easyJet pilot activated by mistake hijacking alarm ahead of arrival at Palma de Mallorca
Alarm at Palma airport after the hijack button on a plane was mistakenly activated. National Police and the Civil Guard were mobilised at Son...
Jet2 back at Vienna Airport with flights from Manchester and Birmingham
Jet2.com, the UK's third-largest airline, has resumed operations at Vienna Airport. Starting from September 29, 2023, Jet2.com will operate two weekly flights connecting Vienna...
easyJet launches 15 new routes from new base Birmingham
easyJet is launching 15 new routes for next summer from Birmingham airport
The new routes follow from easyJet’s announcement of the new three-aircraft...
easyJet to open base at Birmingham Airport in March 2024
‘HUGE VOTE OF CONFIDENCE IN WEST MIDLANDS’ BY EASYJETThe UK’s biggest airline today announced it will open a base for three of its...
Jet2.com will return to Vienna Airport in 2023 with flights to Manchester and to Birmingham
Jet2.com will return to Vienna Airport in 2023: Flights to Manchester starting in September and also to Birmingham as of November
The British carrier Jet2.com...
Qatar Airways resumes services to Birmingham, England, ahead of Formula 1® British Grand Prix 2023
Passengers travelling from Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East on the "World's Best Airline" to Birmingham now have even greater connectivity to...
Emirates expands its A380 network with the resumption of services to Birmingham, Glasgow and Nice
Emirates has announced it will scale up its A380 operations with the iconic double-decker returning to Glasgow (26 March 2023), Nice (1 June 2023)...
Hans Airways’ first aircraft, an Airbus A330, arrives into UK
Aircraft being readied for proving flight from Birmingham
Hans Airways, the UK’s new long-haul airline readying to fly to India, celebrated the arrival of its...
Flybe commences flights from Glasgow Airport
Flybe Ltd’s inaugural flight from Glasgow took off today (14th April) for Belfast City Airport.Today marks the beginning of up to four daily flights...
Flybe’s first flight takes to the skies from Birmingham Airport
The new Flybe Ltd officially launched today (13th April) with its inaugural flight departing this morning from Birmingham Airport for Belfast City Airport.Today marks...
Flybe announces new Birmingham headquarters and first crew base
One of Britain’s newest commercial airlines in several decades, Flybe Ltd, has today announced that Birmingham Airport will be its new company headquarters and...
Ryanair launches new summer routes from Liverpool to Kaunas and from Birmingham to Poznan
Ryanair announced a new Liverpool to Kaunas route, from 4th June 2021, and a new Birmingham to Poznan route, from 3rd July 2021, both...
Eurowings enters the British leisure market with flights from Birmingham and Manchester to Mallorca
Lufthansa Group airline connects holiday island Mallorca with Birmingham and Manchester for the first time
Eurowings increases its international business at its base...
Jota Aviation sets up Brexit air bridge between Birmingham, UK, and Ostend, Belgium
Jota Aviation has teamed up with Priority Freight, a leading time-critical logistics specialist, to set up an ‘air bridge’ between mainland Europe and the...
Emirates adds Birmingham, Cebu and Houston, taking its network to 74 cities
Emirates has announced it will resume passenger services to Birmingham (1 September), Cebu (20 August), and Houston (23 August). This will bring the airline's...
Budapest Airport boosts Birmingham bond
Last Friday saw Budapest Airport expand its bond with Birmingham as Jet2.com launched a twice-weekly service to the UK Midlands airport. Investing in the...
Thousands of passengers evacuated at Birmingham Airport after fire alarm
A fire alarm that sounded inside Birmingham Airport's main terminal around 14:00 (UTC +1) prompted all passengers to evacuate the building, causing a massive...
Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks expand Iceland programme for Winter 2019/2020
Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have announced more once-in-a-lifetime trips to Iceland for Winter 19/20, with additional trips going on sale today from Birmingham, East Midlands and Newcastle.
These additional trips mean that Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks are now offering...
A Flybe Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 diverts to Birmingham Airport after engine failure
On 7 February, a Flybe Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 registered G-JECX took off from Manchester Airport (United Kingdom) to operate flight BE1265 to Luxembourg...
Budapest Airport welcomes new route (to Birmingham) and more seats on existing routes from Jet2.com
Already serving Budapest Airport from East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford and Manchester, the Hungarian capital gateway announces that Jet2.com will add a new service...