Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has said it will be increasing capacity by 25% on the popular Humberside to Newquay route for the long bank holiday weekend for the Queen’s Jubilee. Prompted by a surge in bookings for the 4 day weekend, the airline is upscaling the aircraft to an ATR72-600 in [read more]
Air Commodore Peter Round FRAeS has taken over as president of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) following the Annual General Meeting held on 4th May. Air Cdre Round joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1979 and graduated from Manchester University after reading Metallurgy. During his RAF tenure, he flew [read more]
European airframer Airbus has posted a strong start to 2022 with revenues hitting €12bn (EBIT Adjusted €1.3 bn) and 142 airliners delivered. Airbus also posted strong order figures with a gross figure of 253 although this only actually is 83 net orders after taking into account cancellations. As a result [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) is set to return to the Austrian alps gateway airport in Klagenfurt (KLU/LOWK) after agreeing a deal that will see the airline return from two UK airports. From 1st November 2022, Ryanair will launch a twice-weekly service to Austria’s six-largest city from London Stansted (STN/EGSS) followed by a [read more]
The Boeing 777-9 (also known as the 777X) is having its entry into service delayed by another two years as Boeing pushes back delivery of the first aircraft. Boeing says the delay reflects its latest estimate for the time needed to certify the new aircraft which was due to enter [read more]
A photo posted on the popular forum Reddit shows a larger than normal temporary repair to a wing of a Boeing 787 bound for Manchester. The picture, posted 4 days ago by user grunt786 is of a flight operated from Saudi Arabia to Manchester but the airline isn’t confirmed. Although [read more]
Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it has added a direct flight between Bournemouth (BOH/EGHH) to Malta’s Luqa airport this summer. The new route will operate twice per week and brings the number of destinations available from Bournemouth with Ryanair to 15. Managing Director of Bournemouth Airport, Steve Gill said: [read more]
Air Canada has said that it will be restarting its direct Manchester to Toronto service from the 1st of June. The flight will operate five times per week leaving Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) at 12:15 and arriving in Toronto at 14:55 (local times) and will be operated by an Airbus A330. [read more]
Irish budget airline (FR/RYR) is discounting tickets on 300,000 seats for travel in May on over 1,000 routes! The “May’jor” sale will see seats available from £16.99 to destinations including Nice, Madrid, Zadar, and Budapest. Ryanair flies from most UK airports including Manchester, Stansted, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Bristol, and Cardiff. [read more]
Boeing 747-400 TF-AAK landed at Cotswold Airport this morning for its final landing after a short flight from Ostend. The aircraft was owned by Air Atlanta Icelandic and had been operating for Saudia until its sale to be parted out. The aircraft is best known around the world as the [read more]
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