambusters raid are remembered. The raid, known as Operation Chastise, took place 75 years ago over the course of the 16th & 17th May 1943. [read more]

Low-cost airline Primera Air began services from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) this week with flights to New York starting on Friday 18th May. The airline’s operation at Birmingham got underway on Monday with the first flight to Malaga and Palma from the Midlands airport. Primera, like many other airlines, is being hit by [read more]

The Blades aerobatic display team has announced that Gerald Cooper will join the team as the new Blade 4 for 2018. Gerald joining the team is the first time a pilot will be in the team who isn’t a former Red Arrows pilot and fills the gap left by Mike Ling, [read more]