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Aviation ground services specialist Swissport is to cut its UK workforce by 4,500 as it deals with lower demand for aircraft handling. Swissport handles ground operations such as baggage handling and passenger services on behalf of airlines and has a presence at most UK airports. The fall-off in demand for [read more]

Holiday airline Jet2 (LS/EXS) is set to cut 482 jobs as it seeks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The airline is looking to cut its workforce by 380 Cabin Crew and 102 Pilots. Staff were told of the cuts in a letter from Jet2 Chief Executive Steve Heapy in [read more]

Dutch flag carrier KLM is preparing to restart more flights from UK regional airports as it restores service following the Coronavirus Pandemic. Its key business route between Amsterdam (AMS/EHAM) and London City (LCY/EGLC) is set to resume on Monday 13th July. Richard Hill, London City Airport’s Chief Commercial Officer, said: [read more]

Most people who have flown have looked at the engine as they walked past and the keen-eyed will have noticed the white spiral painted on the (usually black) cone. but why is it there? The most common reason people think is that its to scare birds away but whilst the [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has stepped in with “rescue fares” on the London Southend (SEN/EGMC) to Vilnius (VNO/EYVI) route that was dropped by Wizz Air (W6/WZZ). The fares start at just £9.99 and are designed to help out passengers left without flights to the Lithuanian capital after the cancellation [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) recently announced it was to resume passenger flights from London Heathrow from 20th July but only to limited destinations. The initial offering included just Orlando, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York JFK and Shanghai but has now delayed the resumption of the Heathrow – Orlando service to [read more]

Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has resumed flights from Southampton & Teesside Airports today as it looks to slowly build back up its flight programme. Starting today the Southampton (SOU/EGHI) to Belfast City (BHD/EGAC), Manchester (MAN/EGCC) and Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) routes have restarted as well as Teesside (MME/EGNV) to Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) and Belfast [read more]

Air China (CA/CCA, the flag carrier of China, is adding another series of charters from Mainland China to the UK. The planned charter flights to Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) cover the period from the tomorrow through to the end of July. They will be operated by a mixture [read more]