Airport News

The UK’s biggest regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has started operations with new ATR aircraft at its Glasgow base as it replaces older turboprops. The ATR 42-600 aircraft are part of a multi-million-pound fleet investment and are larger, quieter, and more efficient than the Saab 340s they replace. The new aircraft [read more]

Security staff at London Heathrow airport are set to go on strike this summer as Unite demands an inflation busting 12% pay rise for its staff, despite inflation falling below 10%. The strikes have been timed to cause maximum disruption to holidaymakers during the summer holidays with August alone set [read more]

Passengers are facing lengthy delays at airports across the UK after the UK Border Force’s Passport eGate system crashed on Friday night. The nationwide outage means passports are having to be manually checked as the 270 eGates located around the UK are unable to check them. Some frustrated passengers took [read more]

Holiday airline Jet2.com is set to open a four aircraft base at Liverpool Airport (LPL/EGGP) for Summer 2024. Initially offering 20 routes, the new based will create up to 200 jobs as a result. The new bases will be Leeds-Bradford based Jet2.com’s 11th UK airport as it seeks to expands [read more]