Dublin based Aircraft Leasing specialist ABRIC has reached a conditional agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) which allows the airline to return one of its leased ATR aircraft. The agreement will see PIA return an ATR72-500 to ABRIC with the contract being terminated provided PIA meets certain undisclosed conditions. The [read more]
Campaigners including Friends of the Earth Ltd and Plan B Earth have had their appeal victory against Heathrow Airports 3rd Runway overturned by the UK’s highest court. The move paves the way for Heathrow Airport to formally obtain permission to build the 3rd Runway at the UK’s largest airport. Friends [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has flown in some extra Christmas cheer as it delivered packages to a group of Scottish food banks. Due to its reduced flying programme in 2020 the airline has saved on providing in-flight catering and has used the cash to donate to food banks in [read more]
The EcoPulse Hybrid aircraft being developed by Daher, Safran and Airbus has successfully passed its Preliminary Design Review (PDR), a key milestone in the development of the aircraft. The PDR is a key step towards validating the project’s feasibility as well as firming up the architecture towards a first flight [read more]
Workers employed by Heathrow Airport are carrying out strike action over 3 days this week in a protest about proposed pay cuts. Staff that are members of the Unite Union are ramping up strike action with action today, and also on Thursday 17th December and Friday 18th December. Todays action [read more]
Turkish-German airline Sun Express (XQ/SXS) is set to launch a direct flight from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Antalya in Turkey in 2021. The service will begin on the 26th March 2021 and will initially operate twice-weekly before increasing to four-flights-per-week from 30th May 2021. “After a year of staying at [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has been banned from flying passengers into Hong Kong until 25th December after a flight landed in Hong Kong on 8th December with four passengers who tested positive for COVID-19. In addition to the four COVID-19 positive passengers, one passenger also failed to comply with prevention requirements. [read more]
Aer Lingus has filed for permission to operate a number of UK to US routes using its new subsiduary, Aer Lingus UK. Aer Lingus UK is currently in the process of obtaining an Air Operators Certificate (AoC) from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority and is hoping to launch transatlantic flights [read more]
The last British Airways Boeing 747-400 has left Cardiff Airport for what is the final flight of the type for the airline. BOAC liveried G-BYGC departed Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) at 13:37L for the short flight to St Athan where it will be preserved by eCube Solutions. The aircraft flew with [read more]
The Canary Islands have been removed from the UK’s list of safe travel corridors meaning that anyone returning from the Islands after 04:00am o Saturday (12th December) will to quarantine for two weeks. The move will come as a blow to UK holiday companies including Tui and Jet2 as the [read more]
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