Its 31st December 2020, that final day of a year that has been memorable for all the wrong reasons. A year that we should forget, but we never will. It started as a positive year, in fact it was expected to be a record year for air travel with almost [read more]
The UK’s air traffic services provider NATS has issued an urgent message (SANTAM) to all UK airspace users warning them of an special flight happening tonight. The warning comes into effect from 2130hrs UK time and and warns that the flight, callsign SANTA01 will be operating to levels as low [read more]
Christmas has come early for a World War II Spitfire pilot whose stolen heirloom – a photograph of him flying a Spitfire – has been replaced by the RAF. Dr Edmund James, the last surviving pilot of his Squadron, had a photograph of him flying a Spitfire stolen earlier this [read more]
British Airways Cargo staff are set to begin a 9 day long strike on Christmas Day after the Union failed to agree a deal with the airline. The strike by members of the Unite Union is a result of a dispute over pay cuts which unite says will see members [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it has been left with no option but to cancel 12 domestic and international routes from the UK after a sudden rule change by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The carrier did not elaborate on what it calls “regulatory barriers” but the dispute is believed to [read more]
US Prosecutors have come under fire from some families of the victims of Pan Am 103 after choosing the 32nd anniversary of the bombing to announce charges against another Libyan national. The charges had been sealed until today which means that prosecutors chose today specifically to make the announcement of [read more]
Russia & India are the latest two countries to join a growing list of countries to ban travel to and from the UK. Russia is suspending flights from the UK for 7 days while India is blocking all flights until New Year’s Eve from Wednesday. The move is in response [read more]
The final Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 has left Heathrow Airport for the final time setting off to the US for its new life. 19 year-old G-VROY ‘Pretty Woman’ is heading to Las Vegas where it will be used by its new owners Atlas Air for, amongst other things, troop transport [read more]
A new private COVID-19 testing facility has opened at London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) allowing passengers to get a confirmation of a negative test before travelling. The collaboration between London Southend Airport, Prenetics and Acacium Group is available to passengers ahead of travel and also to non-passengers who want to obtain [read more]
32 years today at 19:02 local time Pan Am Boeing 747 crashed into the small Scottish borders town of Lockerbie killing 270 people. This was no accident though and even today questions are still being asked about who really brought down Flight 103. The aircraft, Boeing 747-100 N739PA “Clipper Maid [read more]
©2014-2022 UK Aviation News | A Max Thrust Digital Production | Hosted and Maintained by Newport Digital