On the 6th November 1957 fifteen people were killed when a Bristol Britannia airliner crashed on the outskirts of Bristol. The Britannia -300 prototype G-ANCA was carrying a four flight crew and eleven technicians on a test flight when it crashed on approach to Filton aerodrome in woods near Overndale [read more]
Thomas Cook Airlines (MT/TCX) together with the rest of the Thomas Cook Group is making a plastics pledge to remove single use plastic items from its operation. Under its #NoPlaceForPlastic campaign, the next 12 months will see the group aims to remove large volume items such as stirrers and straws [read more]
Sources close to Airbus have said that the Airbus A330-800neo could begin its certification program as early as next week after undergoing ground testing this week. The ground tests included testing the British made Rolls Royce Trent 7000 engines on the initial aircraft. The aircraft will need to carry out [read more]
Scottish airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has launched its new service from Glasgow Airport (GLA/EGPF) to Derry (LDY/EGAE), Northern Ireland. The route marked the first time Loganair has flown to Derry in 10 years as it took over from Irish budget airline, Ryanair who ended the link last week. The route will [read more]
A helicopter belonging to Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha has crashed outside of the stadium after taking off after today’s match. Leicester City has officially confirmed Mr Srivaddhanaprabha was on board at the time of the accident and died along with 4 other people including the pilots. Leicester City owner’s helicopter has [read more]
Low-cost airline Norwegian Air Shuttle has reported 3rd quarter profits of 1.3bn NOK (£121m GBP), an 18% increase on the same period last year. As the company has been able to reduce its operating unit cost by 10% it was able to post Earnings Before Tax (EBT) result was a [read more]
Swedish aviation and defence company Saab has sent a stinging letter to the Defence Select Committee complaining about the Ministry of Defence (MOD) after it entered talks with US rival Boeing over the future Airborne Early Warning (AEW) platform for the UK. The contract to replace the ageing Boeing E3-D [read more]
A near-miss took place over West London this afternoon between two jetliners bound for London’s Heathrow airport. The incident occurred just before 5pm when a Malaysian Airlines Airbus A350-900 (9M-MAG), MH4, come into conflict with a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787 Dreamliner (G-VOWS) operating VS251. The Malaysian Airbus from Kuala Lumpar [read more]
Scotland’s regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has signed a partnership deal with the Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) which gives its passengers access to the Qatar Airways network via Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH). The deal will enable passengers to connect to hundreds of long-haul destinations on the Qatar Airways network by booking through Loganair either [read more]
Norwegian, the Scandinavia & UK based low-cost airline, is intruding technology to its flights that will save up to 5,000 tons of fuel over a year. The new weather service called Aventus Air™ has already been trialled by the airline and saw fuel consumption reduced by 22 kilos per flight according [read more]
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