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AAIB

Report on "serious incident" during Ryanair flight released

Report on LONDON - A Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX discontinued an unstable approach into Standsted Airport. During the go around procedure the aircraft entered a steep descent exceeding the speed limit for its current setup. Ryanair amended its discontinued approach procedures in the wake of the incident.»
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CAA

UK starts to reshape airspace map

UK starts to reshape airspace mapLONDON - Much of the UK airspace was designed in the 1950. Fewer delays and reduced bottlenecks could help millions of passengers each year and deliver economic growth as the UK Civil Aviation Authority and Department for Transport unveil new plans to modernise UK airspace.»
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System failure

Report calls for contingency improvements at NATS

Report calls for contingency improvements at NATSLONDON - "Major failure on part of the air traffic control system": Investigators published a final report on the 28 August 2023 air traffic meltdown that caused chaos across UK air traffic. The report meets air navigation service provider NATS and other parties with a total of 34 recommendations.»
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Airports

Stansted airport details terminal extension plans

Stansted airport details terminal extension plansLONDON - London Stansted airport revealed details of a five-year 1.1 billion GBP investment programme that will "help secure links to even more global destinations" and create "extra space" for growth. The centrepiece of the plans is a 600 million GBP extension to the airport’s existing terminal.»
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Airports

Manchester enters "30 Million Club" during transformation

Manchester enters MANCHESTER - Manchester Airport has recorded 30 million passengers in a year - putting it alongside some of the biggest airports in the world. A twelve months streak of straight growth supported by several new routes put the airport over the mark - during the final stage of a transformation plan.»
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Summer 2025

British Airways puts even more capacity on US routes

British Airways puts even more capacity on US routesLONDON - Fierce competition with Chinese carrier has British Airways suspend its London-Beijing route through 2025. The airline will deploy even more capacity on transatlantic routes next year and trial new destinations in its international network including Jeddah and Kuala Lumpur.»
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Airports

Emirates opens lounge for Stansted 777 flights

Emirates opens lounge for Stansted 777 flightsLONDON - Emirates has opened its doors to a new lounge at London Stansted. The airline has invested more than 4 million GBP to design a spacious 900-square-metre lounge that can accommodate up to 125 guests at a time, including First and Business Class customers, as well as Emirates Skywards members.»
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Summer 2025

Virgin Atlantic to open new Saudi link

Virgin Atlantic to open new Saudi linkLONDON - As Virgin Atlantic withdraws from Shanghai the airline has been looking for 2025 network opportunities beyond its US catchment: Virgin Atlantic will add the two new destinations of Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) and Accra (Ghana) to its network for summer 2025 and restore an idle Canada route.»
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Airports

London City Airport Saturday curfew not eased

London City Airport Saturday curfew not easedLONDON - The UK Government has approved a London City Airport plan to ease its annual passenger cap from 6.5 million to 9.0 million passengers and to fly three extra flights in the first half hour of operations during the week, but rejected the airport's application to extend the Saturday curfew.»
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Heathrow Airport

ETA-affected passengers avoid UK transit flights

ETA-affected passengers avoid UK transit flightsLONDON - A registration scheme for passengers takes a toll on Heathrow traffic. The airport estimates it lost around 90,000 passengers from the Middle East alone to other hubs since the Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) charge of 10 GBP was introduced in November 2023. And things could get worse.»
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Airlines

British Airways to suspend Beijing route

British Airways to suspend Beijing routeLONDON - European Airlines struggle with adverse market conditions on routes to China. British Airways will suspend its London - Beijing service for a year citing commercial reasons. Overcapacities triggered by Chinese airlines present a yield challenge to all competitors on international routes.»
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Airports

Regulator cuts and curbs Heathrow fees

Regulator cuts and curbs Heathrow feesLONDON - Heathrow airport faces a regulatory setback as its watchdog cuts and caps passenger fee increases even further. UK Civil Aviation Authority outlined new curbs for the 2025 and 2026 periods at Britains largest airport in response to a recent ruling from the Competition and Markets Authority.»

Short News

London Stansted clocks busiest day ever

LONDON - London Stansted recorded the busiest day in its history as the start of the half-term holidays saw more than 107,000 passengers pass through the terminal on 27th October.»

British Airways A380 aborts transatlantic flight

LONDON - A British Airways A380 aborted a transatlantic flight shortly after take-off upon an engine oil pressure warning.»

British Airways accepts Veteran Card as ID

LONDON - British Airways has become the first airline to accept the HM Armed Forces Veteran Card as an acceptable form of photographic identification on domestic flights.»

Jan De Raeymaeker joins Easyjet

LUTON - Jan De Raeymaeker joins Easyjet as its next Chief Financial Officer by January 20 succeeding Kenton Jarvis»

Air Baltic and British Airways extend codeshare flights

RIGA - Air Baltic announces extension of its codeshare partnership with British Airways from October.»

Easyjet adds Georgia to its network

LONDON - Easyjet has announced today that it will launch flights to Georgia for the very first time with a new route from London Luton to Tbilisi. »

Wizz Air mulls Gatwick base for first A321XLR

LONDON - Wizz Air will spread its incoming Airbus A321XLR fleet across several bases - and mulls a London-Gatwick EIS in spring 2025.»

Brussels Airlines starts MPL scheme for future pilots

ANTWERP - Brussels Airlines opens a cadet pilot programme of its own for the first time. The Lufthansa airline is looking to attract 20 to 30 future pilots per year into a "partially sponsored" MPL scheme.»

Easyjet suspends Tel Aviv flights

TEL AVIV - Easyjet suspends its Tel Aviv route through October. According to insiders, the route does not support point to point traffic for the time being.»

British Airways: 100 fully sponsored places at pilot academy

LONDON - British Airways is opening the application window for the second year of its fully funded Speedbird Pilot Academy cadet scheme on April 16 2024 citing "unprecedented response" for the programme in 2023.»

Virgin Atlantic and China Eastern offer codeshare flights

LONDON - Virgin Atlantic and China Eastern announced a new codeshare agreement, strengthening vital business and leisure connections to East Asia and providing greater access to more destinations throughout China.»

British Airways resumes Bangkok flights

LONDON - British Airways flights from London to Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur are set to return this winter season.»

Wizz Air flags Luton expansion

LUTON - More than 70 million passengers have now travelled with Wizz Air from London Luton Airport. The airline will increase its presence at the airport even further.»

Stansted shy of 28 million passengers in 2023

LONDON - London Stansted rounded off a strong passenger performance in 2023 by welcoming more than two million passengers in December.»

Sinclair to leave London City Airport

LONDON - Robert Sinclair will be stepping down as CEO of London City Airport, following six years leading the airport.»

Stansted records busiest October

LONDON - London Stansted recorded its busiest ever October as nearly 2.6 million passengers passed through its terminal, surpassing the previous record set in 2018.»

Stansted Express restores capacity

LONDON - Rail operator Greater Anglia is boosting Stansted Express rail services as a result of the strong recovery of the airport from the pandemic.»

Air China returnes to daily Gatwick flights

LONDON - Air China resumed flights between Beijing and London Gatwick Airport this months with four flights per week and just upgraded the service.»

London City upgrades to CT scanners

LONDON - London City has made its strongest start to a year since the pandemic. In January, 217,000 passengers used the airport and 225,000 did so in February.»

UK to speed up space regulation

LONDON - A OneWeb launch sees 36 more UK-licenced OneWeb satellites put into orbit as the major constellation programme is completed.»

Virgin Atlantic joins SkyTeam

LONDON - Virgin Atlantic will become a SkyTeam member by March 2 as the only UK outpost of the alliance.»

Ryanair to pay compensation for 2018 strike

LONDON - A 2018 strike affected thousands of Ryanair passangers. After fighting a legal battle the airline will finally pay out compensation.»

Virgin Atlantic expects first A330-900

LONDON - The pandemic delayed the A330neo EIS at Virgin Atlantic. The airline is now close to taking delivery of its first A330-900. The new jets replace older A330s at London Heathrow.»

Flybe to expand network in winter

LONDON - After its relaunch in April 2022, British regional airlines Flybe will continue to grow with a new winter schedule that will see the airline serve twelve destinations.»

Unite flags strike at British Airways

LONDON - Unite is balloting its union members employed as check-in staff by British Airways at Heathrow airport for industrial action in a dispute over pay.»

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