Two passers-by who saved the lives of three people when their plane crashed on the A40 near Abergavenny have been given an award for outstanding bravery at this year’s Pride of Britain Awards. Daniel Nicholson and Joel Snarr were among the first on the scene after a single-engine Cirrus SR22 [read more]
UK aviation regulator, The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has today launched its Drone and Model Aircraft Registration and Education Scheme. The online system allows owners and operators of any drone or model aircraft to meet the new regulation that requires anyone responsible for a drone or model aircraft weighing more [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has reported zero profit growth for the year on year period up to September 2019. The budget airline reported a Profit after Tax (PAT) of €1.5bn despite traffic being up 11% to 86m passengers from the previous period. Ryanair’s revenue per passenger also climbed one per cent, as a [read more]
Low-cost carrier Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced its flying programme for Summer 2020 at Southend (SEN/EGMC) which includes six new routes. The summer will see brand new routes to Bergerac, Girona and Marseille along with the addition of summer services to Bucharest, Venice Treviso and Vilnius. The additions bring the total [read more]
The UK’s Ministry of Defence has taken delivery of the first Royal Air Force’s (RAF) Boeing P-8 Poseidon MRA1 submarine hunter. ZP801 is the first of nine state-of-the-art maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft which will help the UK track hostile maritime objects as well as supporting the UK’s continuous at-sea [read more]
Dubai National Air Transport Association (dnata) has announced plans to build a new Cargo facility at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC). The facility, a purpose-built site known as ‘dnata City North’, is being developed by MAG Property at Manchester Airport’s World Freight Terminal. The site will include a 145,000 sq ft high [read more]
British Airways is sponsoring a blue plaque to honour BOAC Stewardess Barbara Jane Harrison. Barabra was an air hostess on BOAC flight 712 which caught fire shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) airport when an engine detached from the aircraft. The aircraft, a Boeing 707 G-ARWE was due to [read more]
German airline Lufthansa (LH/DLH) is to commence flying from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) next year with the launch of a direct service to Frankfurt (FRA/EDDF). Frankfurt is a popular destination for British travellers and business and has been on one of the few major German cities not served from the regional [read more]
A recent big order for the A320neo from US low-cost carrier (LCC) Spirit Airlines is one of several large orders for the family that will provide a big boost and security for thousands of workers in North Wales. Florida based Spirit signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to order 100 [read more]
Norwegian’s latest new route from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) got underway today when it officially launched its service to Bergen (BGO/ENBR), Norway. Bergen is Norway’s’ second-largest city & a UNESCO World Heritage City. It is known as the Gateway to the Fjords and visitors can now fly non-stop to the region [read more]
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