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FlyBMI (BMI Regional) (BM/BMR) has ceased all operations as the airline has entered administration tonight. The airline has been struggling financially for some time and could not secure a cash injection to keep it afloat today. All flights have been cancelled by the airline and many of its aircraft have [read more]

Argyle and Bute Council has announced that it has failed to secure a new operator for an island hopping air service which ends on the 15th May. Hebridean Air Services currently operate the routes linking Oban to Coll, Colonsay and Tiree under a Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract with the [read more]

Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has won a court of appeal ruling that means it can communicate directly with customers bypassing what it describes as ‘claims chasers’. Ryanair policy is that it will always communicate and directly pay any EU261 compensation directly to the claimant rather than to a company acting [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has launched a new initiative to help customers change their bookings, or find the right help if there is a problem with their flight. The new section of its website – ba.com/helpme – will assist customers to manage their bookings as well as carrying out re-bookings, requesting [read more]

Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has posted 3rd Quarter losses of £17.2m, its first loss since 2014, despite passenger numbers being up. The airline blamed lower fare prices and excess winter capacity for the losses as well as a much higher fuel bill, up 32%. Traffic with the airline grew 8% [read more]

Turkmenistan Airlines (T5/TUA) has been banned from flying its aircraft into European and UK airspace after the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) expressed doubts about its safety standards. Placing the airline on its blacklist stops the airline, which operates a 27-year-old Boeing 757-200 on its routres from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) [read more]

Stobart Air is adding a daily service from London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) to Newquay Airport (NQY/EGHQ) in Cornwall. Operating under a Flybe codeshare the service will begin on the 1st April, initially as a 5-day per week service but will increase to daily from the 1st May. The route will [read more]

Cash-strapped regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) is facing a legal challenge to its sale to Connect Airways Ltd, A consortium led by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group. The challenge is being led by Hosking Partners who are also seeking to oust Flybe chairman Simon Laffin and replace him with Eric Kohn. [read more]