The US Department of Defense has approved funding to acquire property and develop military construction projects at RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland. The United States National Defense Authorization Act 2019, which was signed into law on Monday, allocates over $79,000,000 for US Navy projects in the UK following the decision last year [read more]
GKN Fokker Services, part of GKN Aerospace, has been granted a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) by EASA for its ADS-B Out modification for Boeing Next-Generation 737 aircraft. The certificate allows GKN Fokker Services to carry out the modification to ADS-B Out on Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft ahead of the deadline [read more]
Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) will have a second daily service to Istanbul from March next year when Turkish Airlines doubles its flights from the Midlands airport. From the 31st March 2019 Turkish Airlines will operate a morning flight leaving Birmingham at 10:40 and an afternoon flight leaving at 17:00. The extra [read more]
Abu Dhabi based Etihad Airways (EY/ETD) has announced it will start Dreamliner operations at Manchester Airport from November. A Boeing 787-9 will replace the Boeing 777-300ER on one of the two daily flights between Manchester and Abu Dhabi adding an upgraded experience for travelers between the two cities. The Dreamliner [read more]
An airport worker has stolen a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 from Seattle Tacoma airport in an apparent suicide. The aircraft belonging to Alaska Airlines subsidiary Horizon Air was stolen by a mechanic who ATC communications identified as “Rich” before taking off from the airport without permission. The man then flew [read more]
1 in 6 Ryanair flights has been cancelled today as Pilot strikes spread across Europe. Pilots in Ireland are staging their latest 24-hour walkout and are joined by pilots in Belgium, German, Sweden and the Netherlands with around 50,000 passengers being affected. The row over pay and conditions for Pilots [read more]
The latest British hero to make it onto the tail fin of a Norwegian.com aircraft is Jane Austen. The Pride and Prejudice author now has her image on the tail of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, G-CKWE, which flies from London Gatwick on long-haul routes. The airline has always honoured iconic [read more]
South Wales Police have recently launched an airport watch scheme at Cardiff Airport for plane spotters and aviation enthusiasts. Cardiff Airport Watch allows local plane spotters and regular visitors to the airport to become a reliable source of information about goings on outside of the fence and help to boost [read more]
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air is to launch its UK airline, Wizz Air UK in October 2018. Operating under the W9/WUK codes the airline will launch at London Luton on the 28th October. Wizz Air UK will initially operate flights from London Luton to Lisbon & Eilat, with Kharkiv being [read more]
Jet Airways has said it will increase the planned frequency of its Manchester to Mumbai service which is due to start in November. The Indian airline will now offer the service five times per week from launch with flights operating on Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday using an Airbus [read more]
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