Ukraine International Airlines (PS/AUI) is to launch its first service from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) next month. The three-times-per-week service to Kyiv’s Boryspil International Airport (KBP/UKBB) will commence on the 17th December 2020. PS 117 will operate from Kyiv (KBP) at 09:50 and arrive in London (LHR), Terminal 2 at 11:25. PS [read more]
Budget airline EasyJet (U2/EZY) has said it will operate just 20% of its normal winter program in the wake of the latest Lockdown and travel restrictions. England is in Lockdown until 2nd December with non-essential international air travel outlawed as it in Wales also. Scotland’s first minister has also said [read more]
Scotland has joined England & Wales in banning all but essential international air travel. The move announced by First Minister Nicolas Sturgeon where she said that Scots “should not travel overseas except for essential purposes.” The move means that there will be no holiday or leisure flights from mainland UK [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]
The Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford has announced plans for travel restrictions for when Wales comes out of its “firebreak” lockdown on 9th November including a a ban on non-essential international air travel. The announcement means that all holiday flights from the Welsh Government owned airport will be cancelled this [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it will operate its planned flights from the UK during the lockdown stating on 5th November leaving leisure travellers unable to travel and no right to a refund. The prime minister Boris Johnson announced the new lockdown on Saturday which means that non essential travel would [read more]
As from the 1st December 2020, Romanian low-cost airliner Blue Air is moving its flights from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) creating the first low-cost link between Heathrow and Bucharest. Initially the airline will operate flights between Bucharest and Heathrow 5-times-per-week which will increase to 11-flights-per-week in Summer [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has launched a spooky sale for Halloween which it says is “frighteningly good”. Travellers looking to get away in the final part of 2020 can get one of 50,000 seats available at just £9.99 as long as they book before midnight on Halloween (31st October). [read more]
St Athan based MRO Caerdav has announced that it plans to move into Cargo conversions to tap into the rapidly expanding cargo conversion market. The global demand for freighter aircraft has increased rapidly in 2020 fuelled largely by the Coronavirus Pandemic and the reduction in passenger travel meaning that belly [read more]
Cotswold Airport put a mysterious post up late on Sunday evening on its Instagram story saying that news was dropping and pictured the British Airways Negus Liveried Boeing 747-400. Shortly after midnight, they posted another part of the story saying “We have saved her” meaning that G-CIVB was being saved [read more]
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