British Airways (BA/BAW) short-haul fleet has topped Heathrow Airports ‘Fly Quiet and Green’ league table for the first quarter of 2019 helping to reduce the West London airports environment impact. This was achieved because the short-haul fleet is made up of efficient Airbus A320 family aircraft, with the latest ultra-efficient [read more]
Details of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s birthday flypast have been revealed by the Royal Air Force (RAF) today and here is all the information you need to see this spectacular event. The flypast will take place over central London on Saturday 8th June 2019 and will see a fleet [read more]
According to Dutch travel claims website AviClaim, A Dutch judge has agreed that Ryanair is liable to pay EU261 compensation to passengers affected by pilots and cabin crew strikes. EU261 says that compensation should be automatically paid to passengers who are subject to significant delays or flight cancellations except in [read more]
Welsh Government First Minister Mark Drakeford has dealt a blow to Cardiff Airport’s masterplan by cancelling a vital road link that would have allowed greater freight transport from the Airport to the rest of the UK. Mr Drakeford announced yesterday that the planned M4 relief road was being cancelled due [read more]
The Royal International Air Tattoo (RIAT) has unveiled further details of its planned NATO flypast at the 2019 Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford. The flypast will mark the 70th Anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) and will be centred around NATO’s eye in the sky, the Boeing E3-A [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has operated a flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Islamabad (ISB/OPIS) in Pakistan for the first time since stopping flights to the country 10 years ago. The flight marks the recommencement of a three times per week service connecting the two capitals and bolstering key trade links [read more]
Air Force has arrived at London Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) ahead of a three=day state visit by Donald Trump. Air Force One is the official callsign of the United States Presidential aircraft, usually one of two Boeing VC25A aircraft. The aircraft landed just before 9am this morning after flying from the [read more]
A Norwegian Boeing 737-800 (EI-FJW) came within 875 metres of a departing Easyjet Airbus A320 at Edinburgh Airport according to the report by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB). The incident occurred on the 13th August 2018 whilst the Norwegian Air International Boeing 737 was landing on Runway 06 at [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has launched new flights from London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) to Glasgow and the Hebridean island of Stornoway. The airline’s three non-stop flights to Glasgow got underway yesterday (28th March), and will operate every weekday as well as weekend services. All of which are operated by [read more]
Flybe has announced that Chief Executive Officer Christine Ourmières-Widener is standing down from 15th July 2019 following the sale of the airline to Virgin Atlantic led consortium Connect Airways Limited. Ms Ourmières-Widener joined Flybe in 2016 and under her stewardship of the regional airline saw it decline from a profitable [read more]
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