Video analytics firm Big Sofa announces Aim flotation after raising over £6m December 19, 2016 Video analytics firm Big Sofa begins trading today on London’s junior market, with an eye on US expansion. Big Sofa has raised around £6.1m by way of a placing of, and subscription for, new ordinary shares at 17 pence per share, valuing the business at £10m. It hopes the fundraising will boost expansion in the [...]
Government to prioritise market access as it moves to dispel cloud of uncertainty hanging over airlines post-Brexit vote November 14, 2016 The government has moved to reassure the airline industry over market access after the Brexit vote, saying it remained a priority. It wants to make sure the UK has "liberal access to European aviation markets". Brexit secretary David Davis, transport secretary Chris Grayling and Tim Alderslade, the chief executive of Airlines UK, released a joint [...]
How to get into the world’s top airport lounges, from Cathay Pacific in Hong Kong to Qatar Airways’s Al Safwa lounge in Doha January 16, 2017 When flying long-haul, I tend to get to the airport early. Not because I’m one of those anxious flyers who likes to sit around in departures for three hours staring at the flight status screens, but because some airlines have upped their lounge game to such a point that it’s essential to allow enough time [...]
Daily flights from London Gatwick to Hong Kong announced by Cathay Pacific December 13, 2016 London Gatwick airport has received a boost with the news that there will now be daily flights to and from Hong Kong, as the route launched in September records “strengthening demand”. Cathay Pacific will expand its timetable of flights at Gatwick from four times a week to a daily timetable, with six direct flights between [...]
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary: Voters were “lied to” by Brexit campaigners over staying in the Single Market January 8, 2017 Michael O'Leary hasn't shied away from criticism of Brexit, and has warned the impact on the airline industry could be substantial. He said people were promised they could leave the EU and stay in the Single Market. "It's now absolutely clear that they were lied to by the exiters. That offer is not on the [...]
Virgin Atlantic pilots vote to take industrial action on 23 December December 16, 2016 Virgin Atlantic pilots have voted in favour of industrial action short of a strike on 23 December. The pilots have voted to take action in an ongoing row over union recognition, the BBC reported. The Professional Pilots' Union (PPU), which represents most Virgin Atlantic pilots, said 88.6 per cent of its members had voted in favour [...]
Here’s how to book the best deals on summer flights December 31, 2016 It might be freezing and foggy in London, but it's never too early to start thinking about your summer holiday. Or is it? Flight booking data was analysed by travel company Tripsta to find out how British travellers can get the best deals on flights in 2017 during busy travel periods like the summer holidays. These are [...]
Gatwick just had a record November bolstered by soaring long-haul growth December 14, 2016 Gatwick's chief executive has said he intends to keep pushing for his airport to expand alongside Heathrow's third runway since his rival was given the green light by government. And Stewart Wingate will be able to point to another record month to bolster his argument, after revealing the airport just had its busiest ever November. For [...]
Man restrained by crew and passengers after threatening to blow up plane on British Airways flight BA105 from Heathrow to Dubai January 6, 2016 A man "went berzerk" during a British Airways flight from Heathrow to Dubai last night, claiming he had a bomb and was going to blow up the plane. The incident occurred around five hours into flight BA105, when the man began spitting at his fellow passengers. He was restrained by five crew members and the help [...]
Passenger tried to enter cockpit on British Airways flight 213 from London to Boston November 17, 2015 An “unruly” woman attempting to enter the cockpit on a British Airways flight bound for Boston had to be restrained and met by state troopers upon landing, according to US police. Flight 213 left London Heathrow at 11.57am UK time, and landed at 1.30pm local time (6.30pm GMT) at Boston’s Logan airport, where Massachussett State [...]