British Airways/Iberia passenger traffic up 6.1%

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...

Manchester Airport sees increase in passenger numbers

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....

Ryanair passenger numbers up 5%

 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...

Thomson Airways launch new Boeing 737-800s

3 February 2011 Thomson Airways has begun the biggest charter fleet overhaul in British aviation history, with the first of its 22 new Boeing 737-800s flying in to East Midlands Airport. The delivery signals the start of the upgrade of a third of the airline’s fleet....