Hundreds were ready to look to the skies for the latest Red Arrows display this weekend, but unfortunately, they’re not showing up.
The daredevil stunt team was scheduled to make an appearance at the Eastbourne International Airshow this weekend, which started yesterday, but the team confirmed last week they had to pull out.
Why? Well, the pilots had completed their recent tour of the US and were due to fly from Canada to Greenland and Iceland before coming home, but their journey has been cancelled due to a ‘prolonged period of forecasted poor weather’ in Canada.
As a result, the team had to call off performances this week, including the Eastbourne International Airshow, the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and Lyme Regis Lifeboat Week.
While the Red Arrows won’t make an appearance at Eastbourne, the events are all scheduled to go ahead as planned without the planes.
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And thankfully, there are plenty of other events scheduled for the next month that the Red Arrows may attend.
So when is the next Red Arrows display?
The stunt team is expected to leave Canada soon and return to the UK by the end of this week to refuel before continuing their worldwide tour.
If things go to plan, they’re scheduled to make an appearance at Cromer Festival for an air show on August 19 before flying to Linkoping, Sweden, for the Swedish Air Force 100th Anniversary Show.
After that, the team’s next UK shows will take place at the end of August with the Clacton Air Show on August 27 and 28, and then at the Sidmouth Regatta and Air Show on August 29.
From September, the Red Arrows will head to Scotland, Guernsey, and Jersey, before visiting Czechia and France and then returning home- so even if you can’t make the Clacton Air Show or the Sidmouth Regatta, you’ve still got some chances of seeing them.
Full Red Arrows flight schedule for 2026
– Lyme Regis, RNLI Lifeboat Week
– Cromer carnival and air display, Norfolk
– Swedish Air Force 100-Year Anniversary Show 2026, Linkoping, Sweden
– Swedish Air Force 100-Year Anniversary Show 2026, Linkoping, Sweden
– Clacton Air Show
– Clacton Air Show
– Sidmouth Regatta and Air Show
– International Ayr Show Festival of Flight, Ayr, Scotland
– International Ayr Show Festival of Flight, Ayr, Scotland
– Guernsey air display
– Jersey international air display
– IWM Duxford Battle of Britain Air Show, Cambridge
– tbc
– NATO days in Ostrava, Czechia
– NATO days in Ostrava, Czechia
– Le Touquet airshow, France
– IWM Duxford flying finale
What have the Red Arrows said?
Wing Commander Sasha Nash said last week: ‘We are very sorry the Red Arrows cannot participate at these events and we are grateful to organisers and communities for their understanding.
‘Every effort is being made to ensure the Red Arrows can recommence the busy display season as soon as possible.
‘However, safety is the only factor that will determine the timing of the team’s return from Canada.’
In a statement, the team said scheduled engineering on the Hawks had been rearranged to make best use of time, so it took place in Canada instead of the UK.
The move would mean the return to the planned 2026 programme would be ‘as expedient and efficient as possible’.
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