Airport

On Friday, Romanian carrier Blue Air launched its latest European base from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA) featuring celebrations and a familiarization flight for guests and the media. Liverpool will be Blue Air’s eighth established base and will house one of the airline’s 189-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a sporting livery for the city. The livery recognizes […]

On Sunday, March 12,  Dubai-based Emirates launched its brand new route to Newark via Athens. The route, operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, marks the airline’s 12th destination in the United States and 155th globally. The route, bearing the flight number EK 209, was announced back in January and launched on Sunday, being described by Emirates as […]

Romanian carrier Blue Air has unveiled a brand new livery on one of their Boeing 737-800s to boost current partnership growth with Liverpool Airport. The design for the livery was hosted via a competition in which the general public could participate. This competition was following news back in October 2016 that Blue Air was to […]

Manchester Airport recorded a record-breaking January 2017 to kick-start the airport’s accolades for the year. Over 1.6 million passengers passed through Manchester within that single month, which contributes to the airport’s 11.3% year-on-year growth. This record displaces Stockholm as Manchester enters the leader board. Because of this surge, the annual rolling total of passengers accounts to 25.8 […]

On Wednesday, the two major carriers at London-Gatwick switched terminals. British Airways has moved operations from the North Terminal to the South Terminal, while easyJet’s operations were consolidated into the North Terminal. Virgin Atlantic also moved their flights to the North Terminal. The move was announced in January 2016 and was originally planned to take place in […]

Since 2001, the Communications Workers of America has been a large part of a campaign to prevent violence against flight attendants and other airline and airport workers. On Jan. 5, the office of the Attorney General sent a letter out to congressmen who had expressed concerns that a law passed only gave protections to TSA […]

Driven by significant expected demand before the launch of its newest base in March of 2017, Jet2 announced that it will be adding additional aircraft to the base, which will operate four brand new routes twice a week throughout the Summer and Winter 2017 and 2018 seasons. This now means that Jet2 will operate 96 weekly […]

Hainan Airlines made their presence in Manchester back in June 2016 with four times per week services to Beijing using their Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Six months later, the airline and Manchester Airport invited us back to discover their product on a more in-depth basis. On this occasion, the airline sent in their Airbus A330-200 as […]

Europe’s largest regional airline Flybe, has announced that they will open their first base in Düsseldorf, Germany. The airline aims to base two of their Bombardier Q400 aircraft at the airport. According to their press release, the carrier has started a “high-profile recruitment drive for more than 60 pilots and cabin crew.” In time for the […]

For the first time in 60 years, Her Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom has finally made a decision on which airport will be expanded. Announced earlier today by Department for Transport Minister, Chris Grayling, stated that the government has chosen the option to add a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The decision by the government […]