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Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) was the first airline to land at the new Murcia Regional Airport (RMU/LEMI) as it took over flights to the region from the old San Javier Murcia Airport. Officially opened by King Felipe V1 of Spain, the airport will see flights from the UK with [read more]

Struggling regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) is to be rescued by a consortium involving Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic and the Stobart Group. Flybe put itself up for sale two months as cash levels were putting the airline’s operations at serious risk and it realised that a take-over was the only [read more]

Many flights from the UK to Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport (AMS/EHAM) have been cancelled today as wind speeds expected to exceed 30mph. At least 60 flights have been cancelled with KLM being the worst affected. The dutch airline has cancelled all flights from London Heathrow, London City, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, [read more]

TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) has started to roll out its latest aircraft, the Boeing 737 Max 8, across its network and there is a good chance you could see it an airport near you soon. With 2 aircraft currently in service G-TUMA and G-TUMB, Summer 2019 will see the Max [read more]

The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has granted Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) an Air Operators Certificate (AOC) paving the way for Ryanair UK. The airline requested the certificate in order for it to continue flying domestic flights within the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit. As an [read more]

Garuda Indonesia (GA/GIA) is changing its Jakarta to London service to operate a one-way service to Denpasar, Bali. From the 22nd January 2019, Garuda will operate Jakarta (CGK/WIII) – London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) – Denpasar (DPS/WADDS). The service operates three-times per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays using a Boeing 777-300ER [read more]

Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) is increasing its summer capacity at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) by using an Airbus A321 aircraft for Summer 2019. The Airbus A321 is the stretched variant of the A320 that normally operates from the airport but it still isnt a Thomas Cook aircraft. Like the A320, the A321 [read more]

Cabin Crew at Ryanair’s Spanish bases are set to carry out three 24 hour strikes this month over their working conditions and what they say is a failure by the Irish budget airline to comply with local laws. The two unions representing the cabin crews, USO and Sitcpla, has said [read more]