Travel

Virgin Atlantic is moving its London to Las Vegas flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from March 2019. The route will also benefit from an upgrade to a state of the art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft instead of the current Boeing 747-400. The upgrade means an increase in [read more]

Exeter based regional airline Flybe is to reduce its fleet of aircraft to 70 over the next 2 years in a bid to make the airline more efficient. The move will allow the airline to continue its strategy of reducing its overall fleet and to concentrate on profitable routes only. [read more]

As the latest French Air Traffic Control (ATC) strike takes hold later today here’s what you need to know if you plan to travel over the next few days. Today’s strike is the latest in a long-running dispute by French Air Traffic Controllers who are unhappy with changes to their [read more]

A little over a year ago, Qatar Airways and Cardiff Airport announced a new route from Cardiff to Doha, Qatar, with onward connections to over 150 destinations worldwide, including New Zealand, Australia, China, Thailand and India. The 1st May 2018 saw all the years of hard work by the teams [read more]

London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has continued its growth with a 3.3% increase in passengers using the airport last month. April saw 1.3 million passengers pass through Luton Airports terminals, the 15th consecutive 1-million-plus month for the airport. London Luton also bolstered its relationship with airline partners Wizz Air who recently [read more]

Dubai based Emirates has announced it is to begin a daily service to Dubai (DXB/OMDB) from 1st October 2018. The move comes as Emirates’ Abu Dhabi based rival Etihad prepares to leave the Scottish capital’s airport. Etihad (EY/ETD) ends operations at Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) on the 30th September so there will be minimal [read more]

British Airways has announced it will be launching direct flights from London Heathrow to Durban (DUR/FADN) for Winter 2018. The flights, which begin 29th October, will give UK travellers the chance to escape the Northern Hemisphere winter and soak up the Southern Hemisphere sunshine on Durban’s golden beaches and for surfers, [read more]

National strike action in Italy will affect airports across Italy as Air Traffic Control and Airport Staff walk out on Tuesday 8th May. Airlines have already started to cancel flights ahead of the Action including Flybe flights from Cardiff to Venice & Rome and from Birmingham & Manchester to Milan. The [read more]