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Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) claims that UK Air Traffic Provider NATS is actively discriminating against the airline, a claim which NATS has denied. The airline claims figures released by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) proves that NATS is giving special treatment to Heathrow and Gatwick and imposing delays on [read more]

Belgian airline VLM (VO/WLM) has ceased operations with immediate effect following a decision by shareholders today. The decision to liquidate the company was taken at an extraordinary general assembly by majority shareholder SHS Aviation B.V. VLM recently announced that they would be discontinuing scheduled flights to most of its destinations, including its [read more]

The British Government has lifted the ban on laptops and other large electronic devices being carried in the aircraft cabin for passengers flying to the UK from certain countries. The ban, which was introduced in March 2017, was a security measure and followed a similar move by the USA. It [read more]

Low-Cost carrier Norwegian.com is extending the lease of a Wamos Air A330-200 until the the end of October. The Wamos aircraft will operated the London Gatwick to New York JFK service from 2nd September to 27th October, a route normally operated by a state of the art Boeing 787-9. The [read more]

Liverpool Airport (LPL/EGGP) operated as usual during the strike by firefighters, bird control staff, engineers and drivers. Around 80 members of staff that are members of the GMB Union staged a 36-hour walked out over pay. The strike, which ended this morning, began on Thursday 23rd August and saw the GMB [read more]

Ryanair is bringing in new rules that will limit the amount of baggage that you can bring on board the aircraft, unless you pay a fee of course! Under the new rules, which come into force on the 1st November 2018, you can now only bring a bag on-board that [read more]

A survey of over 11,000 passengers has seen some major changes in the 2018 UK Airport Ranking by consumer watchdog, Which?. The 2018 survey saw Cardiff Airport drop significantly to below Bristol Airport and Manchester’s Terminal 3 and London Luton score the lowest results for passenger satisfaction. Doncaster Sheffield Airport [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has said it will end flights to Tehran (IKA/OIIE) from 22nd September 2018. The airline says the route is unviable following the resumption of US sanctions on Iran. British Airways only resumed flights to Iran 2 years ago following a previous 4-year suspension of the service. The [read more]