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Loganair and Flybe are friends again with new agreement

Published 20/10/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Loganair (LM/LOG) and Flybe (BE/BEE) have announced that they are entering into a new codeshare agreement which will allow customers to book flights via either airline. The deal comes 2 …

Flybe at Cardiff Airport (The Aviation Media Agency)

Flybe name to disappear from Airports as Virgin rebrands

Published 15/10/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes The Flybe name is set to disappear from airports in 2020 as new owners, Connect Airways Ltd, rebrand the airline as Virgin Connect. As we reported earlier this year, the …

More woes for Cardiff Airport as Vueling cut capacity

Published 29/07/2019 Written by: Lisa Parkes < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has been hit with fresh woes this week as it emerged Spanish airline Vueling will cut capacity on one of its key routes from the Welsh Government-owned …

Flybe aircraft hit signs because pilots didn’t turn on standby hydraulics

Published 14/07/2019 Written by: UK Aviation News 3 minute read

Read Time: 3 minutes A Flybe (BE/BEE) Dash 8-Q400 (G-JECN) hit a Ground Power Unit at Southampton Airport earlier this year because the pilots had forgotten to turn on the Standby Hydraulics. The aircraft …

Pressurisation system not turned on led to Flybe emergency

Published 11/07/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute The crew of a Flybe Dash 8 didn’t turn on the pressurisation system of their aircraft leading to an emergency descent last year. The incident, which happened on the 21st …

Goodbye Flybe: Airline set to rebrand as EC approves takeover

Published 06/07/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes The Flybe brand will start to disappear form airports after the European Commission (EC) approved the takeover of its business by Connect Airways Ltd, a group led by Virgin Atlantic …

Flybe CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener stands down

Published 28/05/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Flybe has announced that Chief Executive Officer Christine Ourmières-Widener is standing down from 15th July 2019 following the sale of the airline to Virgin Atlantic led consortium Connect Airways Limited. …

Flybe to close Cardiff & Doncaster bases and cull Exeter

Published 03/04/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 4 minute read

Read Time: 4 minutes Flybe is to close its ejet bases at Cardiff (CWL/EGFF), Doncaster (DSA/EGCN) Airports and end ejet flights from Exeter (EXT/EGTE) and Norwich Airports (NWI/EGSH) at the end of Summer 2019. …

Flybe flight evacuated on Runway at Exeter Airport

Published 28/02/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute A Flybe flight from Exeter Airport (EXT/EGTE) to Alicante (ALC/LEAL) was evacuated this morning after the pilot reported a problem with the “air conditioning” as the aircraft was about to …

Direct Jersey to Newquay service for Summer ’19

Published 25/02/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute Blue Island Airways (SI/BCI) will launch a new direct service between Jersey, Channel Islands (JER/EGJJ) and Newquay, Cornwall (NQY/EGHQ) from 3rd June 2019. The three-time-weekly flight will operate under its …