Sources close to Virgin Group, which owns Virgin Atlantic, have said that Virgin Atlantic is set to announce a resuce package worth £1.2bn later today. According to the sources, the money is coming from stakeholders and investors already involved with the airline and will involve a restructuring of the airline [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has confirmed it is re-opening Terminal 2 from 15th July as passenger numbers increase at the UK’s 3rd busiest airport. Terminals 2 & 3 closed earlier this year as almost all flights from Manchester Airport were suspended at the height of the Coronavirus pandemic. Terminal 3 re-opened [read more]
The US Air Force (USAF) has given Boeing a contract worth nearly (USD)$1.2bn for eight F15EX Air Superiority Fighter and Multi-role combat aircraft. The most-advanced F15 ever built will help the USAF meet its capacity requirements and add capability to its fighter fleet. The F15EX will carry more weapons than [read more]
Perhaps the most anticipated flight simulator game of recent times finally has a release date! Microsoft Flight Simulator, the first new flight simulator from Microsoft since 2006, is being released on 18th August 2020 and is available to pre-order now at the Windows or Xbox Stores The new game uses [read more]
A Ryanair Boeing 737-800 had to be escorted by two Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoons this evening (July 13) over the east coast of England. The scheduled flight was bound for Dublin Airport from Kraków International Airport when at approximately 17:27 UTC the aircraft began squawking 7700 – the globally [read more]
London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) has confirmed that it will appeal the decision by Uttlesford District Council’s Planning Committee to refuse the airport’s application to increase the current cap on passenger numbers from 35 to 43 million a year. The airport says that the decision to refuse was “flawed” and came [read more]
Leading UK holiday airline Jet2.com (LS/EXS) has suspended flights between Scottish Airports and Spain after Scottish First Minister Nicolas Sturgeon said she would not allow air bridges into Scotland from the popular holiday destination. The UK Government recently announced a list of 59 countries that you can fly to without [read more]
The union representing Easyjet pilots in the UK has warned its member that they are “on the frontline for the very soul of the airline” as it accuses Easyjet of not acting in good faith. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) gave the warning to members in a letter from [read more]
If you in East Sussex in the next hour, particularly between Ditchling and Brighton then it may pay to look skyward and listen out for the iconic sound of Merlin engines. World War II forces sweet Dame Vera Lynn’s funeral is about to take place and the iconic Battle of [read more]
So what exactly is a “Digital Air Traffic Control Tower”? Basically it is a manned Air Traffic Controller facility that may or may not be on the airport,. It will utilise cameras, radar, radio/telephonephone communication equipment and aircraft data to enable control of airport movements. It will in essence perform [read more]
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