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The UK Government has today announced air bridges to 59 countries which will allow travellers to fly to them without the need to quarantine for 14-days on return. The countries pose what the government calls a “reduced risk” of coronavirus transmission and include some of the most popular holiday destinations [read more]
Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA/EGCN) is officially open again from today as Wizz Air resumes operations from the Northern regional airport. Wizz Air will operate 3 flights from the airport today to Riga, Krakow and Vilnius first flight leaving at 17:55 local time. The airport has put in place strict measures [read more]
Greece has extended its ban on flights from the UK for at least another two weeks as a result of the still relatively high cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in the UK. Holiday companies and Tour Operators had hoped to restart flights to Greece in early July without the need to [read more]
Boeing will begin a three-day flight test programme for the Boeing 737 Max on Monday 29th July in order to get the aircraft re-certified and back into service in 2020. According to sources within Boeing, the programme will be conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) using their own pilots [read more]
The UK Government is set to announce a series of “Air Bridges” to popular holiday spots in order to allow quarantine free travel between those destinations. Sources have suggested that Air Bridges will exists between France, Spain, Italy & Greece but they could be extended to cover the whole of [read more]
Holiday airline Jet2 (LS/EXS) is set to cut 482 jobs as it seeks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The airline is looking to cut its workforce by 380 Cabin Crew and 102 Pilots. Staff were told of the cuts in a letter from Jet2 Chief Executive Steve Heapy in [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has stepped in with “rescue fares” on the London Southend (SEN/EGMC) to Vilnius (VNO/EYVI) route that was dropped by Wizz Air (W6/WZZ). The fares start at just £9.99 and are designed to help out passengers left without flights to the Lithuanian capital after the cancellation [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) recently announced it was to resume passenger flights from London Heathrow from 20th July but only to limited destinations. The initial offering included just Orlando, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York JFK and Shanghai but has now delayed the resumption of the Heathrow – Orlando service to [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has resumed flights from Southampton & Teesside Airports today as it looks to slowly build back up its flight programme. Starting today the Southampton (SOU/EGHI) to Belfast City (BHD/EGAC), Manchester (MAN/EGCC) and Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) routes have restarted as well as Teesside (MME/EGNV) to Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) and Belfast [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has released a video outlining the measures its taking to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and keep passengers safe as more and more airlines start to resume flights. The UK’s third-largest airport has been trialling the measures of the last few weeks and now has a comprehensive [read more]
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