The Alauda Airspeeder 4 electric flying racing car was due to make its debut at Goodwood’s festival of speed last weekend but a test flight last Thursday ended in a crash. As we reported last week, the AAIB said it was sending a team to the site of an Unmanned Aerial [read more]
The Flybe brand will start to disappear form airports after the European Commission (EC) approved the takeover of its business by Connect Airways Ltd, a group led by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group. Flybe turned from a profitable regional airline into an airline on the verge of collapse under the [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) is restarting the Bristol (BRS/EGGD) to Grenoble (GNB/LFLS) route for the winter season 2020. Starting on 11th January 2020 the weekly service will operate on a Saturday. Located at the foot of the French Alps, Grenoble is a popular destination for skiers and winter sports enthusiasts and as [read more]
A BAe Hawk T1 belonging to the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) ‘The Red Arrows’ has suffered a tyre burst when landing at Farnborough Airport (FAB/EGLF). According to local sources touched down around lunchtime today and during the landing roll of the Hawks main tyres burst. Emergency services were [read more]
A Virgin Atlantic flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in Boston (BOS/KBOS) after a fire broke out in the cabin. Unconfirmed reports have said the fire is believed to have been caused by an overheating or faulty battery charger and was contained to one seat. Virgin Flight [read more]
It’s the Wales National Airshow this weekend and if you are heading down to Swansea Bay then here is what you need to know. When? The Wales National Airshow takes place across two days, Saturday 6th July and Sunday 7th July. On Saturday only there is also an evening event [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has revealed it has cut the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions per passenger to just 66g per kilometre (KM). In figures released by the airline for June 2019 the airline says it flew 14.2m passengers 17,789m km releasing CO2 emissions of 1,167kt making Ryanair the cleanest airline flying in [read more]
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has said it has sent a team to West Sussex to investigate an accident involving an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle or Drone. Not much is known about the nature of the accident which happened near Goodwood yesterday. The Goodwood Estate is currently hosting the Festival [read more]
After at least two false starts, flights have finally got underway at Carlisle Lake District Airport today for the first time in 25 years. The airport, which is owned by the Stobart Group, will see flights to Dublin, London Southend and Belfast operated by Loganair (LM/LOG). It is hoped that [read more]
Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has been forced to cancel some flights to Kirkwall airport on Friday 5th July and change the flight times on Saturday 6th July as the airport is closing early due to unforeseen staffing problems. As a result, the airline has been forced to make changes [read more]
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