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Welcome aboard this week’s Plane News Weekly, your Sunday fix of UK airline updates, aviation news, loyalty deals, and travel hacks. Confession time: Dry January didn’t quite survive take-off. Okay, maybe just two or three beers… which I’m calling a soft landing. In my defence, have you tried Eurostar’s own IPA onboard? Surprisingly decent. This week I’ve been working on a TikTok with SafetyWing travel insurance, and honestly, their Nomad cover has been a lifesaver. I live

If you’ve ever booked an easyJet flight thinking “£5.99 for a cabin bag? Bargain.”…only to get to checkout and suddenly it’s £23.99, welcome aboard. Turns out it’s not just you being dramatic. The UK’s advertising watchdog has officially BANNED an easyJet advert for being misleading about cabin bag prices. Yes. Really. The issue? That familiar little line saying you can add a large cabin bag “from £5.99”. Naughty easyJet. So… how much ARE bags really? The Advertising St

It’s also great news that Heathrow has finally lifted liquid restrictions in hand luggage. The original 100ml rule dates back to 2006 after a foiled transatlantic terror plot, I remember flying into Heathrow from New York as Virgin crew the day it was introduced. Fast-forward to a few weeks ago and, thinking the rule had already changed, I turned up with an expensive Rituals reed diffuser in my hand luggage. As a travel blogger and aviation nerd, I should know better. Oh, the

If you’ve spent the last two decades panic-decanting shampoo into tiny plastic bottles at the airport, Heathrow has some genuinely good news. Heathrow liquid rules 2026 have been updated. The airport has confirmed it has completed a £1 billion rollout of new CT security scanners, meaning passengers no longer need to remove liquids or large electronic devices from their hand luggage when going through security. That means:

January is about resetting and planning, and before we go any further, I just want to say this: over 30,000 of you read MrPlaneGuy.com last month. I’m genuinely touched and incredibly grateful it still blows my mind that so many of you choose to spend your time here.