Ryanair has failed in its attempt to get the courts to block a strike by British Pilots this weekend clearing the way for the first of two planned walkouts. Pilots who are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) voted to strike after the airline failed to reach an [read more]
Brazillian aircraft manufacturer Embraer turned 50 yesterday and the company celebrated with a special event bringing together employees, authorities and commercial partners at company’s São José dos Campos headquarters in Brazil. From humble beginnings, the company has grown to become the third-largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus and has [read more]
Easyjet is to begin Airbus A321neo operations at Bristol Airport this winter and now we have the full picture of what routes Easyjet’s lastest fleet addition will be operating. Easyjet received its first A321neo, G-UZMA, in July 2018 and currently has six in service. The A321neo has many enhancements over [read more]
UK Charter Airline Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) has changed the route of its one-off charter to Cairns, Australia in 2020. The flight leaves the London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) on 8th January 2020 and was originally due to operate via Goa, India (GOI/VOGO) but a change to the scheduling now means it will [read more]
Delta Airlines (DL/DAL) is set to return to Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) next year as it starts to share the Manchester to Boston Route (BOS/KBOS) with Virgin Atlantic. Delta is set to begin flying the route from 21st May 2020 and it has now been confirmed that the route will be [read more]
Iceland is known as the land of fire and ice thanks to its location within the arctic circle and its geothermal activity making it one of the most contrasting places you can visit and that’s perhaps why its become so popular with Brits looking for an adventurous break. The Icelandic [read more]
The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) ‘The Red Arrows’ are to fly alongside 3 other American display teams to fly over New York on Thursday 22nd August. The nine iconic red BAe Hawk T1’s will fly with the US Navy (USN) display team, the Blue Angels, FA/18 Hornets, The [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) has entered into an agreement with Norwegian regional airline Widerøe to offer seamless connectivity across Norway for Loganair passengers. Passengers arriving into Bergen or Stavanger from Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) will be able to interline onward to Alesund, Floro, Kristiansund, Tromso, Bodo and Molde with Kristiansand and Sandefjord-Torp. While passengers [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is preparing its Airbus A350-1000XWB aircraft for its first long-haul service next month. G-XWBA, which recently joined the British Airways fleet, is due to fly its first long haul service to Dubai (DXB/OMDB) on the 2nd September 2019 and the airline is busy putting the aircraft through [read more]
Ryanair’s Irish pilots that are members of the Irish Airline Pilots Association (IALPA) will join their British colleagues in striking on the 22nd and 23rd August. 94% of Irish Pilots voted in favour of joining their British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) colleagues in the action over terms and conditions as [read more]
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