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Manchester Airports Group, owner of UK airports EMA, MAN and STN, raised £300 million ($373 million) through the issuance of an 18-year bond.

India’s fast-growing middle class and its connections with the UK are creating new route opportunities for flag carriers and startups.

London Stansted Airport will return to British Airways’ network from next May.

The Irish carrier’s new service from Sarajevo (SJJ) will kick off in April 2024, when Ryanair will open 6X-weekly service between SJJ and London Stansted.

Harrods Aviation announced that it has transitioned its ground support fleet to all-electric vehicles as part of an ongoing sustainability campaign.

London Stansted Airport is seeking planning permission to add a three-bay extension along the back of the existing terminal building.

London Stansted Airport has selected Dutch firm Samotics to install its SAM4 Health system to detect mechanical faults in baggage handling equipment.

The regional airline was the sole carrier on around a quarter of its route network, but the impact of its collapse will be far less severe than when the previous incarnation of Flybe failed almost three years ago.

The carrier flies from three London airports, but avoids Heathrow.

The Dubai-based airline is resuming passenger flights to two Chinese cities, and adding capacity to another, while increasing Airbus A380 operations on a number of other routes.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

NQY has secured its second Ryanair service to Spain.

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary bullish on winter capacity.

Asturias-Amsterdam is one of six routes the Spanish LCC has scheduled to launch over the coming months.

A harsh confrontation between the airline and the airport has apparently eased.

CEO Navdip Singh Judge says that if its long-haul low-cost model doesn’t work then that business model doesn’t work.

The carrier already serves London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports.

Destinations in the UK and Switzerland will receive new flights next winter.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

The Reykjavik-based startup has revealed the first two destinations in the US it plans to serve as the airline pursues a low-cost long-haul connecting strategy between Europe and the US via Iceland.

From summer 2022 the LCC will operate more routes from Madeira than any other airline.

The carrier has been trying to start flights between the UK and India since 2016.

The LCC said ORK's operator extended a COVID-19 recovery scheme at the airport until October 2022, providing an incentive to reopen the base with two aircraft.

The carrier also plans to start Izmir-Stansted flights in October.

Finnair’s new codeshare agreement with Turkish Airlines, flydubai adding a second destination in Romania, and PLAY’s Amsterdam launch plans are among the latest new route announcements and services resuming.