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The UK’s leading regional airliner Loganair (LM/LOG) is set to launch a raft of new domestic routes from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) after they were approved by the UK Government. Following the acquisition of additional slot pairs, the airline aims to connect Dundee, Derry, Orkney and Shetland with the UK’s capital. [read more]

Just over a year after launching transatlantic flights from Manchester (MAN/EGCC) to New York (JFK/KJFK), Aer Lingus UK (EG/EUK) is upgrading the route from a long-range Airbus A321 to an Airbus A330. The move will see the airline being able to offer 72% more seats on each flight by moving [read more]

US airframer Boeing has outlined its deliveries for the first quarter of 2023 with 130 airliners delivered. Most deliveries this year have been single-aisle Boeing 737 family aircraft with 113 units. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner was the 2nd most popular with 11 units delivered. Included in the deliveries was the [read more]

A Ryanair (FR/RYR) flight suffered a nose landing gear collapse on landing at Dublin International Airport this afternoon after it arrived from Liverpool. Flight FR5542 operated from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL/EGGP) and landed on Runway 28 at Dublin Airport where it suffered a mishap. Fire crews were immediately dispatched [read more]

Icelandair (FI/ICE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Airbus for 13 Airbus A321XLRs to replace its ageing Boeing 757 airliners. The MoU also includes options for a further 12 of the type making it a deal potentially worth 25 Airbus A321s. Icelandair is already in talks to lease [read more]

Baku based Azerbaijan Airlines has placed an order with Airbus for 12 A320neo aircraft including my the A320neo and A321neo. The airline currently operates a 15 strong fleet of Airbus aircraft including 2 x A340s, 4 x A319ceo, 6 x A320ceo and 2 x A320neo. The plan is to further [read more]

Flights that had planned to use French airspace are being re-routed or cancelled today as the country’s Air Traffic Controllers join the general strike in protest to the raising of the pension age from 62-64. Ryanair was one airline that took to social media complaining about the cancellations it was [read more]

British holiday airline Jet2.com has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321neo airliner as it starts to expand and renew its fleet. Registered as G-SUNB, the Airbus A321neo arrived into the UK this morning ahead of its entry into service with the Leeds Bradford-based airline from Manchester. The delivery is [read more]