During the recent British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) annual conference, the association urged aviation companies to ‘say yes’ to requests for work experience placements to bring the next generation into the industry outside of commercial aviation. Gama Aviation’s Head of Delivery Paul Cremer pointed out that the Business [read more]
Taiwan based EVA Air has placed a firm order with European OEM Airbus for Six A350 widebody airliners and three A321neo single-aisle airlines as part of its fleet expansion plans. The airline has once again selected the A350-1000, which is the larger of the two variants, for its long-haul expansion. [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has kicked off its Summer 2025 schedule which sees the return of direct flights to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Tblisi, Georgia from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) British Airways last few to Kuala Lumpur five years ago and the direct service operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner wil be [read more]
The case of a Ryanair pilot that was employed via an agency being incorrectly listed as self-employed is being heard in the court of appeal after it was ruled that the pilot was an employee not self-employed. Agency Storm Global hired out the pilot to Ryanair and treated them as [read more]
Flights have officially got underway at Jet2’s 13th UK base, London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) today with the first flights taking off to Majorca, Tenerife and Antalya. The airline marked the launch with celebrations in the airport including a red carpet and giveaways as well as with passengers in the air. [read more]
Orders from China Airlines and BOC Aviation have given Airbus March orderbook a boost as the month closes out. Leasing speciaist BOC Aviation signed a firm order for 70 additional A320neo family single-aisle airliners making BOC’s order backlog, airlines to be delivered, the largest in Airbus’ history. “This transaction will [read more]
Friday saw Jet2 celebrate a year of operating from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL/EGGP), and it did so by awarding free flights to lucky random passengers. The passengers who got a pair of free return flights included Paula and Billy Lane from Kirkby, who were awarded the prize whilst checking [read more]
Swiss airline Helvetic has set a new record for the largest plane to land at London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) after it sent an Embraer E195-E2 to the docklands airport. Helvetic also held the prvious record operating its E190-E2 from the airport. The E195-E2 touched down just after midday today marking [read more]
Greek carrier Aegean Airlines has disclosed that it is the customer behind an order for eight Airbus A321neo airliners which is in addition to the 52 A320neo family aircraft that it already had on order. The additional aircraft will help Aegean continue to grow its network and supports its expansion [read more]
Ugandan flag carrier Uganda Airlines has announced a new direct flight from Entebbe to London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK). Launching the four-times-per-week flight on the 18th of May is Uganda Airlines’ first phase of re-entry into Europe and restores its connection to the UK for the first time in a decade. [read more]
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