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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]
British Airways (BA/BAW) are set to unveil a special Boeing 787 Drealiner to mark the airlines 100 year anniversary. The airline has already posted a teaser video which shows the rear of a Boeing 787 emerging from a hangar and boarding passes show famous names set which look set to [read more]
Ryanair Holdings PLC (owners of Ryanair) has now taken full control of Laudamotion (OE/LDM) following the completion of the sale of 100% shareholding in the airline. Ryanair is planning to grow Laudamotion from 4 million passengers in its first year of operations (from March 2018) to 6 million in year [read more]
Ryanair is launching a direct flight from Cardiff Airport to Malaga this summer according to its website, bringing the number of destinations served from Wales’ national airport to six. The flight (FR4950/4951) will operate 3 times per week from 3rd June through to September. Ryanair’s Robin Keily said: “Ryanair is [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has announced it is to build a private terminal which will offer a ‘private jet experience’ to all passengers, no matter what airline they are flying with. Called PremiAir, the terminal will be separate from the three main terminals at the airport and will offer guests a [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has launched 150 of its winter 2019 routes as it seeks to secure customer bookings earlier than ever before. Passengers can now book destinations from the UK to Germany, Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain for flights through to March 2020, that’s more than 12 months [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced it will be painting a series of its Boeing 747 Jumbo Jets in special retro liveries covering the airlines history as the type nears retirement. The first livery, BOAC, will be applied to Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC which will arrive at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) resplendent in [read more]
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