Stansted Airport

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks has announced four trips to New York this winter from Stansted.  After the successful launch of flights and holidays from Stansted Airport in March this…

Low-cost UK carrier Jet2.com will open its first base in London at Stansted Airport, with flights set to commence in the second quarter of 2017.  The new Stansted operation represents…

Six new routes have been announced by Ryanair from Stansted Airport. The Irish carrier is planning new routes from the Essex airport to Clermont, Cologne, Deauville, Edinburgh,…

Stansted Airport has officially opened the first phase of its new departure lounge. A World Duty Free Group new flagship store is now in the Essex airport at the entrance to the…

Stansted Airport has launched a consultation on how it can make use of its single runway capacity. A framework for growth is being established by the Essex airport to grow its…

Stansted Airport has seen 1.9 million more passengers pass through its terminal in July compared to the same month last year. A strategy for route growth under new owners Manchester…

An investigation is underway after two Ryanair aircraft collided at Stansted Airport on Saturday morning. One Boeing 737-800 heading to Warsaw and another that had just landed at the…

Manchester Airport Group’s revitalisation of Stansted Airport seems to have got off to a good start with a 3.3% increase in passengers numbers so far this year. The airport has…

Stansted Airport has unveiled a new campaign to promote its route network amongst local markets. The airport is boasting its 150 direct scheduled connections into Europe throughout…

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) will be celebrating this week after Stansted Airport saw its first full year of passenger growth in six years.   The Essex airport carried more than…

Heathrow Airport will be forced to cut its airline charges by 1.5% as the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) looks at ways to balance competition at London’s airports. Charges will fall…

Stansted’s GBP80 million transformation has continued with the opening of a new security area. The area has been relocated away from the central location to another that is twice the…

Ryanair has announced 12 new routes from Stansted as part of its new agreement with the Essex airport. Flights from Stansted to Basel, Bordeaux, Bucharest, Lisbon and Prague are…

Ryanair has agreed a new long-term growth deal with Stansted Airport’s new owners M.A.G after previously cutting back services from the Essex airport. MAG and Ryanair have agreed a…

Baggage handlers at London Stansted airport are to strike over bank holiday weekend because of a pay dispute. The planned action will take place from 3:30am until 6:00am and then…

Baggage scanners at Stansted Airport have voted to strike over the August bank holiday weekend. Forty members of the GMB union, who scan bags before they are loaded onto aircraft, are…

Thomas Cook Airlines has announced it will add eight new services from Stansted Airport next summer with an extra aircraft at the base. Two of the company’s Airbus A321s will be…

Cardiff and Stansted airports were put to the test yesterday when British Airway’s Airbus A380 touched down ahead of its official launch this autumn. BA said it hopes Cardiff will be…

A group campaigning against the expansion of Stansted Airport has called for the removal of an Airports Commission advisor because of a conflict of interest. The Stop Stansted…

Stansted Airport has marked the 70th anniversary of its runway yesterday (26 July), in a ceremony attended by a US world war two veteran to mark the airport’s history as an army base.…

The owner of Stansted airport, Manchester Airports Group (MAG), has submitted its expansion plans to Sir Howard Davies’ Airports Commission.  The plans include a GBP10 million four…

Ryanair said it could “restart growth” at Stansted Airport and Dublin Airport this September if its talks with new owners are successful. Any new routes or frequencies from the…

Airport operator BAA has announced it is to sell Stansted Airport after losing battles in courts. The company said it has decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court after the Court of…

Thomson and First Choice have announced it will launch flights between Stansted and Agadir, Morocco next year. The tour operator will also launch flights from the airport to Gran Canaria…