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Ryanair to buy 75% share in Laudamotion

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has agreed a deal to buy 75% of Niki Lauda’s new budget airline, Laudamotion. Ryanair will initially take a 24.9% stake in the airline then, Subject to European Union (EU) approval, increase that stake to 75% at a total cost of less than €50 million. In addition to [read more]

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Hainan Airlines plans Edinburgh to Beijing service

Hainan Airlines (HU/CHH) is planning to start an Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) to Beijing  (PEK/ZBAA) service from in 2018. The flight will operate up to 4 times per week with two inbound flights Beijing to Edinburgh going via Dubin (DUB/EIDW), and another two routing from Beijing to Dublin via Edinburgh. It will [read more]

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Loganair announces Carlisle routes

Scottish airline, Loganair (LM/LOG) has said it plans to launch flights from Carlisle Airport (CAX/EGNC) from June 2018. The flights will be the first scheduled routes from the airport in 25 years after it was given a new lease of life by the Stobart Group. Loganair will operate three routes to [read more]

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Ryanair cancels 5 routes from Frankfurt Hahn

Irish budget airline Ryanair is cancelling five routes from its base it Frankfurt Hahn airport (HHN/EDFH). Flights to Plovdiv, Porto, Valencia, Venice Treviso & Zadar will all end on the 23rd/24th March 2018. The news comes shortly after Ryanair announced it was closing its base Glasgow Airport with the based [read more]

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Virgin and BA to offer low-cost long-haul fares

Virgin Atlantic and British Airways are both introducing low-cost long-haul fares to compete with airlines such as Norwegian. Virgin Atlantic will be splitting its economy fares into three categories, Light, Classic and Delight – each with varying extras included. The basic light fare includes no hold baggage and just 10kg of [read more]

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Ryanair confident on BREXIT deal

Just days after outspoken CEO Michael O’Leary claimed Ryanair may cancel all flights for a day to punish the UK for Brexit, his chief marketing officer Kenny Jacobs has said the airline is confident that flights would not come to a halt after the UK leaves the European Union. Speaking [read more]

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Ryanair to close Glasgow base

Ryanair has announced it is to close its base at Glasgow Airport (GLA/EGPF) later this year with the aircraft and routes moving to Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH). The Irish budget carrier currently has 1 aircraft based at the Scottish airport but under its revised plans for Winter 2018 it will move the [read more]