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Irish Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) Ryanair (FR/RYR) has applied for enough slots to base 9 aircraft at Berlin’s Tegel airport (TXL/EDDT) following a deal which saw Easyjet pick up former Air Berlin slots. Easyjet and Lufthansa both purchased aircraft and slots when Air Berlin collapsed earlier this year in a deal [read more]

Start-up Ski airline Powdair has said its found a new backer for the venture but it wont fly this winter cancelling the bookings of around 5000 passengers. The airline was due to begin operations later this month from Sion (SIR/LSMS) to destinations across Europe including 6 UK airports. The idea [read more]

This week, British Airways (BA/BAW) announced they will be starting a new route to Kefalonia direct from the flag carriers base London Heathrow. The service is expected to start May 15th 2018 and through to October 6th 2018. The flight will depart from London Heathrow Terminal 5 twice on a [read more]

Swiss start-up Powdair has been forced to suspend the launch of its operations after its major backer walked away. Sion-Based Powdair had planned to begin operations on the 11th December 2017 with flights from Sion (SIR/LSGS) to 8 key European destinations including Edinburgh, Manchester, Southampton, Bristol, London Luton and London Southend. [read more]

Guided tour specialists Omega Holidays are planning to operate a flight to see the Northern Lights from Cardiff Airport in 2018. The flights, officially called “Dark Skies” flights, are designed to give you a better chance of seeing the elusive Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights by eliminating factors such as [read more]

Air India is adding a 2nd non-stop route from Birmingham Aiport (BHX/EGBB) to compliment its daily service to Delhi. The new route, which is due to commence early in 2018, is a twice-weekly service to Amritsar in Northern Punjab region making Birmingham the only UK airport to serve the destination [read more]

Forget a few huts in the street, if you want a real German market then why not head off to Berlin with Flybe from Cardiff Airport. Each year the German capital hosts one of Germany’s biggest markets and this years opens today. Running from the 23rd November through to 31st [read more]

Icelandic leisure airline Primera Air (PF/PRI) has added to new European destinations to it’s list of routes from Birmingham (BHX/EGBB). Daily flights to Malaga (MLG/LEMG) and Palma De Mallorca (PMI/LEPA) in Spain will begin on May 14th 2018 using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft configured in 189 seat one-class economy setup. [read more]