Jet Airways has said it will increase the planned frequency of its Manchester to Mumbai service which is due to start in November. The Indian airline will now offer the service five times per week from launch with flights operating on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday using an Airbus [read more]
The first Ultra-Long Range (ULR) Airbus A350 XWB has emerged out of the paint shop in full Singapore Airliners livery today. MSN220 is the first of Seven A350-900 ULR for the Singapore Airlines who plan to use it on routes including Singapore to New York with which it will reclaim its [read more]
Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) is making changes to its US West Coast services from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) for Summer 2019. The airline had previously planned to operate a 3 times-per-week flight to Los Angeles from May 2019 but this has now been reduced to a twice-weekly service from 21st June 2019. [read more]
Yesterday July 25th 2018, Zephyr, the British military Drone built by Qinetic and Airbus Defense and Space at Farnborough has broken the world record for the longest continuous flight. The Zephyr took off on July 11th and is still up in the stratosphere at 56,700ft above Arizona in the USA. [read more]
As trade week comes to an end and the displays turn to public eyes we look at back the highs and the lows, the winners and the losers of the Farnborough International Airshow 2018. The week began with Qatar Airways stealing the show sending no less than 6 aircraft. The [read more]
Qatar Airways has announced it will be increasing the frequency of its flights between Manchester and Doha from May 2019. The airline currently operates 16 flights per week between the two cities and connects Manchester’s passengers to more than 150 destinations around the world including across Asia, Africa, Australia and [read more]
The EU commission has approved Ryanair taking a 75% stake in Austrian airline, Laudamotion. Laudamotion is owned by former Formula 1 driver Niki Lauda and took control of Niki when Air Berlin collapsed last year. Ryanair almost immediately took a stake 24% in the airline in a deal worth €50m, [read more]
The 100th anniversary of the Royal Air Force will be marked today by a special RAF100 flypast over central London and Buckingham Palace. The Flypast will involve 100 aircraft from the past and present of the Royal Air Force including iconic aircraft such as the Spitfire and Hurricane through to [read more]
An Easyjet flight from Bristol to Palma on Sunday was forced to abort its take-off run after a “loss of separation” with another aircraft. Flight U26041/EZY31YK was due to leave Bristol just after midday on Sunday 8th July. According to flight tracking software the flight had accelerated to around 82mph (72kts) [read more]
Guangdong based Shenzhen Airlines has formally put its new Shenzhen to London Heathrow service on sale. The carrier, which is a Star Alliance member, will commence the service on the 30th October 2018 and will operate 3 times per week on a Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Shenzhen airlines currently operate routes within Asia [read more]
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