Heathrow Airport’s rolling 12-month traffic has reached a record 81.5 million passengers. For comparison the airport welcomed a total of 79.2 million passengers in 2023, and recently increased its forecast for 2024 from 81.4 to 82.4 million. The airport served 7.2 million customers last month, the first time the London hub has passed the seven-million…
Ryanair has announced plans to fly from London to the Austrian city of Linz from later this year. The low-cost carrier will operate a twice weekly service between Stansted Airport and Linz from 28 October. Located in northern Austria, Linz is the country’s third largest city, and is not currently served by nonstop flights from…
Dubai International Airport has published its latest passenger numbers, recording its busiest quarter in history. The hub airport welcomed 23,052.060 passengers in Q1, up 8.3 per cent on the same period last year. India was the top destination for flights from Dubai International over the quarter, with 3.1 million customers, followed by Saudi Arabia (two…
Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has published its latest traffic figures, showing another record month for both Manchester and Stansted airports. Manchester Airport celebrated its seventh consecutive month of record traffic, with 2.41 million passengers travelling through its terminals in April. The figure is up 10.9 per cent on the same month in 2023, and 25,000…
Jet2 has announced that it will use a blend of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) on flights departing from London Stansted Airport this year. This comes a month after the low-cost carrier committed to using a blend of SAF at Bristol Airport. The carrier has purchased approximately 650 tonnes of SAF from Shell Aviation, which will…
Gatwick has yet to report its annual traffic figures for 2023, while London Luton – the UK’s fifth largest airport – welcomed 1.2 million passengers last month, slightly down on the 1.3 million in December 2019. Commenting on the news Gareth Powell, London Stansted’s managing director, said: “To end the year with another strong performance…
Emirates says it is experiencing “a surge in forward bookings to and from UK” over the next 12 months, with destinations including London and Glasgow faring particularly well. London is perhaps not a surprise, with the carrier offering some 82 weekly flights across its routes to and from Gatwick, Heathrow and Stansted. But the carrier…
Royal Jordanian Airlines is expanding its global network with the launch of two new routes to the UK. The oneworld member airline will introduce direct routes between Amman in Jordan to London Stansted and Manchester from March 2024, with a flight duration of approximately five hours. RJ will offer four weekly flights to London Stansted…
Dubai announced as Avios-Only flight destination In long-haul news, the airline has announced that Dubai will be the next destination for its Avios-Only flight initiative, where every seat onboard is available to purchase using Avios. Normally BA guarantees a minimum of 12 and 14 reward seats on short- and long-haul flights respectively. The BA105 route…
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