Hundreds of flights from the UK have been cancelled as a result of yet another strike by French Air Traffic Controllers. The strike, the latest in run of disputes than seem to have been going since Louis Bleriot fist flew across the channel, have caused cancellations from most UK & [read more]
Manchester has today revealed details of its new PremiAir service which will it says will offer a private jet experience to passengers no matter who they are flying with. Announced back in January the service is expected to launch in September and be available with prices starting from just £50. [read more]
A statement released by Boeing shows that the airframer was aware of a software issue with MCAS on the Boeing 737 Max in 2017 but chose not to act. Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) has been implicated in two fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes a Lion Air Crash in [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) is launching two new jet routes from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ/EGPD) putting in direct competition with regional rival, Eastern Airways. Flights to Newcastle and Norwich commence on September 1st and the airline says it is in response to poor service on the routes currently operated by Eastern Airways. Loganair [read more]
Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has announced that it has raised £350m in capital through the release of 25 year bond on the UK Capital Markets. The group, which owns Manchester (MAN/EGCC), London Stansted (STN/EGSS) and East Midlands (EMA/EGNX) airports, revealed that the bond was 4 times over subscribed showing interest [read more]
St Athan based Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) company, Cardiff Aviation, has been awarded a repeat contract by UK holiday airline TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM). The contract gives TUI a flexible maintenance facility away from its main engineering line and will see Cardiff Aviation carry out work on TUI Airways [read more]
A Royal Air Force (RAF) F35 Lightning is set to make an appearance at the Royal Navy International Air Day in July. The state-of-the-art multirole stealth fighter will make its debut at the annual airshow held at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton in a flying only appearance. The F35 [read more]
Air Serbia (JU/ASL) has agreed to lease the former Jet Airways London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) slots from owners, Etihad. In slot trade, submitted on the 26th April 2019, Air Serbia will lease seven slots pairs from Etihad until 26th October 2019. Indian airline Jet Airways recently suspended operations and the some [read more]
For the first time ever we can get a glimpse into the secretive world of the B2 Stealth Bomber thanks to the US based film producer and radio personality Jeff Bolton. During 2018 Jeff became the first civilian to fly and film on-board the iconic stealth bomber and the video [read more]
British Airways is now using biometric boarding on flights from the US to the UK with over 250,000 people already having used the system following a successful introduction of the technology on UK domestic flights. Biometric data allows passengers to confirm their identity with their face, in similar way to [read more]
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