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Virgin Atlantic plan to launch UK domestic flights from Heathrow

18/09/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has said it plans to launch a raft of new routes from London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) including 12 new domestic routes. The airlines Chief Executive Shai Weiss unveiled the proposals, which also include 37 new European routes and 35 new global routes, but said that the new [read more]

British Airways Pilots call off strike

18/09/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) pilots have agreed to call off a planned strike on 27th September in a bid to return to negotiations before “irreparable damage is done to the brand” Pilots that are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have already carried out one walkout this month on [read more]

Virgin Atlantic to keep the A340 flying a bit longer

17/09/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) will keep its Airbus A340-600 aircraft flying a bit longer than its planned 26th October retirement date. The Airbus A340-600 will now continue to operate to flights to Delhi and New York until 8th December according to updated schedules listings. Some Virgin Atlantic were brought out of [read more]

Norwegian financial pressure lifted by bond extension

16/09/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Norwegian Air Shuttle has had the imminent financial pressure lifted by its bondholders agreeing to an extension on maturity. The trustees held separate bondholders’ meetings for NAS07 and NAS08 unsecured bonds and reported that at both meetings the vote went in favour for the proposed amendments. The amendments mean that [read more]

Thomas Cook seeks a delay to avoid financial collapse

16/09/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Thomas Cook will seek a delay to a key bondholders’ meeting on Wednesday as it tries to finalise a £1bn rescue package in a bid to prevent the UK’s oldest tour operator from collapsing. The collapse of Thomas Cook could leave thousands of holidays makers seeking alternative arrangements or having [read more]

Busiest summer for Luton Airport but Wizz Air UK drops routes

11/09/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has enjoyed its busiest summer ever with 5.3 million passengers passing through the airport in August alone. The airport says that the most popular destinations included Malaga, Barcelona, Lisbon, Palma de Mallorca and Tel-Aviv. Alberto Martin, CEO of LLA, said: “The summer period is always a [read more]

British Airways will phase out older aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400 over the next few years

Hundreds of flights cancelled as British Airways Pilots begin strike

09/09/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Hundreds of British Airways flights have been cancelled today as the airlines pilots start a two day walkout in a dispute over pay and conditions. The strike began at midnight local time and over 1700 flights have already been cancelled as a result and British Airways is advising passengers not [read more]

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Wizz Air UK to launch daily flights to Russia from Luton

08/09/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Wizz Air’s UK subsidiary, Wizz Air UK (W9/WUK), is launching daily flights to Russia from London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) from October 2019. The airline will fly daily to Moscow Vnukovo (VKO/UUWW) on a daily basis with flights leaving Luton at 06:50 and returning at 15:15. In addition, Wizz Air UK [read more]

Virgin to launch codeshare with GOL in Brazil

05/09/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Leading UK airline Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has announced that it has entered into a codeshare agreement with Brazillian low-cost carrier, GOL (G3/GLO) to offer onward flights across Brazil. Virgin Atlantic launches direct flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Sao Paulo (GRU/SBGR) from March 2020 and the new deal with GOL [read more]

Loganair’s new jet routes get underway

02/09/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Loganair’s (LM/LOG) latest jet routes have got underway from Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) and East Midlands (EMA/EGNX) airports. Aberdeen’s new jet routes to Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) and Norwich (NWI/EGSH) got underway yesterday (1st September) and East Midlands new routes to Inverness and Brussels launched today. All the routes are being operated by a [read more]