St Athan based GJD Aerospace has announced that it is preparing to move two Douglas DC6 aircraft from Coventry to St Athan. One of the aircraft, former British Eagle Airlines G-APSA will be displayed at South Wales Aviation Museum once it has arrived in the Vale of Glamorgan. The other [read more]
Norwegian Air Shuttle, which owns Gatwick based Norwegian Air UK and Norwegian International, has said it is being forced to furlough an additional 1,600 employees. The airline had asked the Norwegian government for further financial assistance to get through the coronavirus pandemic but they refused, saying that extra loan guarantees [read more]
Last month we witnessed significant progress in humanity’s latest space venture. As far as off-world international co-operation goes, this is the largest team exercise for more than 20 years. The inter-continental collaboration which constructed and now operates ISS is now eclipsed by a new task: Put feet back on the [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced a new partnership with Teesside Airport with the announcement of flights to five destinations starting in 2021. The airline is launching flights to Aberdeen and Belfast City in February 2021 followed by Dublin, Jersey and Newquay in the Summer. There will be up [read more]
Leeds/Bradford based Jet2 (LS/EXS) is reportedly preparing to announce a base at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) according to their website. The Jet2 website is showing flights from the West Country regional airport starting in April 2021 to destinations including Almeria, Corfu, Faro and Kos. There has been no official confirmation from [read more]
As a result of the ongoing pandemic, London Luton Airport (LTN) has experienced an 82% drop in passenger traffic having seen 297,000 passengers in October. The ongoing ban on non-essential travel is expected to create an even larger impact on the airport and the airline industry which has already seen [read more]
Following her retirement from British Airways in 2014, former “City of Rome” has gradually been broken up for parts and has had sections of her exterior skin turned into MotoArt’s popular PlaneTags. These are scheduled to be released on Thursday at 1800hrs on the MotoArt website. Blue tags are priced [read more]
Jet2 & Jet2 Holidays have now officially announced that Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) will be the 10th base in the UK after it emerged the holiday company was loading flights from the regional airport onto its website last night. Operations at Bristol Airport will commence in April 2021 and operate throughout [read more]
Ukraine International Airlines (PS/AUI) is to launch its first service from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) next month. The three-times-per-week service to Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport (KBP/UKBB) will commence on the 17th December 2020. PS 117 will operate from Kyiv (KBP) at 09:50 and arrive in London (LHR), Terminal 2 at 11:25. PS [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]
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