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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]
Ryanair has reached an agreement with the union representing Irish Airline pilots in a bid end strikes. The dispute over how the airline handled base transfers, annual leave and promotions has been going on since July and has seen multiple walkouts by Pilots from the Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA) [read more]
Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has hit 1 million passengers for 2018 this august, a 7% increase over the same period in 2017. Figures showed that Cardiff Airport saw 935,000 passengers pass through its terminals 9 months in to 2017 but it has already welcomed 1 million passengers since 1st January 2018. [read more]
Ryanair and Air Malta have announced a new partnership that will people visiting Ryanair’s website to book onward flights on Air Malta’s network. The move opens up 21 Air Malta routes on Ryanair.com across Africa, Asia and Europe including Casablanca, Moscow and Zurich. It is important to note though that [read more]
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced it will launch a new service from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) to Cluj in Romania. Cluj is the gateway to North Western and Central Romania and is the unofficial capital of the Transylvania region. Cluj is also a destination for nature addicts and avid city explores [read more]
The top 20 family-friendly airlines have been named by the website Play Like Mum after they looked at the facilities for traveling families on the worlds top airlines. The website looked at criteria such as in-flight entertainment for kids, early boarding, free checked luggage and being able to take pushchairs [read more]
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