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VLM Airlines has said it will end the Antwerp to Birmingham (BHX/EGBB) service in the “coming weeks” as it seeks to focus on its charter operations. In a press releases by VLM owner, SHS Aviation, the planned service to Manchester (MAN/EGCC) is also postponed until further notice as the airline cuts [read more]

Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) has been named as the UK’s most family friendly airport by Netflights.com. Netflights.com polled 2,000 British families based on their habits and experiences of using airports in the UK with children. Birmingham topped the poll thanks to 80% of its flights leaving on time in June 2018, [read more]

Thomas Cook Group airline has announced a partnership with Spanish carrier Air Europa which will allow passengers to connect through to Air Europa. Passengers will be able to “interline” via Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Ibiza (IBZ) and Las Palmas (LPA) to destinations including Seville, Salamanca and Santiago de Compostela. Christoph [read more]

Budget Irish airline Ryanair has been battered by industrial action lately by its pilots in Ireland and cabin crew in Belgium, Spain and Portugal resulting in hundreds of flights being cancelled. It now faces a fight on a new front after German pilots from the Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union voted in favour [read more]

The UK’s aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has made a statement setting out & clarifying the right to compensation for UK passengers caught up in the recent Ryanair strikes. The Irish budget airline has been hit by strikes from Pilots in Ireland and Cabin crew in Belgium, Spain and [read more]

Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) is making changes to its US West Coast services from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) for Summer 2019. The airline had previously planned to operate a 3 times-per-week flight to Los Angeles from May 2019 but this has now been reduced to a twice-weekly service from 21st June 2019. [read more]

Low-cost carrier Easyjet has launched the first of its four new routes from London Southend. The flight to Bordeaux, France which took off yesterday afternoon is the first of four to launch this summer and will also see a new aircraft at the base. The Bordeaux flight will operate 3 times [read more]

Looking across social media we see many complaints about being charged to drop off and pick up passengers at UK airports with some people having to pay several pounds just to stop near the terminal to drop off family or friends for a flight. In order to look at this as [read more]