Norwegian 787 Dreamliner at London Gatwick
Airline news

Norwegian increases Gatwick to New York frequency

Low-cost carrier Norwegian.com has announced it is increasing its London Gatwick to New York service to 3 times per day. The additional flight will operate 6 days per week (excluding Saturdays) and will leave Gatwick  (LGW/EGKK) at 09:50hrs, arriving in New York (JFK/KJFK) at 13:00hrs. Giving passengers the option of 3 [read more]

Qatar A350-900 arrives into Cardiff Airport (Image: Pete Harrison)
Cardiff Airport News

Qatar Airways is in Cardiff for the long-haul

Qatar Airways Chief Executive His Excellency Akbar Al Baker has said his airline plans to be at Cardiff Airport forever as flights between Doha and Cardiff get underway, but it’s not all about passengers. One of the keys to the success of Qatar Airways new service linking the two capitals is [read more]

WestJet 737 Max 8 (Acefitt/CC BY-SA4.0)
New Routes

WestJet flies 737 Max 8 into Gatwick

Canadian low-cost airline WestJet has started its 737 Max transatlantic operations when it flew a 737 Max 8 from Halifax to Gatwick yesterday. WestJet has 6 Boeing 737 Max 8’s in service but Sunday’s flight was the first time they have flown one across the Atlantic. WestJet’s Interim EVP Commercial, Tim Croyle said: [read more]

Singapore
Cardiff Airport News

5 days to the Qatar Launch – Singapore anyone?

It’s just five days before the worlds best airline, Qatar Airways comes to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to begin its daily service* to Doha (DOH/OTHH) using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The new service opens up a world of destinations via Doha and amongst them is the gateway to south-east Asia, Singapore. The [read more]

VLM Airlines A320
New Routes

VLM to launch flights from Manchester

Belgian carrier VLM has announced it is to begin flights from Manchester Airport to Antwerp and Ostend-Bruges from October 2018. VLM will operate flights to Antwerp twice daily Monday to Friday, with daily flights over the weekend. Ostend-Bruges will be served once a day. The Ostend-Bruges service is a first [read more]

Vueling A320 EC-KDX
News

Vueling pilots to call 4 days of strikes

Pilots for Spanish low-fares airline Vueling (VY/VLG) are to strike for 4 days in April and May according to the Spanish Union of Airline Pilots (SEPLA). The action has been called as Vueling, which is owned by British Airways’s parent International Airlines Group (IAG), is not fulfilling the correct terms [read more]