Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air, and its UK subsidiary Wizz Air UK are to set up a base London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) putting it in direct competition with Easyjet. Wizz Air will initially launch with a single aircraft operating flights to Athens, Lanzarote, Malta and Naples which all are all [read more]
2Excel Aviation has upgraded the oil spill response capability of its two Boeing 727 aircraft with an upgraded development of its TERSUS oil dispersant system. The Boeing 727’s, G-OSRA & G-OSRB, are operated on behalf of Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL) and the spray system has been designed and built [read more]
British Airways the latest of Boeing 747-400 retiree, G-CIVD, to an airport in Spain tomorrow as the airline begins the retirement of its final 31 jumbo jets. ‘Victor Delta’ is expected to fly from London Heathrow tomorrow and make its way to Castellon Airport, the Spanish of home eCube Solutions, [read more]
Low-cost carrier Easyjet has confirmed it is closing its bases at Newcastle (NCL/EGNT), London Stansted (STN/EGSS) and London Southend (SEN/EGMC) in September. We reported on the airlines plans back in June but the airline has now confirmed when the closures will happen with the loss of hundreds of jobs. Although [read more]
Leading holiday airline Jet2 (LS/EXS) is to axe 102 pilot jobs as its struggles to recover from the downturn in air travel following the Coronavirus pandemic. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) had put a number of alternative proposals to the airline in a bid to avoid compulsory redundancies but [read more]
Ryanair’s new Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) to Vienna (VIE/LOWW) service has officially launched today as the first flight departed the South West of England regional airport. The flight will now operate twice-weekly for the duration of Ryanair’s summer schedule at Bristol Airport and in operates in under the Vienna based Laudamotion [read more]
European airframer Airbus SE is cutting production of its long-range widebody airliner, the Airbus A350, from 6 to 5 per month as undelivered aircraft being to pile up. In its half-year reports Airbus disclosed that 145 airliners went undelivered in the first half of 2020, a direct result of the [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) is launching flights from Teesside Airport (MME/EGNV) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) in September 2020. The daily jet service will provide a crucial North-South link connecting the Tees Valley area, which includes Hartlepool, Darlington and Middlesborough, with the Captial helping with important business links. Roger Hage, Eastern Airways’ [read more]
The assistant general secretary of the Unite Union Howard Beckett led a scathing attack on British Airways dismissal by email of at least 4,000 of its staff members on what is being dubbed Black Friday. Mr Beckett said: “This is a very bleak day for the incredible BA workforce and [read more]
An Air India Express flight from Dubai skidded off the end of the runway and crashed after landing at Calicut International Airport in Kerala, India. According to local reports the aircraft, a Boeing 737, was carrying 191 passengers. An image (shown above) widely shared on social media by twitter user [read more]
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