Eurostar will offer wifi onboard from early next year, as part of the company’s £700m fleet renewal and refurbishment programme.  The refurbishment of Eurostar’s existing fleet will begin in September this year, and there will be a progressive roll out of the … Continue reading →

British Airways will start flights from Gatwick to Las Vegas from October 29th alongside the existing Heathrow service.  From October BA will operate 10 flights a week to Las Vegas.

Aer Lingus Regional will open a new route from Birmingham to Ireland West Airport  in Knock with daily services from 11th June.  Flights will be operated by Aer Arann

Gulf Air  is awaiting the result of deliberations in the upper house of Bahrain’s National Assembly after the lower house rejected a government proposal to recapitalise the beleaguered carrier.  The proposed bailout of $1.75 billion came after several years of heavy losses … Continue reading →

Hertz has announced that through its partnership with Vauxhall Motors, customers hiring a vehicle in London will be able to rent the stylish, electric Ampera. The revolutionary vehicle has a sophisticated propulsion system, including an extended range of up to 360 … Continue reading →

Lufthansa confirms that its new UK routes to Berlin from Birmingham and Manchester will go ahead as planned on June 3rd but will now operate to and from Tegel airport and not the new Brandenburg facility whose opening has been postponed … Continue reading →

Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizzair is to launch a three times-weekly route from Luton to the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana from the end of October.  Slovenian carrier Adria Airways already operates on the route and Easyjet also flies to Ljubljana from Stansted.  

Virgin Atlantic will withdraw services from Heathrow to Nairobi in September, blaming the rising costs of fuel, Air Passenger Duty (APD) and the “challenging economic environment”.  Virgin Atlantic launched to Nairobi in 2007.  The last flights will operate from Heathrow on … Continue reading →

Airlines suffered a blow to  their attempts to limit compensation to passengers for lengthy flight delays in a ruling by a senior European Court of Justice official.  Advocate-General Yves Bot ruled against British Airways, easyJet, Tui Travel, Lufthansa and IATA and in favour … Continue reading →

Flybe is dropping its Belfast City Airport to Bristol route from 10 June.  The airline said passenger levels were at unsustainable levels on the route. It said those wanting to go from Belfast City to the south west of England … Continue reading →