So you’ve done it. Well done. You’ve gone ahead, raised your £300k and somehow convinced an airline to sell you one of their retired 747s. Now what. Where do you put it? It’s not exactly small enough to fit in your backyard like that Harrier you bought on eBay or [read more]
Ryanair has launched its Cyber Monday sale by offering 10,000 seats for just £5. The offer is available on flights in December 2020 and January 2021 across 500 of the Irish low-cost airlines routes. Ryanair’s Director of Marketing, Dara Brady said: “Ryanair is here to banish the Monday blues with this [read more]
Low-cost carrier EasyJet (U2/EZY) and its package holiday arm EasyJet Holidays will offer reduced-price COVID-19 tests to help its customers take advantage of the new Test and Release rules on quarantine. Passengers returning to the UK from countries not on the safe travel list currently have to quarantine for 14-days [read more]
The Worldwide Airport Slot Board (WASB) has called on airport slot regulators to adopt a new set of principles rather than a carte blanche waiver on the 80/20 slot rule. The 80/20 rule means that airlines have to use their slots 80% of the time of face losing them but [read more]
On Saturday (28th November) RAF Typhoons were launched from RAF Lossiemouth to intercept two Russian Tu-142 Bear F aircraft. The Typhoons, which were scrambled to intercept the Russian reconnaissance aircraft, were joined by a Voyager air-to-air refuelling aircraft from RAF Brize Norton. The Tupolev Tu-142, NATO reporting name Bear F, [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) is to launch a second direct connection to the Channel Islands from Scotland for Summer 2021. The Scottish airline will begin a twice-weekly service from Edinburgh to Jersey from 22nd May 2021 using a 70-seat ATR72. Kay Ryan, Loganair’s chief commercial officer, said: “We are excited by the [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed it has found homes for its two remaining BA100 retro liveried Boeing 747s. The airline has been working hard to ensure the preservation of the three heritage jets since the retirement of the Boeing 747s was announced by British Airways earlier this year. It has [read more]
Some might say that launching a brand new magazine in the current climate is simply crazy but sometimes passion outweighs everything else and that’s exactly what Ken Carr has done with LHR Magazine. Published by Visions International Entertainment Ltd the new bi-monthly magazine is packed full of features and news [read more]
Tomorrow (3rd December) will see the last ever departure of a Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) Boeing 747-400 from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC). The moment will come when G-VXLG departs at around 9 am (local) to start its new life in Tel Aviv. The 22-year-old aircraft is the last 747 to leave the [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has given Boeing a boost with an order for 75 more Boeing 737 Max 8 200s as part of a deal with the planemaker over compensation for the delay of its original Max order. The deal will bring Ryanair’s 737 Max order up to around 210 units with [read more]
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