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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]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed it will be launching a direct service to Pittsburgh (PIT/KPIT) from Spring 2019. The flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) will operate 4 times-per-week year-round from 2nd April 2019 using a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. The flight will be the UK’s only direct connection to the city. [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair has issued 90-day redundancy notices to 100 pilots and 200 crew at its Dublin base as it plans to transfer aircraft to Poland from the 28th October. Dublin has been hit by three strikes this month by Pilots of the Irish Airline Pilots Association in a [read more]

The third strike by Irish pilots of budget airline Ryanair has seen flights cancelled for over 2,500 passengers flying between the UK and Ireland. Ahead of today’s strikes, Ryanair tried to shift blame onto its pilot’s by publishing pay slips and claiming its pilots earn between €150,000 and  €200,000 per annum [read more]

A summer of fun for kids aged 3-13 is planned at Manchester Airports Runway Visitor Park. The Runway Visitors Park (RVP), which is by far one of the best facilities for aviation enthusiasts in the UK, will be holding a number of events throughout the summer holidays including Sunday Fun [read more]