WOW Air Airbus A320 TF-BRO (Image: Nick Harding / Aviation Wales)
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Frontier Airlines owner seeks stake in WOW Air

The parent company of Frontier Airlines, Indigo Partners, has said it plans to buy a stake in struggling WOW Air following the collapse of the takeover bid from Icelandair. The US based private equity firm already owns a stake in several budget airlines including European carrier Wizz Air. WOW Air [read more]

Flybe at Cardiff Airport (The Aviation Media Agency)
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Cardiff Airport CWL/EGFF

Cardiff Airport (IATA: CWL/ICAO: EGFF) is located about 12 miles west of Cardiff City Centre and is the only commercial airport in Wales. It is a base for Flybe and Tui but also sees flights from other airlines including Thomas Cook, Ryanair, Vueling. With the exception of Flybe, Cardiff Airport [read more]

Easyjet A320 neo at Bristol Airport (Image: UK Aviation Media)
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Bristol Airport BRS/EGGD

Bristol Airport (IATA: BRS/ICAO: EGGD) is located 8 miles southwest of Bristol City Centre and is the South West’s largest regional airport by passenger numbers. It is a hub for low-cost airlines Easyjet and Ryanair as well as a busy base for Tui and Thomas Cook. As a result of [read more]

Flybe at Cardiff Airport (The Aviation Media Agency)
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Cardiff Airport sees strong late summer growth

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has reported strong late summer growth with 178,681 passengers using the airport in September. The number represents a 7% increase on the same period last year at Wales’ national airport bringing the passenger figure for the last 12 month period to 1.56m. 2018 has seen a number [read more]

Loganair wins Airline of the Year
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Loganair wins ERA Airline of the Year award

Scottish airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has been awarded Airline of the Year by ERA, The European Regional Airline association. The airline received the award after the judges recognised the impressive achievements the airline has made since breaking away from being a franchise partner of Flybe. The association said that Lognair was [read more]

British Airways family zone at Heathrow Airport
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Top 20 family-friendly airlines named

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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Ryanair’s profits fall 20% in Q1 of 2018

Ryanair, Europe’s largest budget airline, has seen its profits fall 20% in the first quarter of 2018. Profits for the airline dropped to €319m despite traffic growing 7% to 36m passengers in the period. Ryanair blamed lower fares, higher fuel costs and pilot costs for the decrease in profit. The airline [read more]