Pentagon’s FY26 defence budget proposal is $130 billion more than US Congress plans to provide
The House Committee on Appropriations approved a FY2026 bill reducing investments in main defence programmes.
easyJet is to launch a further 21 new routes in 2010, taking the total number of routes to be launched across its European network in the coming year to 70.
The addition of these new services means the airline will now offer choice of over 500 routes connecting its 19 bases across the UK and the continent to key airports across Europe and North Africa.
The new routes, with their start dates and frequencies in parentheses, are:
Liverpool to Bodrum (11 June – Mon & Fri); Bristol to Dalaman (16 July – Mon, Fri & Sun), Bodrum (17 July – Tue, Thu & Sat), and Heraklion (17 July – Wed & Sat); London Stansted to Bodrum (15 May – Tue, Thu & Sat), Dalaman (14 May – Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun), Dubrovnik (15 May – Tue, Thu & Sat) and Split (14 May – Mon, Wed, Fri & Sun); Amsterdam to Prague (14 May – daily); Geneva to Faro (3 April – Thu & Sat), Heraklion (19 June – Tue & Sat), Brindisi (3 April – Thu & Sat); Paris CDG to Palma (10 July – Mon, Tue, Thu, Sat & Sun), Split (10 July – Tue, Thu & Sat), Prague (28 March – daily), Malaga (14 May – daily), Toulouse (28 March – twice daily); Rome Fiumicino to Malta (12 March – daily), Nice (12 March – Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri & Sun); Milan Malpensa to Mahon (date to be confirmed – Tue, Thu & Sat); and Paris Orly to Venice (28 March – twice daily).
The House Committee on Appropriations approved a FY2026 bill reducing investments in main defence programmes.
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Shephard talked to multiple experts about the most pressing concerns and considerations regarding the air defence system advocated by President Trump.
While industry reception to the SDR has been positive, questions still remain from analyst and trade associations about what this could mean for future investment and the future UK Defence Industrial Strategy.
The UK’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was launched as one of the first acts of the UK’s new Labour Government in June last year. The review has recommended a major big-picture reform of the country’s forces.
The UK’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR) was designed to answer two questions: What is needed to fix UK defence and make it fit for the 2040s, and what do you get for a fixed financial profile? The SDR outlines that work still needs to be done on specifics.