Travel

Low cost, long-haul specialist Norwegian has announced it is to begin flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to Rio De Janeiro (GIG/SBGL) in March 2019. The airline says the new route will be the lowest priced non-stop option between the UK and Brazil with flights starting at just £240 one way [read more]

Leading UK airline Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it is in talks with Flybe about a potential takeover. The talks come after the airline put itself up for sale after concerns were raised about it’s susceptibility to cash flow demands from creditors and payment processors following multiple profit warnings. It is likely [read more]

Research has shown that 1 in 4 British travellers consider China as a dream destination as more and more flights between the UK and China launch. The research carried out for Air China has shown that almost a quarter of Brit’s put China as top of their bucket list of [read more]

Regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) has launched its Black Friday sale with 100,000 seats available for £25 one-way. From now until the 26th November 2018 these flights can be booked for travel between the 8th December 2018 and 27th March 2019. Flybe flies to destinations across Europe from leading UK airports [read more]

A summer of strikes for Irish budget airline Ryanair is one of the factors cited as helping Easyjet boost profits up by 41% for the year to September. Strong summer sales and a clear strategy for all BREXIT scenarios also helped the airlines pre-tax profits top £578m. Looking forward to [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has launched a 8-day long sale event dubbed ‘Cyber Week’. Kicking off today with up to £30 off return flights to destinations across Europe for next summer, the deals will change daily. That means each deal must be booked by midnight on the day of [read more]

Scottish airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced it is launching two routes from Bournemouth Airport (BOH/EGHH) to the Channel Islands for 2019. The seasonal flights to Jersey and Guernsey will operate for Summer 2019 from April to October. Operated by a 37-seat Embraer 135 Regional Jet, the flights will be six-times [read more]

London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has reported record passenger numbers for October 2018. The airport says that 1.5 million passengers used the airport in October, a 7.9% increase over the same period last year. The increase comes as a raft of new routes are launched by Easyjet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, SunExpress, [read more]