Figures released by European airframer, Airbus, has shown that it continued its rise in aircraft deliveries in June 2021. The month saw 77 aircraft delivered to 44 customers, up from 50 in the previous month. Deliveries included 62 single-aisle airliners from the A320 family, 3 A330, 11 A350 and 1 [read more]
Passengers who have had both COVID-19 vaccination jabs will no longer have to self-isolate when returning to the UK from countries on the amber travel list from. the 19th July. Transport secretary Grant Shapps MP announced the move today saying: “I can confirm today from 19 July UK residents who [read more]
The UK’s largest regional airline has today confirmed that despite the easing of Coronavirus restrictions, it will still require passengers to wear a mask on its flights after 19th July. The airline led the way with mask wearing being the first in the UK to require it for all passengers, [read more]
The 50th Anniversary of the RAFs Puma Helicopter fleet is being marked with a fly past around the UK on Wednesday 7th July. The formation is due to depart RAF Benson at 10am before marking its way up the eastern side of England to RAF Scampton. After a short break [read more]
Latvian carrier airBaltic has launched its twice-weekly flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Riga (RIX/EVRA) yesterday. The route, which is operated by an Airbus A220-300, operates on Sundays and Wednesdays. Martin Gauss, Chief Executive Officer of airBaltic said: “Riga is a dynamic city and the key business centre of the Baltic [read more]
The World Championship Air Race (WCAR) which launches in 2022 has announced the aircraft will operate on a new carbon net-zero aviation fuel. WCAR has partner with Prometheus Fuels to use its Titan Fuel Forge™ technology to create ‘fuel from air’. It does this by reclaiming atmospheric carbon through a [read more]
In a stark demonstration of what a difference a year makes, Ryanair’s latest figures show it carried 5.3 million passengers in June 2021 compared to just 0.4 million in June 2020. The results give the airline a load factor of 72% for the 38,000+ flights it operated across all its [read more]
Two men have been killed when the light aircraft they were in came down near Goodwood yesterday evening. The accident occurred just after 4:30pm yesterday and despite the best efforts of the emergency services the two men, 65 and 58, were pronounced dead at the scene. Local Fire & Ambulance [read more]
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