The Welsh Government has announced that it is exploring opportunities to increase domestic flights from Cardiff Airport and ways to bypass Air Passenger Duty on those routes. Ken Skates AM made the announcement yesterday saying he was working to impose up to 9 Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes from Cardiff Airport [read more]
Dutch investigators have said that the Malaysian Airlines 777 that was shot down over Ukraine in 2014 was shot down by a missile provided by Russian Forces. The investigators have studied video footage of the missile launch which they say proves that the missile belonged to Russia’s 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade who had [read more]
US business jet airframer Gulfstream has announced the G600 will make its European debut at European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) 2018. The G600 is Gulfstream’s latest offering and is capable of carrying 9 passengers in hotel room luxury on distances up to 6,500nm. Cruising at speeds up to Mach 0.925 [read more]
Yeovilton Air Day in July has already announced a spectacular line-up of display for 2018 but they keep coming and the latest comes from aircraft actually based at RNAS Yeovilton. Both the Commando Helicopter Force (CHF) and the Royal Navy Wildcats will be putting on role demos on the day which [read more]
As reported last year the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has a new Chief Executive after Richard Moriarty took up his post today. Mr Moriarty joined the UK Civil Aviation Authority in 2016 as Group Director of Consumers and Markets and Deputy Chief Executive. His previous role was as the Chief [read more]
Traditionally, people choose their next destination through business need, culture, history or from a bucket list but thanks to Norwegian.com, you can now choose by its temperature too! Europe’s third largest low-cost carrier has launched a temperature filter to its route map which allows you to find a destination with [read more]
Qatar Airways has returned to London Gatwick airport today for the first time since it stopped services in 2011. The worlds best airline has resumed operations with a twice-daily service to Doha (DOH/OTHH) using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The return offers yet another link from the UK to Qatar and [read more]
Virgin Atlantic is moving its London to Las Vegas flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from March 2019. The route will also benefit from an upgrade to a state of the art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft instead of the current Boeing 747-400. The upgrade means an increase in [read more]
Exeter based regional airline Flybe is to reduce its fleet of aircraft to 70 over the next 2 years in a bid to make the airline more efficient. The move will allow the airline to continue its strategy of reducing its overall fleet and to concentrate on profitable routes only. [read more]
As the latest French Air Traffic Control (ATC) strike takes hold later today here’s what you need to know if you plan to travel over the next few days. Today’s strike is the latest in a long-running dispute by French Air Traffic Controllers who are unhappy with changes to their [read more]
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