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Aer Lingus is considering moving its Transatlantic services from Shannon (SNN/EINN) to an airport in the UK as Irish Government Covid-19 travel restrictions have left the two Airbus A321LR aircraft it has based there grounded. Six UK airports, including Edinburgh and Manchester, are bidding for the routes according to the [read more]
Direct flights from London Southend (SEN/EGMC) to Bergen, Norway got underway today when the inaugural Widerøe flight departed at 10:45am. Passengers on the 1hr 50min flight were treated to a water arch from the airports fire service on departure from Southend and had special cake to celebrate the launch. Christian [read more]
Switzerland, Czech Republic and Jamaica are being removed from the UK Government’s Coronavirus safe list. This means that travellers returning from these destinations will now to need quarantine for 14-days on return from 04:00 on Saturday. Traveller now have just over 24 hours to return to the UK to avoid [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is launching new direct services from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Islamabad and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Lahore & Islamabad. Both services will start in December 2020 with the Lahore service operating 3 times-per-week and the Islamabad service operating 4 times-per-week. Virgin Atlantic said “We’re thrilled to let [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) is adding 14 extra weekly flights from UK airports to Faro following the UK Governments decision to put Portugal back on the Coronavirus safe list. The move will make it easier for British holiday makers to travel to the Algarve without the need to quarantine [read more]
Switzerland could be removed from the UK’s coronavirus safe travel list later this week according to sources. The alpine country has just passed the UK Goverments threshold of 20 cases per 100,000 people with latest figures putting Switzerland at 20.7. Neighbouring Austria was removed from the list along with Croatia [read more]
The popular destinations of Croatia and Austria have been placed on the list of destinations that will require 14-days of quarantine on return to the UK. The Caribbean islands of Trinidad & Tobago will now also require quarantine which comes into force for all 3 destinations at 4 am Saturday [read more]
Iberia, TUI Airways UK and Pegasus are all relaunching flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) this week which means passengers using the airport now have a choice of 120 destinations. Pegasus is resuming flights to Dalaman, Turkey and TUI Airways UK is adding Larnaca & Paphos in Cyrpus as well as [read more]
Ryanair’s new Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) to Vienna (VIE/LOWW) service has officially launched today as the first flight departed the South West of England regional airport. The flight will now operate twice-weekly for the duration of Ryanair’s summer schedule at Bristol Airport and in operates in under the Vienna based Laudamotion [read more]
Indian low-cost airline Spicejet (SG/SEJ) has confirmed it has a acquired a daily slot pair for London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from 1st September 2020. The slots were awarded in what is a “bubble” arrangement between the UK and India and gives Spicejet the opportunity to operate a a flight arriving into [read more]
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