The National Police Air Service (NPAS) has announced that four new bespoke aircraft are being added to the fleet. Based out of the NPAS base at Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA/EGCN) the aircraft will operate across the UK tasked in a similar way to the Helicopter fleet. The aircraft, Vulcanair P68, [read more]
Scottish airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has stepped in to safeguard 16 key routes that were left without an operator when Flybe collapsed yesterday. The new routes will see Loganair add nearly 400 flights per week to its schedule. The routes are all Loganair’s hubs at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Newcastle [read more]
Several key regional airports have been left decimated by the collapse of regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) in the early hours of this morning. As a regional airline, Flybe connected smaller airports across the UK with some having over 90% reliance on the brand. Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI) In 2019, 95% of [read more]
Struggling regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) has entered administration tonight after failing to reach a rescue deal with its shareholders or the UK Government. In a statement, Flybe said: “CEO Mark Anderson has expressed his deep regret that, after making every possible attempt to secure the airline’s long-term future, Flybe has [read more]
It appears that regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) is in the process of entering administration with numerous reports of Flybe aircraft being parked on remote stands and being blocked in by airport vehicles. Flybe has also cancelled flights from airports including Birmingham were passengers were told that their flights would not [read more]
KLM (KL/KLM) and Loganair (LM/LOG) have today announced that they have entered into a codeshare agreement connecting regional Scotland to KLM’s extensive worldwide network. Under the agreement passenger flying in from remote areas such as the Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and the Scottish Western Isles will be able to connect [read more]
A batch of former MOD Vigilant T1 Motor-Gliders used to train thousands of Air Cadets have been sold to Hampshire based charity Aerobility. Aerobility is a charity that gives flight experiences to disabled people who would not normally get the opportunity to fly an aircraft. The charity has bought 63 [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said that it is cutting flights between the 17th March 8th April, mainly to and from Italy where there will be a 25% reduction. The move is in direct response to a falloff in demand following the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. In addition to the [read more]
International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns British Airways (BA/BAW) and Aer Lingus (EI/EIN), has said that it is starting to see a decline in demand for flights to areas with Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreaks. Announcing it’s full-year results for 2019 the group said that the earnings outlook is “adversely affected by [read more]
The UK’s only dedicated main-deck air freight operator, Cargologic (P3/CLU), has officially confirmed it has suspended operations. The operator had not operated a flight since the 9th February and apparently laid off 100 members of staff last week. In a statement, Cargologic blamed a drastic reduction in market demand saying [read more]
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