Leading UK airline Virgin Atlantic has confirmed it is in talks with Flybe about a potential takeover. The talks come after the airline put itself up for sale after concerns were raised about it’s susceptibility to cash flow demands from creditors and payment processors following multiple profit warnings. It is likely [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has reported record passenger numbers for October 2018. The airport says that 1.5 million passengers used the airport in October, a 7.9% increase over the same period last year. The increase comes as a raft of new routes are launched by Easyjet, Ryanair, Wizz Air, SunExpress, [read more]
Irish budget airline (FR/RYR) is increasing its presence at Cardiff Airport for Summer 2019 as it doubles the number of routes to 4. In addition to the recently announced route to Malta (MLA/LMML) it will also fly to Barcelona (BCN/LEBL) in Spain from April 2019. The airline already flies to [read more]
Some of the UK’s key regional airports have shown strong growth this summer according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) statistics for August. Heading the list was London Southend Airport which saw a 47.5% increase compared to the same period in 2017. Southend saw many new routes this summer from [read more]
I’ve recently got back from a weekend in Geneva and, if i’m honest, I wasn’t sure entirely what to expect when I headed off but I came back wanting to go again. Arriving at Bristol Airport early on a Friday morning found a busy check in area and a notable [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has said it will not be returning to Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) or Birmingham Airport (BHS/EGBB) in 2019 as the routes are “commercially unviable”. The airline, using its subsidiary Cityflyer, operated five flights per week from the regional airport in a bid to boost weekend capacity for its [read more]
Flybe is ending a number of routes at London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) as low-fares rivals Easyjet & Ryanair increase their presence at the Essex airport. Routes been terminated include Budapest, Glasgow, Manchester, Milan, Prague and Vienna and they will end at the end of October. Flybe is currently undergoing restructuring [read more]
Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) save lives, especially in rural or remote locations where professional help will take longer to arrive. This isn’t theory, its fact and its the reason why you are starting to see AEDs in more and more places such as villages and public spaces. An AED, as [read more]
A survey of over 11,000 passengers has seen some major changes in the 2018 UK Airport Ranking by consumer watchdog, Which?. The 2018 survey saw Cardiff Airport drop significantly to below Bristol Airport and Manchester’s Terminal 3 and London Luton score the lowest results for passenger satisfaction. Doncaster Sheffield Airport [read more]
The top 20 family-friendly airlines have been named by the website Play Like Mum after they looked at the facilities for traveling families on the worlds top airlines. The website looked at criteria such as in-flight entertainment for kids, early boarding, free checked luggage and being able to take pushchairs [read more]
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