Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) will be operating as an independent airline again following the collapse of Flybe last week. The airline had previously operated as a Flybe Franchise partner with tickets being sold via the Flybe website but the collapse left many passengers due to fly on Eastern Airways flights in [read more]
Loss-making Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) is seeking a £6.8m extension to the existing loan from the Welsh Government just 12 months after recieving a £21.2m loan facility. Senior Members of the Cardiff Airport board will meet with Ministers in Cardiff Bay today to discuss the fiancial state of the airport which [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has announced new routes from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) starting this Winter season. Manchester Airport Manchester sees a new route to Delhi (DEL/VIDP) from 26th October 2020 and coincides with the airlines 20th year of flying to Delhi from the UK. The three-times-per-week service [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced that it will start a direct Cornwall Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) flight from 2nd July 2020. The flight will operate five times per week throughout the summer season on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The British Airways service replaces the PSO (Public [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) will be increasing capacity on its flights between Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) and Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) by 21% from early January. The boost comes in the form of an aircraft upgrade to the 49-seat Embraer E145 Regional Jet which will operate the morning and evening flights on the [read more]
Ongoing industrial action in France is causing severe delays to flights to France and across its airspace according to Eurocontrol. Western and Southern France seems to be the worst affected areas with Bordeaux Airspace expecting an average delay of around 1hr 10 mins and around 40 mins for aircraft transiting [read more]
Cardiff Airport has secured an agreement to manage passenger services at Anglesey Airport (VLY/EGOV) from December 2019. The airport is located within RAF Valley is the only commercial airport in North Wales, although it only sees two flights per day. The agreement with the Isle of Anglesey County Council will [read more]
The chairman of Cardiff Airport, Roger Lewis, is to stand down according to a tweet by Wales’ Minister for Economy and Transport Ken Skates but not before extending his tenure until May 2020. In the tweet Mr Skates said “Grateful to Roger Lewis for agreeing to stay on as Chair [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has said it plans to launch a raft of new routes from London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) including 12 new domestic routes. The airlines Chief Executive Shai Weiss unveiled the proposals, which also include 37 new European routes and 35 new global routes, but said that the new [read more]
Over 2,600 flights are scheduled to depart the UK on August 23rd 2019 according to data from travel data analytics experts, Cirium. Nearly half a million Brits will depart the UK ahead of the late summer bank holiday to destinations across the globe. Legacy carrier British Airways will carry around [read more]
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