London Stansted

15 so-called activists are potentially facing jail after being convicted of  the intentional disruption of services at an aerodrome, an offence under the aviation and maritime security act. The activists cut a hole in the perimeter fence at Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) on 28th March 2017 and then chained themselves to [read more]

Austrian budget airline Laudamotion has announced it is launching a direct service from London Stansted (STN/EGSS) to Vienna (VIE/LOWW) later this month. The city of Vienna was recently voted the most livable city on the planet. It is renowned  for its art and culture and passengers jetting off from mid-November [read more]

Low-Cost airline Primera Air will reduce the frequency of some of its transatlantic flights from London Stansted for the winter season. Primera recently extended its Transatlantic schedule until next spring but the flights from Stansted to Toronto and Washington Dulles will reduce from 5 times per week to 3 times per week [read more]

Low-cost, long-haul airline Primera Air has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo aircraft. The CFM Leap 1 powered A321neo, OY-PAA, was handed over at a ceremony in Hamburg on Monday after which it flew to Copenhagen and Billund. The aircraft will operate transatlantic flights from the UK to destinations [read more]

Albania airline Albawings (2B/AWT) is planning a service from Tirana to London Stansted (STN/EGSS) from spring 2018. Setup in 2015, Albawings operates a fleet of 2 Boeing 737 aircraft (1x -500 & 1x -400) from its home base at Tirana International Airport (TIA/LATI). The service to London Stansted will be [read more]

An amazing year of growth has seen Primera Air ranked 6th best in the Anna.aero list of top global airlines for low-cost long-haul flights. Following a year that saw the airline grow 125.8% overall, the Danish low-cost carrier (LCC) has been rapidly expanding in the UK introducing new long-haul and [read more]

Today Emirates (EK/UAE) announced the new daily route to London Stansted (STN/EGSS) using the Boeing 777-300ER airframe with the new first class suites. This is due to the growth of London Stansted and the location of the near technology and pharmaceutical businesses. Emirates plan for this route to cover the North [read more]

French carrier Air Corsica (XK/CCM) is to offer routes from London Stansted (STN/EGSS) in Summer 2018, the first UK route for the airline. The Ajaccio based airline is to offer 3 routes from London Stansted including Ajaccio (AJA/LFKJ),  Bastia (BIA/LFKB) and Figari (FSC/LFKF). Frequency is expected to be 3 times weekly [read more]