Jet2 Holidays, and its lastest venture Jet2 Citybreaks , has launched a range of three and four night breaks to Iceland staring in 2021. The holiday company will operate the breaks over the Winter 21/22 season operating three weekly services from Manchester and Birmingham and offering a total 37 three and four-night [read more]
Norwegian Air Shuttle has that it has initiated an Examinership process relating to its Irish subsidiary Norwegian Air International Limited (D8/IBK). The Dublin airport-based business now has protection from Creditors for 100 days allowing the airline to reorganise its finances which will include ‘right-sizing’ the fleet and to secure new [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has cleared Boeing’s 737 Max family to fly once again following its grounding in March 2019. The type was grounded last year following two fatal crashes attributed to the systems designed to compensate for aerodynamic changes and the types larger engines. The so-called ‘Maneuvering Characteristics [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]
Norwegian.com has said that is aiming to restart transatlantic flights under its Norwegian Air UK subsidiary in late March 2021. The London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) based operation will see flights restart to the USA from the 28th March using its all Boeing 787 fleet. The initial routes will be Boston, Los [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has hit back at Which? and exposed its “false and misleading claims” that Ryanair is not refunding customers and deliberately misleading them. Which? alleges that Ryanair claims that “every passenger booked with the airline has been refunded” but the airline makes it clear that this [read more]
The last remaining Blackburn Beverley aircraft has been saved from the scrapheap thanks to the actions of an anonymous benefactor and Condor Aviation. The aircraft, XB259, is one of 49 Blackburn Beverley Transport aircraft built at Blackburns site at Brough, East Yorkshire. Until recently she had been residing at Fort [read more]
Jet2 & Jet2 Holidays have now officially announced that Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) will be the 10th base in the UK after it emerged the holiday company was loading flights from the regional airport onto its website last night. Operations at Bristol Airport will commence in April 2021 and operate throughout [read more]
Leeds/Bradford based Jet2 (LS/EXS) is reportedly preparing to announce a base at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) according to their website. The Jet2 website is showing flights from the West Country regional airport starting in April 2021 to destinations including Almeria, Corfu, Faro and Kos. There has been no official confirmation from [read more]
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