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Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it is to open a two-aircraft base at Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) in 2022. The move follows high demand for the airline’s flights from Newcastle and will see it add a further 12 routes from the North-eastern gateway. Opening the base will see Ryanair [read more]

The reported collapse of the planned Amazon Prime Air drone delivery service in the UK has apparently prompted 100’s of job losses within the team responsible for it. According to Wired, the future of the whole project its uncertain after anonymous insiders told the online tech magazine that the team [read more]

Loganair (LM/LOG) has today launched its Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) to Cardiff (CWL/EGFF) air link with the first flight between the two capitals taking off today. The 1hr 20min flight replaces vital service that was lost with the collapse of regional airline Flybe. Loganair will operate the route using a 49-seat Embraer [read more]

European aerospace giant, Airbus has doubled its profit forecast for 2021 following a stronger than expected 1st half of 2021. The Toulouse headquartered company originally forecast an end of year profit of €2bn but this has now been increased to €4bn before interest and tax adjustments. Airbus’ deliveries of commercial [read more]

Isle of Wight based Britten-Normal has acquired a number of BN2T-4S Islander aircraft that have served with the UK’s Ministry of Defence under a short-term urgent operational requirement. The aircraft have been operating in a surveillance role under the military designation Defender 4000 (D4K) both in the UK and overseas. [read more]

Double-jabbed Passengers arriving from the United States of America and the EU will no longer need to self-isolate from next week. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said that the UK Government will recognise US and EU digital and paper coronavirus vaccine certificates for those who have had approved vaccines. The new [read more]

Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced it is canceling its Isle of Man to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) service from 11th August after the Isle of Man Government failed to agree on essential financial support for the route beyond July. The airline had stepped in following the collapse of Flybe [read more]

An inquiry has been launched by the Scottish Affairs Committee (SAC) to explore the impacts of the Coronavirus pandemic on Scottish airports. The committee, which is chaired by SNP MP Pete Wishart, will look into the impact that covid-19 had on communities using airports in Scotland, many of which are [read more]