UK regional airline Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has announced it will be resuming flights from Wick John O’Groats Airport (WIC/EGPC) to Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) from April. Eastern will operate the route, which last operated in 2020, in association with The Highland Council and Transport Scotland. The service will operate (up to) twice-daily [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has cancelled all of its short-haul flights in and out of London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this morning due to ‘technical issues’. The move has left thousands of passengers delayed and without flights, with some passengers stuck on aircraft hour hours after arriving at Heathrow. A hardware fault is [read more]
Russia has banned UK airlines from its entire airspace, including overflights, in apparent retaliation for sanctions imposed by the UK on Aeroflot following Russia’s unprovoked attack and invasion of Ukraine. British Airways said it was cancelling all flights to Russia as a result of the ban and adjusting flights to [read more]
The Aviatrix Project has opened applications for its 2022 series of 30-minute taster flights designed to give young aspiring pilots their first taste of flying The project is offering 12 flights in partnership with Flying Made Easy at Old Buckenham Airfield, and another 12 with Take Flight Aviation at Enstone [read more]
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) has designated 20th February as the International Day commemorating air crash victims and their families. ICAO, a United Nations Agency, has been at the forefront of aviation safety and the development of air transport into the safe system it is today but much of [read more]
Storm Eunice battered the United Kingdom yesterday with the South-West bearing the brunt of the gusts that hit 122mph in exposed areas. Some people were watching over-enthusiastic presenters cheering on near-death experiences at London airports but others, like some of our team, were on board flights due to land at [read more]
The UK’s leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced its most ambitious winter schedule for the Winter 2022/2023 season as it rides on the post-COVID recovery of air travel. The Glasgow based airline, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary, will be continuing the new routes which are launching this summer [read more]
Airbus has won two orders for the Airbus A350F, the freighter variant of the popular long-haul airliner, totalling 14 aircraft at the Singapore Air Show. Singapore Airlines was the first to finalise the deal (originally announced in December) for seven aircraft that will replace its ageing Boeing 747 Freighter fleet. [read more]
Aviation Capital Group (ACG) has placed an order for 20 Airbus A220 airliners to boost its global aircraft leasing fleet. The order comes off the back of firm orders for 40 A320neo aircraft and 5 A321XLRs that were also recently announced affirming the lessor’s partnership with AIrbus. “We are delighted [read more]
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]
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