Irish aviation specialists Atlantic Aviation Group has acquired the former Flybe Aviation Maintenance Services facility at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The site will be used for AAGs contract for Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) services to the Royal Air Forces fleet of Airbus A400M aircraft which are based at Brize [read more]
Sources close matter have said that Warwick Brady, Chief Executive of Esken, the new name for Stobart Group, is set to quit his role and take over as Chief Executive of Handling agent Swissport. Esken, which owns London Southend Airport and Stobart Aviation Services, has just completed an investment round [read more]
London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) has committed to carbon neutrality by 2027 after achieving airport carbon accreditation. The airport has already begun reducing CO2 emissions which totalled 4,724 tCO²e¹ in 2019, down from 5,133 in 2018 which is a 36% reduction in emissions per unit revenue. Glyn Jones, CEO, London Southend [read more]
The annual Cosford Airshow has officially been postponed until September 2021 due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The show was due to take place in June but organisers have taken the “difficult decision” to postpone to ensure safety. The organisers said “Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, and the resulting [read more]
Aero engine manafacturer Rolls-Royce has said that it will be closing its jet engine factories at Derby, Solihuill, Tyne & Wear and Glasgow in order to preserve cash this summer. The temporary closure will last two to three weeks and will help the manafactureer save cash during as it deals [read more]
Images of scores of airliners parked at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) visually shows how Bristol Airport has been hit coronavirus travel restrictions. Bristol Airport is normally one of easyJets busiest airports but the airport has become a parking lot for the airline with just a fraction of the normal flights operating. [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) is launching routes to Gibraltar from Birmingham and Southampton from May. The service will initially operate twice-weekly on Mondays and Fridays and will be the first time the British region will have a direct flight to the south coast of the UK. Birmingham hasn’t seen a link [read more]
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is set to spend this summer demonstrating the maritime capability of its MQ-9B Sea Guardian Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to the UK and other NATO allies. The company will bring one of its MQ-9B Sea Guardians to RAF Waddington this summer in order to conduct [read more]
Air Commodore Paul Godfrey OBE has been announced as the inaugural commander of the newly formed UK Space Command. [read more]
Scottish airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced that is launching a direct flight from Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) to Jersey (JER/EGJJ) in the Channel Islands. The route will be on the airlines summer schedule starting on 28th May 2021 and will be operated by a 49 seat Embraer 145 regional jet. Kay Ryan, [read more]
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