Rolls-Royce
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Rolls-Royce Engines: What’s in a name?

Rolls-Royce for many is the gold standard in jet engines, they power some of the biggest, fastest and most-efficient aircraft in the sky such as the Trent powered Boeing 777 or the mighty Pegasus powered Harrier Jump-Jet. The names alone – Olympus, Proteus, Nene – are names that conjure up [read more]

Dublin Aerospace
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Exeter Aerospace launches in former Flybe Facility

Dublin, Ireland based Aviation maintenance company, Dublin Aerospace Group, has launched Exeter Aerospace in the former Flybe Maintenance Facility at Exeter Airport. The group already provides maintenance for Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 & A330 families at its site in Ireland but now aims to complement that with regional jet [read more]

Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 (Image: UK Aviation Media)
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Qatar Airways drop Birmingham & Cardiff for W20

Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) have officially suspended flights from Doha to Birmingham (BHX/EGBB) and Cardiff (CWL/EGFF) airports for Winter 2020 as travel restrictions mean demand isn’t there. The airline had hoped to resume flights from both airports in October but the current global situation means the airline is focusing on the [read more]

Easyjet
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Easyjet ‘hanging by a thread’ says BALPA rep

According to a recording obtained by the BBC, EasyJet Captain and British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) rep Mark Entwisle claims that the airlines future is ‘hanging by a thread’ as it continues to deal with the global crisis. The recording is allegedly from a presentation given by union reps where Mr [read more]

Jazeera Airways (Image: Anna Zvereva\CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Jazeera Airways to launch Heathrow to Kuwait flight

Jazeera Airways (J9/JZR) is launching a daily flight between Kuwait International Airport (KWI/OKBK) and London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The service will launch on 25th October and will be operated by an Airbus A320neo aircraft. Founded in 2004, Kuwait based Jazeera Airways was the first non-government owned airline to operate in Kuwait, [read more]

Qatar Airways Boeing 787-8 (Image: UK Aviation Media)
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Qatar Airways tweaks UK winter schedule

Leading gulf carrier Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) has filed some changes to its winter schedule to the UK. From the 25th October, Qatar Airways is reducing a number of routes to fit the current and expected demand for air travel. Route reductions include: London Gatwick reduction from 18 to 4 weekly [read more]