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Easyjet buys Thomas Cook slots at Gatwick & Bristol

Published 08/11/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute Low-cost carrier EasyJet (U2/EZY) has bought the landing slots that belonged to Thomas Cook at Bristol and Gatwick Airports. The official receiver for the bankrupt Thomas Cook made the announcement …

Flying to New Zealand? why not use your local airport?

Published 23/10/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes With Air New Zealand (NZ/ANZ) ending its London to Auckland via Los Angeles service from October 2020, the time has never been better to use your local airport to fly …

CAE opens new training centres at Gatwick & Manchester

Published 03/10/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Canadian Simulator Technology specialist CAE has opened its latest innovative training centres at London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) and Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) The new centres, which feature the very latest state-of-the-art …

Gatwick Airport starts process to put Northern Runway into use

Published 28/08/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) has begun the planning process it needs to put the northern runway, which is currently a standby runway, into use on a regular basis. Runway 08L/26R …

Thomas Cook to restart Gatwick to Lemnos flights

Published 27/08/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) is to restart flights to the Greek island of Lemnos for summer 2020. The UK charter airline last flew to the island in 2014 but from 25th …

Gatwick Airport: Flights resume after ATC issue

Published 10/07/2019 Written by: UK Aviation News < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute All flights in and out of London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) had been suspended this evening due to a technical fault with the air traffic control system at the airport. The …

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TUI add new winter routes from UK airports

Published 27/06/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) is adding several new winter routes from UK airports including Bristol, Birmingham, London Gatwick, Edinburgh, London Stansted and Manchester. The new routes include the Icelandic capital …

WOW Air to move flights to Stansted from Spring 2019

Published 01/01/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute Icelandic low-cost airline WOW Air (WW/WOW) is to move all flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to London Stansted (STN/EGSS) from the end of March 2019. The move will mean anyone …

Vinci Airports to buy controlling stake in Gatwick Airport

Published 27/12/2018 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute French Airport operator Vinci Airports is to buy a controlling stake in London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK), the UK’s second busiest airport. Vinci Airpors, which operates several airports around the world …

Norwegian in good shape for 2019

Published 27/12/2018 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Low-cost airline Norwegian.com is looking on good financial shape going into 2019 thanks to a deal agreed with Rolls-Royce. The airline had been affected by the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 problems …