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Icelandic budget carrier WOW Air (WW/WOW) has ceased operations this morning after failing to secure a cash injection. The airline has been heavily in debt and was desperately seeking a cash injection but talks with possible saviours Icelandair and Indigo Partners broke down recently leaving the airline unable to continue. [read more]

It emerged yesterday that a WDL Aviation aircraft, operating for British Airways subsidiary BA Cityflyer, landed in Edinburgh instead of flying to Dusseldorf thanks to the incorrect flight plan being sent from WDL Aviation’s operations team. Irish budget airline Ryanair’s twitter team were quick to jump on the embarrassing mistake [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is set to launch flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil next year as it expands its network into South America. The flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Sao Paulo International Airport (GRU/SBGR) will take 11hrs 55 minutes and will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Brazil sees [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that its Airbus A350 will be the first aircraft to be fitted with the new Business Class “Club Suite”. The A350 joins the British Airways fleet in July and will initially fly some short haul routes including London to Madrid giving the crews the chance [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that the final BA100 retro livery will be NEGUS, used by the airline from 1974 to 1980. In what was probably the worst kept secret in aviation, Boeing 747-400 G-CIVB flew off to Dublin last saturday to be repainted into the famous livery which like [read more]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally joined the rest of the world and grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 following last weeks crash which killed 157 people. The FAA said that it was clear that the track of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 “was very close and behaved very [read more]

Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) has today put its new ‘Sleeper Seat’ on sale on its long haul flights giving passengers the chance to sleep their way across the atlantic. The innovative solution is a mattress that fits across a row of three seats at the rear of the aircraft which provides [read more]

London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has just recorded its busiest February on record with 1.2m passengers passing through its terminal, a 13.1% rise over the previous February. Luton Airport is not home to Easyjet (U2/EZY) and TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) it is also a major base for Ryanair (FR/RYR) and Wizz [read more]