Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air International has cut some UK to US transatlantic routes to summer only from October 2018. Services from Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) to Providence (PVD/KPVD) and Belfast International (BFS/EGAA) to Newburgh Stewart (SWF/KSWF) will no longer be operated between the end of October 2018 and March 2019. Norwegian Air [read more]
UK airlines have been warned that military action against Syria could cause safety concerns in the Cyprus area along with “intermittent disruption to navigation equipment”. The warning was issued today by the European Aviation Security Agency (EASA) and covers the Eastern Mediterranean & Nicosia flight information region (FIR), which includes [read more]
Ryanair Sun, the charter offshoot of Ryanair, has been granted its Air Operators Certificate (AOC) by the Polish Regulators. The move clears the way for Ryanair Sun to begin flights which in 2018 will be for two travel agencies, Tui and Poznan Grecos Holidays. Ryanair Sun will operate five Boeing [read more]
Low-fares airline Norwegian has this week launched two new routes to the US from London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK). On Sunday (25th March) daily flights began from Gatwick to Chicago, Illinois followed two days later by the start of its 3-times-weekly service to Austin, Texas. The flights are operated by Norwegian Air [read more]
Ryanair’s plan to buy 75% of Laudamotion gives the Irish budget carrier something different, 15 Airbus A320 aircraft. Until now, Ryanair has been a staunch single type airline, namely the Boeing 737-800. It is, in fact, one of Boeing’s biggest customers and their relationship with European airframer Airbus has been somewhat [read more]
Last week we reported that the Peel Group chairman hinted that Doncaster Sheffield Airport was about to get its first long-haul route and now, UK holiday company TUI has confirmed it. TUI will start flying to Orlando Sanford, Florida using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner for Summer 2019. Orlando is the [read more]
UK Holiday airline TUI is adding flights to Naples and Dubrovnik to its Summer 2019 programme at Cardiff Airport. Naples, Italy was listed recently as an “in-demand” route based on Skyscanner searches leading many to expect a service to the Italian Port, which according to TUI, will also serve a new [read more]
Australian carrier, Qantas (QF/QFA) is will begin its QF10 non-stop Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Perth (PER/YPPH) service tomorrow. Known as “The Kangaroo Route”, the ultra-long-haul flight will take 16hrs 45mins to get to Perth, leaving Heathrow at 13:15hrs and arriving in Western Australia at 13:00hrs the next day. For many, the thought [read more]
British low-cost airline Jet2 will add Krakow (KRK/EPKK), Poland to its list of destinations from Leeds Bradford (LBA/EGNM) this winter. Leeds Bradford based Jet2 will operate the twice-weekly route from 9th November 2018 using a Boeing 737. Krakow is the second largest city in Poland and is best known for its [read more]
International Women’s Day 2018 is a chance to celebrate women and in aviation, they don’t come any bigger than Amy Johnson. Amy Johnson CBE was born in Kingston Upon Hull in 1903 and after leaving university with a degree in Economics took up a job in London as a solicitors secretary. [read more]
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