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TUI has confirmed it is adding a new service from Bristol to Punta Cana from April 2018. Holiday Airline TUI Airways (BY/TOM) will operate the new long-haul route, which starts on the 5th April 2018, with a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner. The first return flight being 12th April. Punta Cana is [read more]
A special British Airways flight bound for Disneyland Paris took off from Manchester Airport today. On-Board were families that have been affected by the cowardly attack on concertgoers at the Manchester Arena earlier this year. Michelle Keegan and Mark Wright met with passengers before the flight that was organised by British [read more]
UK and European short break specialist Super Break have added a raft of new special charters from Wales. Super Break had previously announced a one-off break to Akureyri in Northern Iceland in January from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF), the first direct flight from the UK to Akureyri. The success of that offering [read more]
Norwegian has said it plans to increase the frequency of its London Gatwick to Boston service from June 2018. The service, which currently operates 4-times per week will increase to daily from 12th June. Norwegian Air International operates the transatlantic service from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to Boston Logan (BOS/KBOS) using a [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it is willing to recognise unions for its pilots after being hit by strike threats from pilots in 4 of the airline’s core markets. On Tuesday the union representing Irish Ryanair pilots, IALPA, gave formal notice to the airline that pilots would strike on the 20th December [read more]
Budget airline Easyjet (U2/EZY) is launching 20 new UK routes for Summer 2018 from airports around the UK. The new routes include flights to Croatia, France, Spain, Turkey & Italy from seven of Easyjet‘s UK bases. Sophie Dekkers, Easyjet‘s UK country director, said: “We’re really pleased to be launching 20 [read more]
German carrier Lufthansa shocked the aviation industry yesterday when the announcement came they were to abandon a deal to buy defunct Air Berlins leisure carrier, NIKI leaving the airline insolvent. The news means that the Austrian leisure carrier has now been forced to cancel all flights from December 14th after [read more]
Ireland based Ryanair pilots who are members of IALPA have notified Ryanair of their intent to take industrial action before Christmas, a move which the Irish budget carrier says it will “face down”. 83 Ryanair pilots who are members of the Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA) voted to take industrial [read more]
The German Pilots association, Vereinigung Cockpit, has said that Ryanair can expect industrial action, including strikes, at any time over what it describes as “systematic social dumping” by Ryanair. The action is intended to assist Ryanair Pilots in their collective bargaining process for fair and transparent working conditions. Ingolf Schumacher, Head [read more]
UK Low Cost Carrier Easyjet has added 3 new destinations from Belfast International (BFS/EGAA) for Summer 2018. The LCC will offer flights to Naples (NAP/LIRN), Valencia (VLC/LEVC) and, in a contender for the shortest route on the network, to the Isle of Man (IOM/EGNS) just 67nm away from Belfast. The [read more]
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