Approaching Cardiff with Orbx FTX Wales and UK2000 Cardiff Extreme
Airline news

Flight Sim for Welsh Aviators

Many aviation enthusiasts love to use flight sim too and for fans of Wales and Welsh Aviation, there is an abundance of ways to increase the region. What kind of flight sims are there? The benchmark is still Microsoft’s Flight Simulator X. Although discontinued by Microsoft some years ago it [read more]

Alitalia A330 at Cardiff Airport
News

Goodbye Alitalia, hello Italia Transporto Aero

In the history of airlines ceasing operations, Italian flag carrier Alitalia is perhaps most noticeable for simply the amount of time it’s taken to get to the point that it is finally going. The airline has been given bailout after bailout and has been in the final stages of ‘extraordinary administration’ [read more]

Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen with Airport Staff announcing Tui
Airline news

TUI to return to Teesside in 2022

The UK’s biggest tour operator TUI is set to return to Teesside Airport (MME/EGNV) from Summer 2022. TUI will return to the airport with a weekly service to the Spanish island of Majorca from the 10th May 2022. The tour operator previously operated from the airport under its previous name, [read more]

British European Airways Trident G-ARPE (Image: Piergiuliano Chesi/Wikimedia/CC BY-SA3.0)
Aviation safety news

Deadliest Air Accident in UK History: 48 Years On

It has been just over 48 years since the crash of British European Airways Flight 548 which devastatingly cost the lives of all 118 people on board a BEA Hawker Siddeley Trident. The aircraft suffered a deep stall shortly after takeoff, eventually coming down just south of the busy A30 [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (Image: Max Thrust Digital)
Airline news

Worldwide Woes for Virgin Airlines

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is one of two Virgin airlines facing a bleak future after failing to secure Government funding for a bailout to help it ride out the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The airline which is owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group (51%) and Delta Airlines (49%) had reportedly asked the [read more]