Ryanair has been forced to cancel flights today affecting around 4000 passengers in Ireland, and many more in the UK and other countries as it’s Irish pilots stage a second 24-hour walkout. The budget airline cancelled flights to and from the UK from Ireland, particularly routes that would allow passengers to rebook [read more]
British Airways has announced it will be adding a new service from Gatwick Airport to the winter break hotspot Cologne from November 2018. Cologne is well known for its art, history and architecture along with Christmas markets and the famous chocolate museum. It is home to the six-day street carnival [read more]
BREAKING: Control tower at Heathrow evacuated and all flights on hold. Inbound flights were put into a holding pattern while the cause of the evacuation was investigated. It has just been discovered to be a fire alarm.
Qatar Airways has announced it will be increasing the frequency of its flights between Manchester and Doha from May 2019. The airline currently operates 16 flights per week between the two cities and connects Manchester’s passengers to more than 150 destinations around the world including across Asia, Africa, Australia and [read more]
Singapore airlines has been named as the best airline in the world For 2018 by Skytrax. The Asian airline knocked Qatar Airlines down to the no2 spot but Qatar Airways was awarded best business class for third consecutive year and was also awarded best Middle Eastern airline. The top 5 [read more]
Brazilian airframes Embraer has secured a raft of orders on day two of the Farnborough Airshow. Embraer was showing off the latest variation of their regional jet, the E2 versions of the E-Jet range at the show in a specially liveried shark airliner which put on a stunning display over [read more]
The Royal Navy has a long and strong history of flying, and their Airshow held annually at RNAS Yeovilton (HMS HERON) is to help commemorate that and showcase some of the things they do. It is a large event on the airshow calendar, attracting aviation geeks and families from all [read more]
The UK Government has announced a 6th Generation fighter which is to be designed and built in the UK by a consortium including BAe Systems and Rolls-Royce, MBDA UK and Leonardo. The Tempest was unveiled at the Farnborough International Airshow by defence secretary Gavin Williamson as the first day got underway. [read more]
Rival airframers Boeing and Airbus have both secured deals on day 1 of the Farnborough International Airshow. For Seattle-based Boeing, day one included an order from Qatar Airways for five Boeing 777 Freighters worth around $1.7bn at list prices. This was backed up with an order for 30 Boeing 737 [read more]
617 Squadron, the Dambusters, was celebrated at the Royal International Air Tattoo with a special flypast marking the squadrons iconic aircraft. The flypast at RAF Fairford at the weekend formed part of the RAF100 celebrations and featured the squadrons famous Avro Lancaster, the aircraft which was used on the Dambusters [read more]
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