Steve Darbyshire and Ben Houchen
Aviation engineering and leasing news

Airbourne Colours to open new hangar at Teesside Airport

Aircraft painting specialist Airbourne Colours is set to open a new hangar at Teesside Airport later this year with construction underway on the 27,000-square-foot facility. The new hangar marks a pivotal stage in the companies expansion across the UK and expands its presence in the region where founder and Chief [read more]

Turkish Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Airline news

Turkish Airlines brings Melbourne closer to the UK

Turkish Airlines already flies to more countries than any other airline but has now added Melbourne, Australia to its network and with connections from several British airports it makes a great option for those travelling to Australia from the UK. Utilising the amazing iGA Istanbul Airport as a stopping point [read more]

Military aviation news

Airbus Helicopters acquires UAV specialist Aerovel

Airbus Helicopters has revealed that is has reached an agreement for the acquisition of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) specialist Aerovel in a bid to boost its portfolio of unmanned tactical solutions. Aerovel produces the Flexrotor which is an unmanned vertical take-off and landing vehicle which has a max take-off weight [read more]

Aviation engineering and leasing news

Scottish Power and ZeroAvia strike deal to power zero-emission flights

Scottish Power and ZeroAvia have agreed a deal to work together to develop low-carbon hydrogen supplies to key airports to support the decarbonisation of the UK aviation industry. As well as supply, the partnership will also be exploring clean power requirements and hydrogen production infrastructure for potential future ZeroAvia sites [read more]

The missing emergency door (Image: NTSB
Aviation engineering and leasing news

Is Boeing facing yet another 737 Max crisis?

Boeing 737 Max 9s being grounded across North America is just the latest in Boeing’s woes with its Max product line so is it time for Boeing to rethink things? Well, that of course depends on the NTSB’s findings but the 737 Max first came to headline news when the [read more]