Manchester Airport Group (MAG) says it is expecting the February half-term to be one of the busiest periods it has had since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. The group says it is expecting around 1.5 million passengers to pass through Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC), East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) and London [read more]
Manchester Airport, the UK’s third-largest airport, has called on the UK government to simplify the coronavirus travel system as new figures reveal that UK air travel continues to be hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic. The airport wants a simpler two-tier travel system to be introduced which will remove the [read more]
British startup FlyPop has unveiled a fully liveried Airbus A330 aircraft as it seeks to launch flights between the UK and India once travel restrictions are lifted. The airline has been set up to provide a direct connection between London Stansted and Amritsar to make it easier for the Indian [read more]
A new Icelandic carrier Play is set to begin operations to London Stansted from Keflavik after securing its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and signing the lease on an Airbus A321neo. The low-cost carrier, which is the brainchild of key executives from failed carrier WOW, has announced Stansted as the first [read more]
London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) is today marking 30 years since the terminal building and “new” airport opened. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opened the new terminal on the 15th March 1991. Since that date the terminal has seen almost 460 million passengers pass through its doors and the airport [read more]
BA Cityflyer (CJ/CFE), a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Airways, launching summer services from Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI). BA Cityflyer will offer up to 17 flights per week from Southampton from 1st May to 31st October 2021 to destinations including Malaga, Florence, Faro, Mykonos, Ibiza, Palma, Bergerac, Limoges–Bellegarde, Nice Côte d’Azur, Edinburgh [read more]
US-based low-cost airline JetBlue (B6/JBU) will start transatlantic flights from Boston and New York to London but without their desired route to Heathrow after the UK’s slot regulator Airport Coordination Ltd (ACL) denied a request for 48 slot pairs at the UK’s biggest airport. As a result, JetBlue has been [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has added a sleigh full of additional Christmas flights to help family and friends reunite during the festive period. From 17th December the airline will be adding 14 additional flights to seven of its routes from the UK to boost capacity meaning everyone should be [read more]
Manchester Airports Group CEO Charlie Cornish has released a damming statement claiming that the Government has “neglected UK aviation”. The statement is in response to the banning of holiday and leisure air travel from 5th November until at least the 2nd December from England and Wales. Mr Cornish said that [read more]
Manchester Airports Group (MAG), which operates Manchester, East Midlands and Stansted airports has begun talks with Unions over plans to cut up to 900 jobs. It is understood that 465 roles are under threat at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC), 376 at London Stansted (STN/EGSS) and 51 at East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) [read more]
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