Unmanned Air System (UAS) specialist Certo Aerospace has raised £3 million in capital to accelerate its flight testing programme of its CAPSTONE Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) UAS. The Somerset-based company raised the money through equity placement and will use it to accelerate CAPSTONE development which Certo sees as something [read more]
Saudia Group has been confirmed as the customer for a 10 aircraft Airbus A330neo order, that has now been firmed up, which was previously marked as undisclosed. The aircraft are being ordered for Saudia Group’s low-cost carrier flyadeal and will be used to offer a new and improved long-haul experience [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has become the first airline to launch an ‘AI Champion’ apprenticeship program in partnership with digital skills education providers, Cambridge Spark. The apprenticeship aims to address sluggish AI adoption among enterprise employees globally and boost productivity & AI tool adoption by increasing AI fluency in non-technical professionals. [read more]
iGA Istanbul Airport, home of Turkish Airlines, has hit a milestone with the implementation of Europe’s first-ever triple runway operation. With the implementation of the new system, iGA Istanbul Airport (IST/LTFM) can simultaneously handle take-offs and landings on three of its runways, significantly increasing operational capacity as it moves towards [read more]
Leading leisure airline Jet2 has doubled down on flights from the UK to Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, with a new route from Bournemouth (BOH/EGHH) and an increase in capacity on flights from Newcastle (NCL/EGNT). The new route from Bournemouth is the airline’s sixth new route announced for [read more]
Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) is set to begin flights from Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) to Nashville, Tennesee from Saturday the 12th of April. With direct connections from 9 UK regional airports and the ability to pre-clear US customs in Dublin the new transatlantic route could hit all the right [read more]
During the recent British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) annual conference, the association urged aviation companies to ‘say yes’ to requests for work experience placements to bring the next generation into the industry outside of commercial aviation. Gama Aviation’s Head of Delivery Paul Cremer pointed out that the Business [read more]
Taiwan based EVA Air has placed a firm order with European OEM Airbus for Six A350 widebody airliners and three A321neo single-aisle airlines as part of its fleet expansion plans. The airline has once again selected the A350-1000, which is the larger of the two variants, for its long-haul expansion. [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has kicked off its Summer 2025 schedule which sees the return of direct flights to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Tblisi, Georgia from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) British Airways last few to Kuala Lumpur five years ago and the direct service operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner wil be [read more]
The case of a Ryanair pilot that was employed via an agency being incorrectly listed as self-employed is being heard in the court of appeal after it was ruled that the pilot was an employee not self-employed. Agency Storm Global hired out the pilot to Ryanair and treated them as [read more]
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