Former British Airways and International Airlines Group (IAG) CEO Willie Walsh is set to be become the next General and Chief Executive of IATA. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is holding its annual meeting today where Mr Walsh will be proposed as the successor to outgoing Alexandre de Juniac [read more]
In a bid to raise funds and clear its storage facilities, British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced that from Monday (23rd November) it would be selling off items from its retired Boeing 747 fleet. The various items available include a set of William Edwards pasta bowls for £40, passenger quilts for [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has called on the UK Government to lift travel restrictions allowing more people to travel home this Christmas. The call comes after the UK Government announced a “test and release” system which would cut quarantine time from 14 to 5 days. Under the new scheme [read more]
Teesside Airport has confirmed that Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) will be launching flights from the airport in June 2021. Ryanair will be operating to two destinations, Palma De Mallorca and Alicante. The first flight will depart Teesside on the 4th June 2021. The announcement was made by Tees Valley [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed to UK Aviation News that no decision on the future of Boeing 747-400 G-BNLY has been made. The internet rumour mill has recently been awash with rumours initially saying the aircraft, which carries the iconic Landor livery, would be preserved. Most recently Speedbird TV ‘confirmed’ [read more]
On January 31, 2020, the United Kingdom made history as it formally withdrew from the European Union. While British small businesses and trading partners had been anxiously awaiting the result since the original referendum in June of 2016, few have noted the potential impact to travel to and from the [read more]
The first airline to operate zero-emission flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) will not pay landing fees for 5 years after the airport set out a series of ambitious commitments to net zero. The offer is effectively a challenge to airlines and a first for the industry with the winner getting [read more]
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has clarified its requirements in clearing the Boeing 737 Max to return to European skies. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the type weeks ago but EASA carried out its own independent review of the aircraft type which was grounded in 2019 following two [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced a 24-hour long cyber-weekend sale with £25 OFF return flights across 1,600 routes. The airline is offering the discount on flights between 1st December 2020 and 31st January 2021. The offer will allow people to jump on a flight to find some winter sun, or snow [read more]
US-based low-cost airline JetBlue (B6/JBU) will start transatlantic flights from Boston and New York to London but without their desired route to Heathrow after the UK’s slot regulator Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) denied a request for 48 slot pairs at the UK’s biggest airport. As a result, JetBlue has been [read more]
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