London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) has launched a 10-week expansion consultation in order to get feedback about the three options that have been shortlisted. The new plans set out potential locations to expand terminal infrastructure to the east of Terminal 2, the west of Terminal 5, or a new satellite terminal [read more]
Blue Air has announced it will begin a Liverpool to Malaga service for summer 2018. The Romanian carrier has the put the twice-weekly service on sale and will begin the route on the 5th June 2018. It will run until 27th September. Located in southern Spain, Malaga is a popular [read more]
Aeros Flight Training have named the pilot involved in last weeks fatal accident in Worcestershire. John Smith (52) is described by Aeros as “highly experienced, very popular with both his colleagues and his students” and was “enthusiastic”. The flight training school went on to say that Mr Smith had joined them [read more]
VLM Airlines has announced it will begin flights from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGDBB) to Antwerp (ANR/EBAW) from the 12th February 2018. Belgian based VLM Airlines (VO/TCW) will operate a daily weekday service (Mon-Fri) between the two cities using a Fokker 50 aircraft. The port city of Antwerp is on Belgium’s River [read more]
It’s no secret that the Airbus A380 has been on life support for some time with Airbus cutting production but Airbus has now admitted that if it doesn’t get a new order from Emirates it will have to kill the A380 project. Emirates was widely expected to place an order for 50 [read more]
Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has reported 2017 as its busiest ever year with passenger figures topping 8.1m. The South West regional airport saw an increase of over 600,000 passengers compared to 2016 which equates to an 8% increase over the year. Bristol AIrport is England’s third largest regional airport and a base [read more]
Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) has started a recruitment drive for staff at Cardiff ahead of the launch of its daily service to Doha. With flights beginning on 1st May 2018 between Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) and Doha (DOH/OTHH) the Qatari flag carrier is recruiting for the following roles: Corporate Account Manager Sales Executive [read more]
A Ryanair flight that was due to land in Bristol this evening has diverted to Cardiff Airport following suspected flap issues. The flight, FR8217 was due to land at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) at 18:15 but after discovering issues with extending the flaps the pilot elected to divert to Cardiff (CWL/EGGD) due [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced the busiest summer ever at London’s Gatwick airport. Summer 2017 at Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) saw around 1000 flights per week from British Airways but 2018 will see around 160 additional weekly flights. The increase comes after the successful acquisition of slots made available when Monarch [read more]
A police officer from North Wales has been awarded a MBE for his services to policing. Sergeant Scott Gallagher who has worked in Police Air Support for over ten years was awarded the gong in the latest new years honours. Joining North Wales Police in 1994, Scott managed the force’s [read more]
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