Rubb St Athan Hangar (Image: Rubb)
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New MRO hangar to be built at St Athan

A brand new Maintenance hangar capable of housing aircraft up to a Boeing 737-800 is to be built at the former MOD site at St Athan. The Welsh Government contract to build the hangar has been awarded to Rubb Buildings which will use its unique technology to build the hangar. [read more]

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Wizz Air to resume flights from London Luton

Hungarian owned low-cost carrier Wizz Air has announced that it plans to resume operations from London Luton (LTN/EGGW) Airport from 1st May. The airline has said that it will restart a limited program to destinations in Israel, Hungary, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Spain with enhanced safety and distancing measures [read more]

Woodgate Aviation draws NHS in the sky
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Northern Ireland flight pays tribute to the NHS

A British Air Charter company has paid tribute to the NHS with some flight tracking sky art yesterday. Belfast, Northern Ireland based Woodgate Aviation operated the flight using one of the companies Beech B200 Super King Air aircraft which are often used for Air Ambulance missions. G-NIAA took off at [read more]

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Norwegian Subsidiaries Declare Bankruptcy

Norwegian, one of Europe’s largest low-cost airlines has today announced that it plans to lay off 4700 staff. As the struggling airline declares four of its subsidiaries bankrupt. Norwegian were one of the weakest carriers to enter these unprecedented times of uncertainty, as COVID-19 continues to spread. Norwegians rising debts [read more]

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Worldwide Woes for Virgin Airlines

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is one of two Virgin airlines facing a bleak future after failing to secure Government funding for a bailout to help it ride out the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic. The airline which is owned by Richard Branson’s Virgin Group (51%) and Delta Airlines (49%) had reportedly asked the [read more]