Destinations

British Airways (BA/BAW) is reportedly targeting a return to the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka (DAC/VGHS) after an 11-year absence. The airline is seeking permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) to operate the route from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). British Airways last flew to Dhaka in 2009 but has recently [read more]

Iberia’s subsidiary airline Iberia Express is set for a winter schedule between Newcastle Airport to Madrid, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria. The flights will operate from 26th December 2020 to 3rd January 2021. This will be the first time the North East of England will be served by Iberia Express, which was [read more]

Indian airline Spicejet has confirmed it is launching flights from Delhi to London Heathrow from December 4th 2020. The new route, which was announced by Chairman Ajay Singh, will be the low cost carriers first long-haul scheduled flight. The flight will be operated by an Airbus A330-900neo. As the flight [read more]

US low-cost airline Jetblue (B6/JBU) is to launch flights to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) in 2021 according to multiple sources close to airline. The airline is launching two transatlantic flights from Boston (BOS/KBOS) and New York JFK (JFK/KJFK). The new routes will be the first flights to Europe for the airline [read more]

TUI has cancelled all holidays to the resort of Laganas on the island of Zante (Zakynthos) as people are failing to take measures to control the spread of Coronavirus. The move comes after the Welsh and Scottish Governments say that travellers returning from the Island must quarantine for 14 days. [read more]

Direct flights from London Southend (SEN/EGMC) to Bergen, Norway got underway today when the inaugural Widerøe flight departed at 10:45am. Passengers on the 1hr 50min flight were treated to a water arch from the airports fire service on departure from Southend and had special cake to celebrate the launch. Christian [read more]

Switzerland could be removed from the UK’s coronavirus safe travel list later this week according to sources. The alpine country has just passed the UK Goverments threshold of 20 cases per 100,000 people with latest figures putting Switzerland at 20.7. Neighbouring Austria was removed from the list along with Croatia [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has released details of its planned flying programme for Summer 2021 with a total of 31 routes planned. The majority of the flights (24) will operate from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) while the rest will operate from Belfast (BFS/EGAA), Glasgow (GLA/EGPF) and Manchester (MAN/EGCC). As previously announced, Virgin [read more]