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After Norwegian, it now seems that EasyJet and Wizz air have joined in the bidding for Monarch Airlines. The offers were lodged just days after it emerged that the British travel group was plotting a radical overhaul of its strategy, underlining the urgency with which it is trying to find [read more]

The UK aviation regulator, Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has given trouble Irish low-fares airline Ryanair until 5pm today to revise its advice to passengers or face further action. The CAA stepped in on Wednesday when it emerged that Ryanair were deliberately and persistently misleading customers over their rights following the [read more]

Two men have suffered life-threatening injuries and burns in a light aircraft crash in near Coventry. The aircraft came down in a field near the village of Wolvey around 4pm this afternoon. The West Midlands ambulance service said that the injured men were taken to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, [read more]

Waves, a new airline based in Guernsey, has just been granted an Air Operators’ Certificate by Guernsey’s Air Registry, 2-reg ‘I am incredibly proud of the whole team in achieving our AOC. This has been the culmination of six months of hard work and is the first major milestone in [read more]

If you were out and about in Cardiff this afternoon you were in for a big surprise as a seaplane touched down in Cardiff Bay. The Cessna 182R Amphibian arrived at Cardiff Airport this morning ahead of its operations in Cardiff Bay later that afternoon. The aircraft, G-ESSL, operated around [read more]

If you were out and about in Cardiff this afternoon you were in for a big surprise as a seaplane touched down in Cardiff Bay. The Cessna 182R Amphibian arrived at Cardiff Airport this morning ahead of its operations in Cardiff Bay later that afternoon. The aircraft, G-ESSL, operated around [read more]

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said it is expediting enforcement proceedings against Irish low-cost airline Ryanair for repeatedly misleading customers. Ryanair has told passengers caught up in the recent pilot crisis that Ryanair did not have to book them onto another carrier if their Ryanair flight was cancelled. This [read more]

BALPA, the British Airline Pilots Association, has today suspended a strike planned for Friday by Thomas Cook pilots. The union says the move is to consult with members on the way forward in the ongoing dispute between Thomas Cook pilots and the airline. BALPA says that it will be consulting [read more]