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The much anticipated launch of the JetBlue services between New York and London Heathrow has now been confirmed as launching on 11th August 2021 Initially operating twice per day, it will mark the beginning of JetBlue’s transatlantic ambitions using their new Airbus A321LR aircraft. The flight will be the first [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced a raft of new routes for its Winter 2021 schedule along with a 50% increase overall in the number of seats for the season. Many of the routes have previously been summer only routes and will be operated in the winter for the [read more]
As of today, 12 countries have been moved to the Green list of countries as announced by the UK government last week meaning you can travel without the need to self-isolate on your return. But of that 12, many are not accepting travellers from the UK so realistically, where can [read more]
The Government has revealed which 12 countries will be listed as green under its traffic light system for travel during the COVID pandemic. Portugal, Gibraltar and Israel were confirmed as green but popular destinations Spain and Greece were not. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says that we must ensure that where [read more]
French flag carrier Air France is launching a direct flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Nice in the south of France from the end of June. Air France will operate the service four times per week on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 28th June. The route will put [read more]
Aer Lingus Regional, operated by Stobart Air, is returning to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) for the first time since 2016 reviving two routes to Northern Ireland and Eire. The new route to Belfast City will commence on 28th June and will operate four times per week on Monday, Friday, Saturday, and [read more]
The UK Government is expected to announce which countries will feature under which colour on the COVID traffic light system later this week. The system will allow travel without the need to self-isolate for 14 days on return to countries that appear on the green list but this list could [read more]
Aer Lingus, which last flew a scheduled flight from Cardiff Airport in 2016, is set to make a tentative return to Wales’ national airport. According to ‘UK Aviation Schedule Analyst’ Sean M on twitter, Aer Lingus Regional will restart flights between Cardiff Airport and Dublin from 30th August 2021 operating [read more]
The High Court of England and Wales has ruled that Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) should compensate passengers whose flights were disrupted as a result of the 2018 strike by Ryanair pilots. The airline had argued that the strikes were exceptional circumstances and beyond their control so it shouldn’t have [read more]
Ryanair has launched its summer 2022 schedule earlier than normal in a bid to boost passenger confidence and encourage forward booking. The budget airline plans to operate around 1,800 weekly flights across 160 routes from the UK. Keeping with this summers plans, Greece features heavily including Santorini, Rhodes and Chania [read more]
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