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Ryanair subsidiary Lauda (OE/LDM) is to launch flights from Vienna (VIE/LOWW) to Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) from March next year. The twice-weekly flights will be operated by an Airbus A320 and will run on Sundays and Wednesdays. The Sunday flight will leave Vienna at 10:00hrs arriving at Bristol at 11:35hrs and [read more]

Norwegian.com is now offering travellers and aviation enthusiasts the “unique opportunity” to fly from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic for less than £400! The journey will begin in Svalbard, Norway and travel over 9,800 miles to Ushuaia, Argentina via London Gatwick. Svalbard is located 650 miles from the North [read more]

Over the last few days some unusual aircraft had started to appear at UK and Irish airports including three Boeing 767’s from Eastern and a Malaysian Airbus A380. This combined with handling requests for other wet-lease operators such as HiFly at Gatwick and Manchester were the first clue that the [read more]

The UK’s oldest tour operator, Thomas Cook UK PLC, has collapsed tonight leaving thousands of holidaymakers abroad and up to 9,000 people in he UK without jobs. The group had been seeking a last minute rescue deal which included asking the government for help raising the £200m it needed to [read more]

Sources close to Thomas Cook PLC have suggested that hopes of a private rescue deal are all but over putting the company into the ‘final hours’. The news came as it emerged that the company has asked the UK Government to provide £200m in funding aid to prevent its collapse. [read more]

Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) saw its latest airline get direct flights to Sarajevo underway yesterday. FlyBosnia (6W/FBS) flew its inaugural flight from Luton to Sarajevo (SJJ/LOSA) after being sent off from Luton with the traditional water cannon salute. FlyBosnia CEO Tarik Bilalbegović said: “It is a great pleasure for me to [read more]

Thomas Cook is reportedly in last-ditch talks to sell off its Nordic Airline as well other aspects of the business to raise the cash needed to stave off collapse of the UK’s oldest tour operator. According to Sky News, insider sources have said that the company is exploring all possible [read more]

Scottish airline Loganair (LM/LOG) is to take over two key routes from Scotland to East Midlands from October as Flybe drop the routes. Loganair will ensure the route between East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) and Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) & Glasgow (GLA/EGPF) will continue after 27th October after stepping in “at short notice” [read more]