European airframer Airbus has delivered a total of 36 aircraft to 23 customers in October 2021 including one of the final two Airbus A380 super-jumbos. In October Airbus delivered 30x A320neo family aircraft. This was made up of 1 A319neo, 17 A320neo and 12 A321neo aircraft to airlines including Air [read more]
The organiser of the flight that killed Emiliano Sala has been jailed for 18 months at Cardiff Crown Court. David Henderson 67, of Hotham, East Riding of Yorkshire, pleaded guilty to trying to arrange an unauthorised flight and was also found guilty of recklessly endangering the safety of an aircraft [read more]
The future of Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has been thrown into doubt today following comments made by the Welsh Labour-controlled Government that owns the airport. Welsh Labours deputy minister for Climate Change, Lee Waters MS, has told the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) that further subsidising of the airport would not be in [read more]
Isle of Wight based aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman has signed a letter of intent (LoI) along with Cranfield Aerospace Solutions (CAeS) and the Isle of Scilly Steamship Company to bring hydrogen-powered flights to the Islands. The plan is part of the vision to make flights to the islands, which see around [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it will operate 130 flights per week from East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) in Summer 2022. The move will see East Midlands become one of the Key airports in Ryanairs UK network with flights to 31 European destinations being available from April. Destinations include [read more]
Leading UK low-cost airline easyJet (U2/EZY) is facing an investigation by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over so-called greenwashing adverts shown during COP 26. Campaign groups Adfree Cities and Badvertising have claimed the airline is misleading the public over its Destination Zero Emissions campaign which the groups claim use “unfounded [read more]
A new early years aviation careers portal has been launched today to help employers find talent ahead of the expected rise in air travel in early 2022. Talentview Aviation is backed by the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Aviation Skills Retention Platform (ASRP) and is free to use platform [read more]
Regional airline Loganair LM/LOG) has reported a pre-tax loss of £5.6m for the 2020/2021 financial year having reduced its losses on the previous year by 77%. Like all airlines, Loganair was badly hit by the Coronavirus pandemic and the lockdowns that followed and it saw its passenger numbers drop from [read more]
The re-opening of US Borders to vaccinated travellers from the UK could see the north of England benefit from a transatlantic boom as passengers look to travel away from the busy London airports. Manchester Airport, the UK’s third-largest, will see direct transatlantic flights return on Monday 8th November with Virgin [read more]
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