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The Flybe name is set to disappear from airports in 2020 as new owners, Connect Airways Ltd, rebrand the airline as Virgin Connect. As we reported earlier this year, the new owners had always planned to rebrand the regional airline after rescuing it from near collapse and the new name [read more]

Low-cost airline Norwegian has announced an increase in capacity of key routes between the UK and the US. Service increases will occur from March 2020 on routes including San Francisco and Tampa. The airlines says that the increase is demand driven which is backed up by Norwegians high load factor [read more]

Scottish regional airline Lognair (LM/LOG) has announced that its signed an interline agreement with leading American carrier, United Airlines (UA/UAL). An interline agreement is a commercial agreement between the two airlines and means that it can sell tickets and handle passengers that require multiple flights on multiple airlines, in this [read more]

Dutch national airline KLM turns 100 today and on this day it’s poignant to mark its history and long-term association with the UK. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij or as we know it, KLM started life on the 7th October 1919 after being affirmed by Dutch Queen Wilhelmina. It was one of the [read more]

Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG/BBC) will add flights from Manchester to the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka (DAC/VHGS) and the important region of Sylhet (ZYL/VGSY) in the New Year. The route will be the first time Biman has operated from Manchester since leaving 7 years ago during a restructuring phase. Starting on the [read more]

Low-cost carrier Norwegian.com has reported strong passenger traffic and revenue numbers for September in its latest financial releases. The airline says it flew 3.3 million people in September which is an increase of 2% with an average load factor of 90%. The growth comes as the airline works through its [read more]

Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is continuing its expansion on of the UK domestic network with the addition of four new key routes from Cornwall Newquay Airport (NQY/EGHQ). Launching in early 2020 the new routes will transform connectivity between the South West with Scotland and the East of England with [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has set out plans to increase its long-haul operations from the UK’s 3rd largest airport, Manchester (MAN/EGCC). For the Winter 2019/20 season it will add an addition service to the popular Caribbean island of Barbados as well as increased use of the Boeing 747-400 to add capacity [read more]