The schools have broken up so it can only be that time of year when parents desperately seek ways to keep kids entertained for 6 weeks. But if your kids are plane mad then we have some ideas. That’s why we’ve launched our Summer Holiday Guide for AvGeek families showing what [read more]
The third strike by Irish pilots of budget airline Ryanair has seen flights cancelled for over 2,500 passengers flying between the UK and Ireland. Ahead of today’s strikes, Ryanair tried to shift blame onto its pilot’s by publishing pay slips and claiming its pilots earn between €150,000 and €200,000 per annum [read more]
The Ministry of Defence is preparing to sell RAF Scampton, home of The Red Arrows, as part of a plan to cut costs across the defence estate. The Lincolnshire base is earmarked for sale by 2022 along with North Yorkshire air base, RAF Linton-on-Ouse which is currently used as a flight [read more]
Firefighters are tackling a grass fire that has broken out at Bournemouth Airport causing at least one flight to divert. The blaze is on a large area of grass near Taxiway Tango on the north of the airfield in an area used for aircraft storage and maintenance. Firefighters from the Airport [read more]
A summer of fun for kids aged 3-13 is planned at Manchester Airports Runway Visitor Park. The Runway Visitors Park (RVP), which is by far one of the best facilities for aviation enthusiasts in the UK, will be holding a number of events throughout the summer holidays including Sunday Fun [read more]
Ryanair, Europe’s largest budget airline, has seen its profits fall 20% in the first quarter of 2018. Profits for the airline dropped to €319m despite traffic growing 7% to 36m passengers in the period. Ryanair blamed lower fares, higher fuel costs and pilot costs for the decrease in profit. The airline [read more]
As trade week comes to an end and the displays turn to public eyes we look at back the highs and the lows, the winners and the losers of the Farnborough International Airshow 2018. The week began with Qatar Airways stealing the show sending no less than 6 aircraft. The [read more]
The Welsh Government and Cardiff Airport have set out their vision for the next 2 decades which includes the airport taking control of MOD St Athan. Unveiling the draft masterplan, outgoing First Minister Carwyn Jones said: “These improvements are ambitious yet achievable and will enable the Airport to continue its development [read more]
It all started with a Monkey, Milo Monkey. Out Isla comes from school pulling a suitcase and with a big smile ‘Milo is coming home with us for the weekend!’. I had heard parents talk about the Monkey but up to that point we had eluded him. Oh heck, the [read more]
Airbus has successfully completed the first flight of its latest Out-Sized Transport (OST) aircraft, the Beluga XL. The Aircraft landed at Toulouse at 14:41 hrs local time after successfully completing its first test flight lasting four hours and 11 minutes just south of Airbus headquarters. The test flight was carried out [read more]
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