Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it is launching a brand new route from Liverpool Airport (LPL/EGGP) to Zadar (ZAD/LDZD), Croatia. The route will be part of Ryanair’s Summer 2020 schedule from the airport and will operate twice-weekly from May. Ryanair’s Eimear Ryan said: “Ryanair is pleased to launch a new Liverpool route [read more]
London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGL) has reported its busiest November ever as it prepares for the big Christmas getaway. The airport saw 6.2 million passengers in November helped in part by travellers heading home to the United States of America for thanksgiving. Traffic to the US from Heathrow grew by over [read more]
Ongoing industrial action in France is causing severe delays to flights to France and across its airspace according to Eurocontrol. Western and Southern France seems to be the worst affected areas with Bordeaux Airspace expecting an average delay of around 1hr 10 mins and around 40 mins for aircraft transiting [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has said that it is undertaking a trial to explore the possibility of using 3D Printers to create aircraft parts. The airline says that it could routinely print parts such as tray tables or aircraft windows in a bid to reduce it having to fly spare parts [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has rounded off the year with yet another award, this time for its ‘Safety Bus’ initiative. The Airport Operators Association (AOA) awarded the Safety Bus its Best Safety Week Initiative award. The safety was used by Luton Airport to educate staff and help improve airport safety [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has told its investors that further delays to the Boeing 737 Max has caused it to make schedule changes for Summer 2020. The airline had been expecting 20 of the type delivered in 2020 but now only expects 10. The Boeing 737 Max is currently [read more]
Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced that it will close it’s base at Norwich Airport (NWI/EGSH) placing 44 jobs at risk. The airline has formally begun a consultation process with the Pilots and Cabin Crew as well as Engineers who are based at the airport about potential redundancies. In a statement, Loganair’s [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) is expecting a bumper Christmas period as families jet off for the holidays or home to be with family. The airport is expecting 1.2m passengers to pass through its terminals between December 19th and January 5th making it one off the busiest in the 81-year history of [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced that it is partnering with car maker Aston Martin to produce a special model celebrating Concorde. Aston Martin will produce a variant of its DBS GT car called the DBS Superleggera Concorde Edition which will be available from October 2020. The special model will feature [read more]
Global cargo charter airline AeroTransCargo has selected South Wales based Caerdav to train 60 pilots at Caerdav’s 747 simulator training centre at Cardiff Airport. The cargo airline will use Caerdav’s EASA-approved Boeing 747-400 aircraft simulators to carry out half-yearly recurrent training for its 747 pilots which will include emergency procedures [read more]
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