Edinburgh headquartered Menzies Aviation has completed the acquisition of a 50.1% stake in Portuguese ground handling agent, Groundforce Portugal. Groundforce Portugal handles around 100,000 aircraft turnarounds every year across five airports and its acquisition goes Menzies Aviation a 65% share in Portuguese market. Airports include Lisbon, Porto and Faro on [read more]
Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) has launched a flash sale on transatlantic flights from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) for passengers looking to jet off to the Caribbean or North America. Aer Lingus flies direct to three transatlantic destinations from the North-West to England hub, New York JFK, Orlando and Barbados. [read more]
The Oneworld alliance, which includes British Airways, has welcomed Fiji Airways as its 15th member airline. The Fijian flag carrier has been a Oneworld connect partner for the last 5 years developing links with other Oneworld airlines but now becomes a full member. Fiji Airways offers Oneworld a gateway to [read more]
The launch of Boeing and Lockheed Martins Starliner capsule was scrubbed in the final few minutes before launch yesterday due to a ground support equipment issue which has also led to the cancellation of its back-up launch slot due today. The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Starliner was due to carry [read more]
Airport lounge specialists Airport Dimensions in partnership with Swissport have opened a new lounge at London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) called My Lounge. My Lounge will be operated by No1 Lounge, which opened at the airport last year, and will help the airport meet increased demand for lounge access with a [read more]
Budget airlines easyJet and Ryanair are amongst the airlines that have been fined almost €150 million by the Spanish Government over charges for passengers for extras such as carry-on luggage and reserving seats. The move is the biggest sanction against the industry ever issued by the Spanish authorities and sees [read more]
Activist group Just Stop Oil (JSO) is planning to target airports around the UK including London Heathrow, London Gatwick, Bristol and Manchester in a summer campaign aimed at disrupting air travel. The group, which pays volunteers for their activism, is planning to stage disruption inside airpot terminals and airside by [read more]
According to a special bulletin from the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) both pilots of a TUI Boeing 737-800 failed to notice that the autothrottle had disengaged during take-off from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD). The pilots were operating a flight using a TUI Airways UK Boeing 737-800 (G-FDZS) from Bristol to [read more]
Airports owned by Highlands & Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) have seen a 3.5% growth in passenger numbers for the 2023/24 reporting period. Of the 11 airports owned by HIAL t Inverness saw passenger numbers rise by 5.6% to 792,150 with Wick John O’Groats airport growing an impressive 22.2% to 11,224 [read more]
There is no doubt that severe turbulence is effecting more and more flights. Climate change discussions aside, increasing incidents of severe turbulence is a fact! How can we prevent the most serious consequences of inflight turbulence in this rapidly changing climate if we are to continue flying around the world? First, passengers should pay [read more]
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