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Loganair to drop Southend to Glasgow route

Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced it will drop its London Southend to Glasgow route from 3rd January 2020. Loganair is operating the route with a 49-seat Embraer RJ145 Regional Jet making it hard to compete against the numerous low-cost options between London to Glasow from airlines such as Easyjet and Ryanair. [read more]

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Bids invited for Glasgow Prestwick Airport

The Scottish Government has invited an undisclosed number of potential buyers to submit offers to purchase Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK). The news comes after the Scottish Government, which bought the airport for £1 six years ago, asked potential buyers to register their interest after the government announced its intention to [read more]

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Aviation safety news

RAF Jets scramble to intercept Jet2 flight

RAF Typhoon interceptors have been scrambled to intercept a Jet2 flight from Stansted to Dalaman which was being endangered by an unruly passenger. It was originally reported as a Ryanair flight but has since been confirmed as LS1503 which departed Stansted just before 5 pm this evening. The aircraft flew [read more]

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Airline news

Birmingham Airport plans £500m expansion

Birmingham Airport has revealed its masterplan to take the airport from its current 13 million passengers per year up to 18 million by 2033. The £500 million project will see the departure lounge in Terminal 1 expanded by 40 per cent and a new mezzanine level added. Additional check-in facilities, [read more]

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London Luton hits 17m passengers

London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has hit 17 million passengers for the rolling 12 month period for the first time in its history. The milestone comes after the airport saw its busiest April on record which saw 1.5m passengers pass through the terminal. The airport has also seen an increase in [read more]