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More woes for Cardiff Airport as Vueling cut capacity

29/07/2019 Lisa Parkes 1 minute read

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

14/07/2019 UK Aviation News Team 3 minute read

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

11/07/2019 Nick Harding 1 minute read

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

06/07/2019 Nick Harding 2 minute read

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 at Cardiff Airport (The Aviation Media Co.)

Flybe CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener stands down

28/05/2019 Nick Harding 2 minute read

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

03/04/2019 Nick Harding 4 minute read

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

28/02/2019 Nick Harding 1 minute read

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

25/02/2019 Nick Harding 1 minute read

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 …

Flybe completes asset sale after European approval

22/02/2019 Nick Harding 2 minute read

Flybe (BE/BEE) has announced that it has completed the sale of its operation, include all the companies assets, to Connect Airways Ltd, A consortium led by Stobart Group and Virgin …

US-based MESA Air Group puts an offer to Flybe

19/02/2019 Nick Harding 1 minute read

In what could be yet another blow to the plan to sell Flybe to Connect Airways, a group led by Stobart Group and Virgin Atlantic, MESA Air Group has submitted …