East Midlands Airport
The latest aviation news, new routes, destinations and airline news East Midlands Airport based in the UK.
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						Aer Lingus Regional to open Belfast City base
					
				
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Belfast City Airport has secured six new UK routes, previously operated by Flybe.
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						AirBaltic to expand Riga network in summer 2021
					
				
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Latvia's airBaltic expects to increase its route network next summer by one fifth.
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						KLM to resume UK network
					
				
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KLM is restarting routes from a number of UK cities as it seeks to rebuild its pre-COVID network during summer 2020.
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						Iran Air to expand UK network
					
				
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Iran’s flag carrier will open its second route to the UK next month when it begins service to Manchester.
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						Virgin Atlantic adding back a host of routes
					
				
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London Heathrow will again be the airline's base airport.
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						Lufthansa Group airlines to restart eight UK and Ireland routes in June
					
				
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The airlines respond to a gradual relaxation of COVID-19 travel restrictions.
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						Virgin Atlantic to expand Heathrow network
					
				
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Virgin Atlantic has revealed its flying program for summer 2021, with plans to fly to 24 destinations.
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						Ryanair hopes to restore 90% of its route network from July
					
				
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Ryanair plans to restart flying about 40% of its normal flights from July, restoring 90% of its pre-COVID-19 route network.
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						Virgin Atlantic to end London Gatwick operations
					
				
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Virgin Atlantic is closing its operations at LGW and cutting almost a third of its 10,000 staff as the airline scales back its business in response...
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						Route analysis: AUH-VIE, DUS-CUN, SOU-BHD
					
				
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This week: Etihad Airways is launching a new service to Vienna; leisure carrier Condor is introducing long-haul flights from Dusseldorf; and...
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						Loganair to take over 16 Flybe routes
					
				
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The first of the services will commence on March 16.
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						Virgin Atlantic adds Delhi from Manchester 
					
				
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Virgin Atlantic is opening a new long-haul route from Manchester later this year, connecting the UK airport with the Indian capital.
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						United evaluates next New York-Manchester move
					
				
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Weekly capacity between New York and Manchester during the summer is set to drop by a third compared with 2019, but United Airlines is awaiting...
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						Route analysis: YHZ-MAN, SAW-HEL, BOG-HAV
					
				
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This week: Manchester is to become WestJet’s third destination in the UK; Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines is starting service to Finland;...
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						Norwegian launches Manchester-Bergen
					
				
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Low-cost carrier to serve twice-weekly route to the host city of Routes Europe 2020.
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						Route rundown: SAW-MAN, AKL-ICN, BOM-AUH
					
				
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This week: Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines adds second UK destination; Air New Zealand to serve Seoul; and IndiGo moves in on Jet...
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Thomas Cook takes-off from London Luton in summer 2017
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Complementing its existing operations from London’s Gatwick and Stansted airports, Thomas Cook Airlines will introduce weekly flights from Luton...
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bmi regional boosts contract flying for Brussels Airlines
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The new flying for Brussels Airlines is being made possible by the positioning of one of its Embraer ERJ-145s into the Belgian capital. This...
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Jet2 Plays MAX Advantage to Place First Aircraft Order
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The airline, which supports seat-only and package holiday demand between the UK and destinations across Europe, the Mediterranean and into North...
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Is Ryanair Taking a Closer Look at the 737-700?
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Irish budget carrier Ryanair has acquired a single Boeing 737-700 and although this will be used mainly for crew training purposes, it will also be...