Travel

The first Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft for the new incarnation of Flybe has today arrived at Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) ahead of plans to begin commercial flights. Birmingham Airport was announced as the new headquarters and base of the airline, which bought the rights to the Flybe name, last week. The [read more]

The UK has placed a ban on all commercial and private flights from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe from Midday today, Friday 26th November, as fears grow over a new variant of Coronavirus. The move means that passengers arriving back from these countries to the UK must [read more]

Ryanair has today launched a massive ‘Buy One Get One Free’ deal for Black Friday with 1 million seats available in the offer. The offer comes on Day 4 of Ryanair’s cyber week and sees passengers being able to treat a loved one to a trip to one of 1,000 [read more]

Low-cost airline easyJet (U2/EZY) has confirmed it is adding an additional Airbus A320 aircraft to its base at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) for Summer 2022. The move will see an additional 176,000 additional seats to destinations across Europe within easy reach of people from the South West of England and South [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it will operate 130 flights per week from East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) in Summer 2022. The move will see East Midlands become one of the Key airports in Ryanairs UK network with flights to 31 European destinations being available from April. Destinations include [read more]

The re-opening of US Borders to vaccinated travellers from the UK could see the north of England benefit from a transatlantic boom as passengers look to travel away from the busy London airports. Manchester Airport, the UK’s third-largest, will see direct transatlantic flights return on Monday 8th November with Virgin [read more]

Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a cut to Air Passenger Duty (APD) for domestic flights in todays budget. The move means that passengers using domestic airlines such as Loganair will no longer be penalised by paying APD in both directions putting them on par with airlines flying to Europe. Mr Sunak [read more]

The upcoming budget could see chancellor Rishi Sunak cut or slash air passenger duty (APD) for flights within the UK. Under current tax laws, air passenger duty is charged on all flights departing a UK airport which means domestic flights are charged on all sectors. Currently APD is charged at [read more]