Cornwall County Council is due to meet next week where it will make a decision on whether to allocate a proportion of its £10m spaceport fund to prop up a shortfall at Cornwall Nequay Airport (NQY/EGHQ). Like most airports in the UK, Cornwall Newquay Airport has been hit by the [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has confirmed it is re-opening Terminal 2 from 15th July as passenger numbers increase at the UK’s 3rd busiest airport. Terminals 2 & 3 closed earlier this year as almost all flights from Manchester Airport were suspended at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. Terminal 3 re-opened [read more]
British Airways subsidiary BA Cityflyer (CJ/CFE) has outlined its return to flying as London City Airport reopens for commercial flights. The airline operates domestic and European flights from London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) which is its main base. BA Cityflyer normally operates on 32 routes from London City but will initially [read more]
London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) recommenced commercial operations today when Loganair’s flight LM3287 landed from the Isle of Man. The flight was expected to land at 18:10 but touched down at 17:33 ending a near 3-month period for the Airport where it only saw military traffic using it for training and [read more]
Defunct UK Regional Airline Flybe (BE/BEE) has been given a small glimmer of hope yesterday after Cyrus Capital advisor Jonathan Peachley told an australian newspaper that “It’s definitely not the case that we have abandoned Flybe,” Flybe collapsed earlier this year when the airline failed to raise the cash needed [read more]
London Southend Airport (IATA: SEN, ICAO: EGMC) is located around 35 miles from central London and until the 1970s was the 3rd busiest London airport, losing its crown to Stansted. The airport is a base for Low-cost carriers Easyjet (U2/EZY) and Ryanair (FR/RYR) as well as seeing operations from Wizz [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) and Stobart Air (RE/STK) are two airlines seeking help to weather the Coronivirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. Ireland-based Stobart Air is seeking protection from creditors, bankruptcy protection, from the Irish courts in a bid to prevent the airline being wound up while Scottish airline Loganair is seeking a bailout from [read more]
Last week saw the launch of Project Wingman which brings airline crews from across UK airlines together to help support the well-being of frontline NHS staff dealing with the Coronavirus pandemic. The project recreates the atmosphere of an airline lounge to help Doctors, Nurses and Health Professionals unwind and get [read more]
Leading low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has said that it is grounding its entire fleet due to the travel restrictions in place as a result of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The airline had been operating a restricted number of flights in order to get Britons back to the UK but now [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is set to ask the UK Government for a bailout totalling around 300 million according to sources close to the airline. The news comes just days after Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned airlines that taxpayers help would be the last resort and they should seek commercial arrangements and [read more]
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