Ryanair boosts capacity on select routes ahead of Euro 2024
Ryanair has added over 11,000 extra seats from the UK ahead of Euro 2024 taking place in Germany this June. High passenger traffic levels for the international footballing event is causing Ryanair to add extra capacity on some of its existing key routes, including London Stansted and Manchester. The Irish low cost carrier (LCC) is also launching new routes for the event from Edinburgh, Bristol, and Glasgow on a temporary basis. Head...
Notes from a small airfield, by Tad Higher
Sinking-in-the-Marsh Flying Club will be closed until further notice. But we are still here. So, how are you? Walter stood in his boxer shorts and greying T-shirt cleaning his teeth. He had four days of grey stumble on his chin. It was half-past twelve, and he and Quentin were both contemplating their first meal of the day. Having moved to the club, they had adapted well to Lockdown in Sinking-in- the-Marsh. Though smelling a little...
Sinking-in-the-Marsh is in lockdown. But first, how are you? – Tad Higher
That’s the question now, isn’t it? How are you doing? And it is a different question from before. What was a superficial greeting has become something more. Our language hasn’t changed, we have. So how are you? I suspect that we here are Lockdown Britain in miniature. We clap our health workers. It doesn’t make up for lousy pay and conditions, but they tell us it’s deeply appreciated. A lot of our pilots own small businesses. Some...
Air League Flying Bursaries 2020
The Air League flying bursaries support aspiring pilots with their training. They are intended for those individuals who require support either to complete their PPL and move onto the next stage of their training or for those who require post PPL support to finance their night rating, instrument ratings or similar. In 2020, we would especially like to encourage applications from pilots who will use the bursaries to progress their...
