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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]

Tomorrow (3rd December) will see the last ever departure of a Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) Boeing 747-400 from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC). The moment will come when G-VXLG departs at around 9 am (local) to start its new life in Tel Aviv. The 22-year-old aircraft is the last 747 to leave the [read more]

The first airline to operate zero-emission flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) will not pay landing fees for 5 years after the airport set out a series of ambitious commitments to net zero. The offer is effectively a challenge to airlines and a first for the industry with the winner getting [read more]

Aer Lingus (EI-EIN) is set to launch transatlantic flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) next year securing around 1,500 slots for the northern airport. Sources close to the airline say that it will base Four long-haul aircraft at the Manchester, most likely a single Airbus A330 and 3 Airbus A321LR aircraft. [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]

Following the Government’s opening of a Canary Islands travel corridor, Iberia Express has announced flights from Manchester to Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Madrid. These 16 flights will operated between the 26th of December and the 3rd of January. Evandro Vianna, Chief Commercial Officer at Iberia Express, said: “Here at Iberia [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]

Persian carrier Iran Air is ending its route between Tehran and Manchester just 4 months after it launched. The carrier launched a weekly service between the two cities on 4th July 2020 using an A330-200 but that has now been ended with the airline favouring a return to Cologne, Germany. [read more]