Wizz Air A321neo
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Wizz Air hits 70 million mark at London Luton

Ultra-low cost carrier Wizz Air has hit the milestone of 70 million passengers at London Luton (LTN/EGGW) airport with the 70 millionth passenger arriving into Luton from Tirana. Wizz Air is the largest operator at Luton with an 11 aircraft base (including Wizz Air UK) and operates 50 return flights [read more]

Luton Airport car park fire (image: News Use / X)
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Huge fire closes Luton Airport

A huge fire has closed London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) overnight with flights suspended until at least 3pm The fire broke out in one of the airports multi-storey car parks causing a partial collapse of the structure. Witnesses described an “infermo” in the car park with up to 200 vehicles being [read more]

Manchester Airport (TransportMedia UK)
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Airports planning for a bumper half-term getaway

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]

SkyUp 737 (Image: Eric Salard/CC BY-SA2.0/Wikimedia)
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Ukranian carrier SkyUp shows it London ambitions

Ukranian carrier SkyUp (PQ/SQP) has declared its intentions to launch flights between London Luton Airport and Kiev Boryspil as part of its European expansion. According to RoutesOnline, the airline has said that intends to operate a 3-times-per-week service from 24th June subject to international travel being allowed by that time. [read more]