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Airport parking charges have long been a bone of contention for passengers with many airports charging inflated fees to park your family wagon up for that week in Lanzarote but what about if you get someone to drop you off, surely that isn’t penalised right? Wrong. but to understand why [read more]
Unite, the Union is to ballot workers of Aer Lingus UK over the airlines proposed closure of its base at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) which will result in around 200 redundancies. Rumours have been circulating for some time about potential closure of the base after Aer Lingus confirmed it was consulting [read more]
UK regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has begun operations from its new base at Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI) boosting the reliability of its network from the South Coast of the UK. Over the next few months, Loganair will scale up operations at Southampton with plans to be fully operational with a two [read more]
UK airports are preparing for one of their busiest festive seasons on record, with millions of passengers expected to take to the skies over the Christmas and New Year period as demand for air travel continues to grow. According to data from Cirium, the aviation analytics firm, between 19 December and 4 [read more]
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK/EGPK) is celebrating its sixth consecutive year of profit as it continues to turn its fortunes around posting a £3.5 million operating profit for 2024/2025, up £300,000 from the previous year. This comes in part thanks to the “transformational” growth in its cargo market which has seen [read more]
Flights in and out of Scotland’s busiest airport were suspended this morning after an IT issue affected Air Traffic Control. Air Traffic services at Edinburgh Airport (EDI/EGPH) are provided by ANSL not the UK’s main provider, NATS which is why disruption is limited to one airport. Several flights were due [read more]
London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) has marked the return of flights to Madrid, with British Airways Cityflyer officially relaunching its service to the Spanish capital on Monday, 1 December. The route, now operating 11 times per week, reconnects London’s most centrally located airport with one of Europe’s most vibrant and culturally [read more]
The union which represents British airline pilots, BALPA has condemned todays budget by Labour Chancellor Rachel Reeves as ‘Bad News for the aviation industry. In her budget, Ms Reeves went against advice form the industry and raised Air Passenger Duty inline with RPI, a move which will hit families going [read more]
The UK Government has announced that it has selected Heathrow Airport’s own proposal for a third runway as its preferred option. The two plans put forward were very different with Heathrow’s plan including a 2.2 mile long runway which would require the M25 to be moved and a tunnel being [read more]
Canadian carrier WestJet has confirmed it is launching flights from Toronto to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) and Glasgow Airport (GLA/EGPF) for summer 2026. As previously reported, the route will be flown by a Boeing 737 Max 8, operating four times per week to Cardiff on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, departing [read more]
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