UK aircraft manufacturer, Britten-Norman has confirmed it has signed a new deal with Solent Airport to stay in its purpose-built hangar for another 15 years. Solent Airport (Daedalus), formerly known as RNAS Lee On Solent, is home to the company’s civil aircraft manufacturing and maintenance facilities which sits inside Fareham [read more]
The new Cyrus Capital owned airline launching under the name Flybe is targeting a Spring launch for flights within the UK and Europe. According to sources close to the airline, March is the anticipated launch month although there is apparently still a lot of work to do before it can [read more]
Aer Lingus UK (EG/EUK), the wholly-owned British subsidiary of Aer Lingus, has today launched its service from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to New York JFK (JFK/KJFK). The flight was operated by an Airbus A330 and departed Manchester Airport at 1257 today and is due to arrive in New York at 16:15 [read more]
British prime minister Boris Johnson has announced that all international passengers arriving into England must self-quarantine, including those who have been fully vaccinated until they obtain a negative PCR test result. Wales has said that it will introduce travel restrictions in the same way as the UK Government announced & [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has been awarded Level 3 of the Airport Carbon Accreditation Scheme in response to its efforts to cut the carbon footprint of the North London airport. The airport is aiming for net carbon neutrality by 2026 but has already switched to 100% renewable energy to power [read more]
The UK has placed a ban on all commercial and private flights from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Zimbabwe from Midday today, Friday 26th November, as fears grow over a new variant of Coronavirus. The move means that passengers arriving back from these countries to the UK must [read more]
British start-up flypop has announced it is partnering with ACMI / wet-lease specialist Hi Fly to launch a cargo operation ahead of the planned launch of its passenger services. flypop will operate an A330 for Zero LOPA (where passenger seats have been removed) cargo operation designed to meet the current [read more]
Flybe Ltd, the operating company bringing back the Flybe name to the skies, has taken yet another step closer to its return to flying by announcing its first base and company headquarters will be at Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB). Flybe ceased operations in 2020 after several ill-fated rescue attempts but in [read more]
Low-cost airline easyJet (U2/EZY) has confirmed it is adding an additional Airbus A320 aircraft to its base at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) for Summer 2022. The move will see an additional 176,000 additional seats to destinations across Europe within easy reach of people from the South West of England and South [read more]
Airbus says it foresees the need for around 39,000 new airliners and cargo aircraft by 2040 to meet the industries needs of meeting carbon emissions targets and replace retiring aircraft. Speaking in Dubai, Airbus says it expects that air travel will continue to grow in the next 20 years, mainly [read more]
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