Bombardier site at Belfast City Airport
Aviation engineering news

600 jobs to go at Bombardier’s Belfast site

Canadian aerospace company Bombardier is to shed up to 600 jobs at its Belfast, Northern Ireland site. The job cuts are part of a wider plan by Bombardier to cut 2,500 jobs worldwide. The site in Belfast, which sits next to Belfast City Airport, is one of the largest manufacturing [read more]

Looking out from a Ryanair Boeing 737-800
Airline news

UK Government advice on hand luggage is ‘rubbish’

The UK Governments latest piece of airline travel advice, which recommends that passengers use hold luggage instead of carry-on bags, has come under criticism with one airline calling it “rubbish”. The advice from the Department of Transport (DoT) says passengers should minimise carry-on bags and instead check luggage in to [read more]

Easyjet Airbus A319 landing at Gatwick Airport (Aviation Media Agency)
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Easyjet to resume 75% of routes by August

Low-Cost Carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY), which resumes flying on 15th June, has said that it plans to have resumed 75% of its normal summer routes by August. Easyjet operates 1022 routes across Europe and initially plans to fly 50% of those in July and building up to 75% in August. The [read more]