Evidence from intelligence and radar sources suggest that Iran shot down the Ukranian Boeing 737 that crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran earlier this week. Suspicion grew when Iranian investigators refused to follow normal convention and hand over the flight data recorders (black boxes) to the aircraft manufacturer Boeing prompting [read more]
Vale of Glamorgan based Maintenance company Caerdav has announced a contract with leading low-cost carrier Easyjet. The contract will see Caerdav carry out essential aircraft end-of-lease checks and repairs on a number of Airbus aircraft over the Winter. Easyjet has initially sent two A319 aircraft through Caerdav ahead of their [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) will be increasing capacity on its flights between Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) and Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) by 21% from early January. The boost comes in the form of an aircraft upgrade to the 49-seat Embraer E145 Regional Jet which will operate the morning and evening flights on the [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has committed to all of its flights within the UK being Carbon Neutral from now onwards. The scheme, which came into force on the 1st January 2020, will use Carbon Offsetting as an interim measure while the airline works with partners to develop long-term solutions to help [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) will move its Dundee to London service to London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) from March 2020. The Public Service Obligation (PSO) route currently connects Dundee to the UK’s capital via Stansted but the move to London City will put those flying on the route directly into the heart of [read more]
The addition of a third runway at London Heathrow Aiport (LHR/EGLL) will be delayed by at least 1 year and up to 3 years after the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) rejected the spending plans. Heathrow Airport had asked the CAA to lift its spending from £650m to £2.4bn which the [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) will become the only airline flying direct from the UK to Portland, Oregon all year round when it launches its new direct service on 1st June 2020. The new route to Portland (PDX/KPDX) will operate 5 times-per-week on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from London Heathrow [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced a new route from London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) to Girona, Spain. The route will operate twice-weekly from April 2020 forming part of the Summer 2020 schedule at what is rapidly becoming a key airport for Ryanair. Ryanair’s Eimear Ryan said: “Ryanair is pleased to [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has recently reported its Summer passenger numbers which show that the airport not only achieved the busiest single day in its history but over the summer 19.9 million people used the airport. During August, over 100,000 passengers a day used the airport and the summer peaked on [read more]
US Airframer Boeing has said it will suspend production of its 737 Max aircraft next month. Boeing had continued with the production of the model which has been grounded for the last 9 months following two fatal crashes of the type linked to a flaw in the flight control software. [read more]
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