by SASIG | Feb 6, 2011 | Uncategorized
6 February 2011 Aer Arann is to introduce twice daily flights (with limited weekend services) from Southend Airport to both Waterford and Galway from 27 March 2011. These are the first full scheduled routes to be announced since the Stobart Group purchased the airport...
by SASIG | Feb 5, 2011 | Uncategorized
5 February 2011 A new air traffic control tower is to be built at Manchester Airport. The 60-metre tower will be the second highest in the UK. Tim McDermott, Manchester Airport’s Operations Director, said that work on the new tower will be completed by 2013....
by SASIG | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
4 February 2011 International Airlines Group (IAG), the newly formed parent of British Airways and Iberia, has reported that traffic was up by 6.1% in January 2011 after last year’s heavy snowfalls were not repeated. Demand in premium cabin seats increased by...
by SASIG | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
4 February 2011 Passenger numbers at Manchester Airport increased for the fourth consecutive month in January 2011, boosted by strong growth on scheduled international routes and milder weather than the same month last year, when severe snow and ice disrupted flights....
by SASIG | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
4 February 2011 EasyJet saw a 19.1% rise in passengers for January 2011 – 3.74 million from 3.14 million in January 2010; and a 0.4% decrease in load factor for the month – slipping 0.4% to 78.9% from 79.3% last year. The budget airline has now passed the 50...
by SASIG | Feb 4, 2011 | Uncategorized
4 February 2011 Ryanair carried 4.66 million passengers in January 2011, a 5% increase on the same month in 2010. The airline’s load factor was 71%, up 1 percentage point on 2010. In the year to the end of January 2011 the airline sold 72.9 million seats with...
