TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) will continue to charter aircraft for the foreseeable future as it continues to suffer from staff sickness levels according to sources close to the airline. So far the world’s largest charter airline has used aircraft from Canadian holiday partner Sunwing as well as from charter specialists [read more]
Manchester Airport will be one of the key exhibitors at the upcoming Wythenshawe Jobs Fair where potential recruits will be able to meet recruiters from the airport and its on-site partners. Airport owners, Manchester Airports Group. organised the event in partnership with Manchester City Council, Department for Work and Pensions [read more]
Ryanair has selected South Wales MRO provider Caerdav for winter maintenance of its Boeing 737 fleet. Formerly known as Cardiff Aviation, Caerdav was started by Iron Maiden front man Bruce Dickinson with help from the Welsh Government. After a rocky start, the MRO specialist has contracts with EasyJet and TUI [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has launched its Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) to Wick John O’Groats (WIC/EGPC) service with the first flight leaving Aberdeen yesterday. The service will now operate (up to) twice daily on weekdays and Sundays and an additional early morning departure will commence from the 25th of April on Mondays, Tuesdays [read more]
Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has announced that 24 popular routes are set to restart this March and April from the South West’s main airport, from four of its most popular airlines. easyJet Bristol’s biggest carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) is bringing back the most routes with the return of destinations including Antalya, Athens, [read more]
Storm Eunice battered the United Kingdom yesterday with the South-West bearing the brunt of the gusts that hit 122mph in exposed areas. Some people were watching over-enthusiastic presenters cheering on near-death experiences at London airports but others, like some of our team, were on board flights due to land at [read more]
Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has won its appeal against a decision by North Somerset to block its plans to expand the airport to cater for 12 million passengers per year. North Somerset Council voted not to approve the plans after a campaign by paid protest groups such as Extinction Rebellion despite [read more]
No one can deny it has been a turbulent couple of years for the aviation industry but signs of recovery are starting to appear and the 2022 outlook is getting more positive by the day with the peak of Omicron apparently behind us. But still, some might say that starting [read more]
According to the latest Which? airline customer satisfaction survey Ryanair is the worst UK short-haul airline with less than half of its passengers satisfied with the way the airline deals with refunds. The Irish budget airline achieved a customer score of just 60% in the survey but its refund satisfaction [read more]
The Coronavirus pandemic has wiped out almost 15 years of growth in the airline industry according to data from the latest Cirium Airline Insights Report. Passenger traffic across Europe was down almost 66% between January to September 2021 compared to the same period in 2019. The Middle East and Asia-Pacific [read more]
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