As from the 1st December 2020, Romanian low-cost airliner Blue Air is moving its flights from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) creating the first low-cost link between Heathrow and Bucharest. Initially the airline will operate flights between Bucharest and Heathrow 5-times-per-week which will increase to 11-flights-per-week in Summer [read more]
According to schedule updates by Russian airline Aeroflot (SU/AFL) they plan to operate an Airbus A350 between Moscow and London on five of the weekly flights for the Winter 20/21 season. The filings show that the A350-900XWB will operate 5 of the 14 weekly flights between Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO/UUEE) and [read more]
Indian airline Spicejet has confirmed it is launching flights from Delhi to London Heathrow from December 4th 2020. The new route, which was announced by Chairman Ajay Singh, will be the low cost carriers first long-haul scheduled flight. The flight will be operated by an Airbus A330-900neo. As the flight [read more]
Jazeera Airways (J9/JZR) is launching a daily flight between Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The service will launch on 25th October and will be operated by an Airbus A320neo aircraft. Founded in 2004, Kuwait based Jazeera Airways was the first non-government owned airline to operate in Kuwait, [read more]
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG/BBC) is aiming to restore its 2nd weekly flight from Dhaka to London Heathrow via Sylhet. The airline is currently only operating one weekly flight after capacity was cut during the recent pandemic. This means that from 25th October the flight will now operate on Wednesdays and [read more]
US low-cost airline Jetblue (B6/JBU) is to launch flights to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) in 2021 according to multiple sources close to airline. The airline is launching two transatlantic flights from Boston (BOS/KBOS) and New York JFK (JFK/KJFK). The new routes will be the first flights to Europe for the airline [read more]
The first flight between Teesside (MME/EGNV) and Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) in more than a decade has taken off today as the new Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) service got underway. The first flight marks the beginning of a daily service connecting the north-east with the UK’s biggest airport providing vital business and leisure [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) flight 113 from Heathrow to New York JFK is currently on it’s way back to Heathrow after declaring an emergency over Wales. The aircraft, a Boeing 777 G-VIIC, was climbing to its cruise altitude when it suddenly started to descend down to 10,000ft, declaring an emergency and [read more]
Heathrow Airport has told almost 5,000 of its frontline staff that they must take pay cuts of up to 20% if they want prevent over 1,000 job losses. The Airport has been negotiating with the Unite union for several months but has failed to reach an agreement. As a result [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is launching new direct services from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Islamabad and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Lahore & Islamabad. Both services will start in December 2020 with the Lahore service operating 3 times-per-week and the Islamabad service operating 4 times-per-week. Virgin Atlantic said “We’re thrilled to let [read more]
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