Sailing, not something we normally cover here on Aviation Wales but as the 2017/18 Volvo Ocean Race gets underway, its potential to boost Cardiff Airports passenger numbers is in focus. The Volvo Ocean Race is a round-the-world yacht race that takes place every 3 years. It provides teams with the [read more]
Pilots at Ryanair’s biggest UK hub, London Stansted, have voted to reject a Ryanair pay offer by the Irish Low-Cost Carrier (LCC). The decision, which had the support of over 60% of pilots, rejected an offer of £11,000-£22,000 extra in bonuses and allowances. The offer is conditional on all negotiations [read more]
Seattle based air-framer Boeing is on track to open it’s new Sheffield facility in 2018, Boeings first dedicated manufacturing facility in Europe. Boeing Sheffield will manufacture spur gears, shafts and housings with materials that are also sourced in the UK. The result of a £20m investment, the facility will support global [read more]
The Airbus A330neo has taken to the skies for its maiden flight from Toulouse, France. Departing from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on Thursday 19th October, No. 1 A330neo was put through its paces during a four hour and 13-minute flight to evaluate the basic handling and operation of the aircraft. Airbus employees [read more]
Thomas Cook has announced that it plans to launch a Palma based Spanish airline. Called Thomas Cook Airlines Balearics, the new airline will operate from the bucket and spade carriers most popular destination of Palma De Mallorca (PMI/LEPA). It will initially operate using 3 Airbus A320 aircraft that previously operated for [read more]
Switzerland’s SkyWork Airlines is the latest European airline to find its future in serious jeopardy after the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) said it may not renew its air operator’s certificate (AOC) at the end of October. The FOCA has serious doubts about the Swiss airlines unstable financial situation and whether or not [read more]
A group of students got some valuable experience of working in engineering when they visited British Airways’ Cardiff maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport and Aviation Wales were invited along to see how they got on. British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) carries out repairs and maintenance on the British Airways long-haul [read more]
Europe’s largest regional airline, Flybe has seen its shares drop overnight by nearly 20% after investors bail out of what appears to be another European airline hitting turbulence. The drop in shares comes after the airline warned that escalating maintenance and IT costs would mean its half-year profit would be [read more]
Airbus and Bombardier just delivered a huge slap in the face to Boeing and the US government by joining forces over the Canadian manufactures newest plane, the C-Series. Airbus has taken a majority share in Bombardiers struggling C-Series project in a move to protect jobs worldwide and provide the Canadian [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive for the immediate inspection of Airbus A380 engines. The airworthiness directive (AD) 2017-21-51 relates to the uncontained engine failure of an Air France Airbus A380 engine over Greenland. It affects Engine Alliance (EA) GP7270, GP7272 and GP7277 engines types. [read more]
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