The Airbus’ A340 laminar-flow BLADE test demonstrator aircraft has made its successful maiden flight for Clean Sky project on the 26th September. The aircraft, dubbed “Flight Lab”, took off from Tarbes in southern France at local time 11:00, and after a series of tests, it landed at Airbus’ facilities in [read more]
When it comes to travelling to away games the top teams go by private charter. Manchester United for example recently chartered a 747 to go and play in the USA. For the New England Patriots though, that simply wasn’t enough. The 5 times Superbowl Champions the New England Patriots opted for a [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is to increase the number of Inverness to Heathrow flights from seven to ten per week. The new schedule, which starts next May, which will see a 30 percent increase in capacity on the route. is the second major boost to the economy of the highlands and [read more]
There is no doubt that Cardiff Airport has secured a major coup in attracting Qatar Airways into the region but with the airport hoping to hit 3 million passengers by 2025, Air Passenger Duty (APD) devolution has to happen. The Qatar airways move into Cardiff baffled analysts across the globe [read more]
The two unions representing Pilots, Cabin Crew and Engineers are preparing legal action over the way the Monarch collapse was handled. Representing Pilots, the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said it was seeking compensation for its members over what it described as the “shabby” handling of the redundancy news. Unite, [read more]
Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) is on target to see its passenger numbers exceed 5 million this year. The airport, which is the gateway to the North East of England, hit its 4m passenger milestone in mid-September when Passenger Miyu Matsuzaki arrived on a British Airways flight from Heathrow Airport. Miss Matsuzaki, who is [read more]
When the Monarch Travel Group collapsed in the early hours of this morning and while the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) put its rescue plan into effect another plan was being put into motion, to separate the profitable engineering arm based at Birmingham Airport. Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), which has been [read more]
Monarch, the UK’s oldest privately owned travel group, has ceased trading as it has been unable to get the investment required to meet ATOL requirements and continue trading. The announcement came at the final flight touched down in the UK just after 3 am this morning and comes following days [read more]
Monarch, the UK’s oldest privately owned travel group, has ceased trading as it has been unable to get the investment required to meet ATOL requirements and continue trading. The announcement came at the final flight touched down in the UK just after 3 am this morning and comes following days [read more]
With just 40mins to go before Monarchs ATOL certificate expires, The last 2 outbound flights have been cancelled. Latest Updates: 00:45 Ibiza Airport shows Monarch flights to Birmingham and Gatwick as BA flight numbers 00:30 2 Qatar Airways A320’s depart Stansted for Ibiza as BA92100 & BA9201. ZB418 from Birmingham [read more]
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