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The collapse of travel group Monarch sent a shockwave through the industry, the cause, according to Monarch was terrorism hitting its key markets and low-cost competition. But as the dust settles, fingers are starting to point at group CEO, Andrew Swaffield and other members of the board not only for [read more]

Cardiff Airport will see a passenger number boost today as fans arrive to see if Wales’ World Cup bid continues against the Republic of Ireland. Last week Wales were aiming for a playoff place until a shock result for Serbia has Chris Coleman’s men suddenly in the running for automatic [read more]

Thomas Cook pilots have called off 8 days of strikes planned for October. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said the strikes were cancelled after the two sides agreed to enter arbitration to resolve a pay dispute. BALPA’s Union members and Thomas Cook are in dispute after the company offered [read more]

Easyjet (U2/EZY) has suggested it will be looking to the domestic German market if they are successful in the purchase of Air Berlin aircraft. The Luton based Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) has put in a bid for around 30 of the defunct German airlines Airbus A320 aircraft. The aircraft, based in the [read more]

The Airbus’ A340 laminar-flow BLADE test demonstrator aircraft has made its successful maiden flight for Clean Sky project on the 26th September. The aircraft, dubbed “Flight Lab”, took off from Tarbes in southern France at local time 11:00, and after a series of tests, it landed at Airbus’ facilities in [read more]

The beleaguered low-cost airline, Ryanair has given in to its pilots over pay and conditions after weeks of denying pilots were leaving. The Dublin based airline recently put a cancellation policy into force causing misery for hundreds of passengers who had their flights cancelled at the last minute. Ryanair claimed it [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) is to increase the number of Inverness to Heathrow flights from seven to ten per week. The new schedule, which starts next May, which will see a 30 percent increase in capacity on the route. is the second major boost to the economy of the highlands and [read more]

There is no doubt that Cardiff Airport has secured a major coup in attracting Qatar Airways into the region but with the airport hoping to hit 3 million passengers by 2025, Air Passenger Duty (APD) devolution has to happen. The Qatar airways move into Cardiff baffled analysts across the globe [read more]