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UPDATE: Glasgow and Cardiff gain transatlantic flights as WestJet confirms new routes to Toronto Canadian airline WestJet is set to announce a raft of new destinations from Toronto, Canada, including two new UK routes to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) and Glasgow (GLA/EGPF) for Summer 2026. Details of the new routes and [read more]

Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has confirmed it plans to step in and replace all Blue Islands routes that previosuly operated from Jersey. Glasgow-based Loganair, along with Aurigny Air Services, has already stepped in to provide contigency flights ro rescue passengers displaced by the sudden collapse of Blue Islands but [read more]

Channel Islands-based regional carrier Blue Islands (SI/BGI) has collapsed into administration making it the second UK regional airline to fail this month following the collapse of Eastern Airways. Blue Islands operated scheduled and charter flights form the Channel Islands to mainland Britain, often for other operators using a fleet of [read more]

Air China Cargo, has become the latest customer for the much-anticipated Airbus A350 freighter, the A350F. The cargo specialist, which is a subsidiuary of Chinese flag carrier, Air China, has signed a purchase agreeement for six A350F’s taking the total known commitments for the ‘yet to be certified’ freighter to [read more]

Leading UK holiday airline Jet2 has announced it is opening a base at London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) from March 2026. The new base means the airline, which operates as Jet2.com also runs as a tour operator under Jet2Holidays, will operate from 14 UK airports. The base will consist of six aircraft, [read more]

British electric aircraft manufacturer Vertical Aerospace has welcomed the release of the UK Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) new “eVTOL Delivery Model”, a regulatory framework that sets out how electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft could enter commercial service from 2028. The announcement marks one of the clearest government roadmaps [read more]

Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan, is set to purchase up to 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners in order to modernize and grow its fleet. The airline has selected the Boeing 787-9 and when finalised, the order witll be Air Astana’s largest ever singlae aircraft order. Air Astana will also [read more]

British Airways has chosen a pioneering, cloud-based platform developed by UK aviation software specialist, MRO-PRO, to digitise and manage the line maintenance for its global network of third-party customers. The move marks a significant milestone in the airline’s operational digital transformation and the broader MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) industry’s [read more]