Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) has shown off the first helicopter to be delivered since its formation. The ACH130 aircraft is being displayed to the public for the first time at The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) which is currently underway in Geneva. The displayed aircraft is displayed with [read more]
Carlisle Lake District Airport (CAX/EGNC) has been forced to suspend the start of scheduled flight operations due to what it calls a ” global shortage of qualified air traffic control staff”. Loganair was due to begin scheduled services to London Southend, Dublin and Belfast City on the 4th June but this suspension [read more]
Britain’s Ben Murphy has ended the weekend in 11th place in the Red Bull Air Race in Chiba, Japan. After a qualifying 14th due to technical issues, the Blades Racing Team member lost out to Micheal Goulian in the round of 14 with the American putting in a time of 0:56.422 compared [read more]
The Bank Holiday weekend saw some interesting movements in the skies over South Wales thanks to some unusual happenings in the region. BBC Music’s biggest weekend saw a raft of stars including Taylor Swift, Rita Ora and Camilla Cabello descend on Swansea which saw several private jets fly into Cardiff [read more]
Smelly passengers and out of control kids top the list of worlds words passengers according to airlineratings.com. The website surveyed its readers on ten types of airline passengers with those having poor personal hygiene coming out on top. AirlineRatings.com Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Thomas thinks the level of frustration for the smelly passenger reflects a [read more]
The Welsh Government has announced that it is exploring opportunities to increase domestic flights from Cardiff Airport and ways to bypass Air Passenger Duty on those routes. Ken Skates AM made the announcement yesterday saying he was working to impose up to 9 Public Service Obligation (PSO) routes from Cardiff Airport [read more]
US business jet airframer Gulfstream has announced the G600 will make its European debut at European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) 2018. The G600 is Gulfstream’s latest offering and is capable of carrying 9 passengers in hotel room luxury on distances up to 6,500nm. Cruising at speeds up to Mach 0.925 [read more]
As reported last year the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has a new Chief Executive after Richard Moriarty took up his post today. Mr Moriarty joined the UK Civil Aviation Authority in 2016 as Group Director of Consumers and Markets and Deputy Chief Executive. His previous role was as the Chief [read more]
Traditionally, people choose their next destination through business need, culture, history or from a bucket list but thanks to Norwegian.com, you can now choose by its temperature too! Europe’s third largest low-cost carrier has launched a temperature filter to its route map which allows you to find a destination with [read more]
Qatar Airways has returned to London Gatwick airport today for the first time since it stopped services in 2011. The worlds best airline has resumed operations with a twice-daily service to Doha (DOH/OTHH) using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The return offers yet another link from the UK to Qatar and [read more]
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