Aviation engineering news
Boeing delivers final Boeing 747 in a ceremony at Everett
01/02/2023
2 minute read
Everett, Washington is the undisputed home of the Boeing 747 from the “incredibles” who designed and built the first-ever Boeing 747 through the 1,573 additional 747s that were built so it was only fitting that the final one is handed over at the Everett site. Atlas Air received the last-ever [read more]
Airline news
Aer Lingus to launch Knock to Heathrow flights
01/02/2023
2 minute read
Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) is set to launch a daily service between Knock Ireland West Airport (NOC/EIKN) to London Heathrow (LGR/EGLL) this spring. The new service which begins on the 26th of March will boost links for tourism and industry in the west of Ireland enhancing the local economy and will [read more]
Aviation engineering news
2022 airliner deliveries exceed predictions
30/01/2023
2 minute read
Deliveries of airliners in 2022 significantly exceeded predictions with over 1,000 aircraft being delivered for the first time since 2019. The UK trade organisation representing the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space sectors, ADS, had predicted that 997 aircraft would be delivered in 2022 but the final total was 1,144 from [read more]
Aviation engineering news
Airbus and ATR commit to the decarbonisation of the air transport sector with SAF production
29/01/2023
2 minute read
French airframer ATR and French Aerospace Giant Airbus, together with the French Government, the Occitanie Region, Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, and Aerospace Valley, have committed to a pledge to decarbonise the aviation sector. The commitment will see the acceleration of the development, production and use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the [read more]
Airline news
Flybe collapse: The numbers behind the airline’s failure
28/01/2023
2 minute read
Flybe (Flybe Ltd), the reincarnation of the previously collapsed regional airline, ceased trading overnight cancelling all flights leaving hundreds without flights today, passengers stranded overseas and many staff members without a job. A statement by the airline, further to that on its website, revealed that 276 employees had lost their [read more]
Airline news
Flybe 2.0 ceases trading after less than a year as debts spiral
28/01/2023
2 minute read
Regional Flybe has collapsed and ceased trading with immediate effect less than a year after the airline launched flights under the Flybe brand. In a statement on its website, it said that “Flybe has now ceased trading and all flights from and to the UK operated by Flybe have been [read more]
Aviation engineering news
Boeing reports £524 million pound operating loss in 4th Quarter
26/01/2023
2 minute read
US airframer Boeing has reported an operating loss of over £524 million in the 4th quarter of 2022 in its final financial report of the year. The loss is blamed on “abnormal production costs” caused by it trying to clear the backlog of Boeing 737 Max deliveries and an increase [read more]
Airline news
Runway lights fail at Bristol Airport prompting diversions
25/01/2023
< 1 minute read
The runway lights at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGDD) have failed this evening causing flights to be diverted to other airports including Cardiff. Bristol Airport confirmed the outage at 2024 local time saying: “Our runway lights suffered a failure this evening, which means flights are currently unable to land or take-off. Our [read more]
Air show news
2Excel calls time on Blades Aerobatic team
25/01/2023
2 minute read
2Excel Aviation has confirmed that 2022 was the last full season of operations for The Blades Aerobatic team which has been a popular addition to many air show display lists since their 2006 debut. One of the reasons cited is the “continued degradation of the air show circuit, with more [read more]
Aviation safety news
Fly Legal Day aims to challenge illegal charter flights
21/01/2023
2 minute read
On the 21st of January 2019, Cardiff City footballer Emiliano Sala died when the plane he was travelling from Nantes to Cardiff in crashed in the English Channel. The aircraft was a small twin-engined private aircraft flown by pilot John Ibbotson in a hastily arranged charter flight, arranged by a [read more]
Airline news
Europe’s busiest airports and how far you fly from them
20/01/2023
< 1 minute read
When it comes to how busy an airport is it’s very easy to look at the number of flights or passenger numbers but what about where those seats go? How important is that airport to the worldwide market? That is exactly what Cirium’s analytics on the fly tells us in [read more]
Airline news
Airbus gets12 aircraft order from Uzbekistan Airways
20/01/2023
< 1 minute read
European airframer Airbus has won an order for 12 A320neo family aircraft from Uzbekistan Airways (HY/UZB), the national airline of Uzbekistan. The order is made up of eight A320neo aircraft and four of the longer A321neo aircraft which all be fitted with the Airbus Airspace cabin. Ilhom Makhkamov, Chairman of [read more]
Aviation engineering news
NASA awards sustainable flight contract to Boeing
19/01/2023
2 minute read
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a contract for the development and flight testing of a full-scale Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) demonstrator aeroplane to Boeing. The demonstrator will test technologies as part of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) program and will inform future designs that could lead [read more]
Airline news
Delta firms up 12 aircraft A220 order
18/01/2023
< 1 minute read
Delta Airlines (DL/DAL) has firmed up an order for 12 more Airbus A220 aircraft from Airbus bringing the total A220 order for the airline to 119 aircraft. The US-built A220s have received strong support from Delta Airlines, with the US carrier becoming the type’s largest operator since it received its [read more]
Airline news
Is Swansea Airport set to have scheduled flights for the first time in over 22 years?
18/01/2023
2 minute read
Well according to the operators Swansea Airport Ltd, yes! From the end of March 2023 an as-yet-unnamed airline is set to launch flights between Exeter and Swansea. The last commercial airline to use Swansea Airport was Air Wales which ceased its operations there in 2004 to focus on Cardiff Airport. [read more]
Airline news
Easyjet to relaunch Southend to Amsterdam and additional Faro routes
17/01/2023
< 1 minute read
Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) is set to relaunch its popular route from Southend (SEN/EGMC) to Amsterdam starting from 24th May 2023. The service will operate four times per week and will be the fourth destination that the carrier operates from the airport following its return. In addition to the Amsterdam [read more]
Aviation engineering news
Air traffic predicted to return to pre-pandemic levels by June
16/01/2023
2 minute read
Global air traffic is expected to return to pre-pandemic levels by June of this year, around a year ahead of original predictions, according to airliner leasing specialist Avolon. The Dublin, Ireland-based operation says the sector is set to thrive in 2023 after 2022 saw a 70% recovery of air travel [read more]
News
Single file change caused FAA outage grounding thousands of flights
16/01/2023
< 1 minute read
The outage of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) NOTAMs system which caused thousands of flights to be delayed or cancelled last week was reportedly caused by an engineer swapping one file. The FAA said that the results of the preliminary analysis of the outage showed “that a data file was [read more]
