Travelling on holiday with young children in tow can make navigating the airport a stressful experience so getting the holiday off to the right start at a family friendly airport can make a big difference. That’s why travel insurance experts at PayingTooMuch analysed 30 of the UK’s most popular airports to find out [read more]
An initial report by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has said that it is likely that up to 4 bolts were missing from the emergency exit door panel that detached in flight from an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 last month causing an explosive decompression. The 737 Max [read more]
Data from 2023 shows there were six fatal airliner crashes in 2023 making it the safest year in commercial aviation in a decade. The number of crashes and passenger fatalities was almost half that of the previous year with 115 passenger deaths compared to 229 in 2022 according to data [read more]
Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it will take up cancelled 737 Max slots as airlines show mixed confidence in the single-aisle airliner. United Airlines has recently said it doesn’t see the 737 Max as part of its future fleet plans and throwing doubts over an order for 250 of [read more]
According to the latest data from ADS, the UK trade organisation representing the Aerospace, Defence, Security and Space sectors, aircraft deliveries are the highest they have been since 2018. Aircraft deliveries in 2023 totalled 1,265 from the two largest aircraft manafacturers Airbus and Boeing, an 11% increase on 2022. Orders [read more]
Aircraft painting specialist Airbourne Colours is set to open a new hangar at Teesside Airport later this year with construction underway on the 27,000-square-foot facility. The new hangar marks a pivotal stage in the companies expansion across the UK and expands its presence in the region where founder and Chief [read more]
Turkish Airlines already flies to more countries than any other airline but has now added Melbourne, Australia to its network and with connections from several British airports it makes a great option for those travelling to Australia from the UK. Utilising the amazing iGA Istanbul Airport as a stopping point [read more]
Wizz Air UK is now complying with its obligations to customers according to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) after the airline has taken steps to redress the failings which led to complaints about cancelled flights and passengers being left stranded. 2022 saw the CAA step in following hundreds of complaints [read more]
Scottish Power and ZeroAvia have agreed a deal to work together to develop low-carbon hydrogen supplies to key airports to support the decarbonisation of the UK aviation industry. As well as supply, the partnership will also be exploring clean power requirements and hydrogen production infrastructure for potential future ZeroAvia sites [read more]
Boeing 737 Max 9s being grounded across North America is just the latest in Boeing’s woes with its Max product line so is it time for Boeing to rethink things? Well, that of course depends on the NTSB’s findings but the 737 Max first came to headline news when the [read more]
©2014-2022 UK Aviation News | A UK Aviation Media Production | Hosted and Maintained by Newport Digital | Find us on Mastodon