Airbus has tonight confirmed that 15,000 jobs are at risk worldwide with the Toulouse based Aerospace giant and that up 1,700 of those jobs could be from its UK operation. Airbus has been badly hit by the slow down in the aviation industry which has seen it having to halt [read more]
Low-cost carrier Easyjet (U2/EZY) has announced that it is to close three UK bases and cut over 4,000 jobs. The airline is proposed to close bases at London Southend (SEN/EGMC), Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) and London Stansted (STN/EGSS) as it begins a consultation period begins on Tuesday. The airline recently announced it [read more]
Commercial passenger flights are to get underway again at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) when Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) restart flying from Wales’ national airport this week. Flights to Malaga (AGP/LEMG) and Faro (FAO/LPFR) will restart again on the 3rd July with departures at 10:20 and 19:25 respectively. Shortly after Ryanair [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has reportedly come to a deal with the pilots that will see 300 job permanent job losses and another 300 will be placed in a “talent pool” to be rehired when needed. Tabloid newspaper ‘The Sun’ has reported the deal but the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) [read more]
Boeing will begin a three-day flight test programme for the Boeing 737 Max on Monday 29th July in order to get the aircraft re-certified and back into service in 2020. According to sources within Boeing, the programme will be conducted by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) using their own pilots [read more]
British Airways subsidiary BA Cityflyer (CJ/CFE) has outlined its return to flying as London City Airport reopens for commercial flights. The airline operates domestic and European flights from London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) which is its main base. BA Cityflyer normally operates on 32 routes from London City but will initially [read more]
The United Kingdom’s VIP transport RAF Voyager was unveiled today in its new livery that is designed to promote the UK in the same as as other countries VIP jets do. The Airbus A330 based Voyager ZZ336 carried out the short flight from Cambridge, where it was painted to its [read more]
Pakistan International Airlines (PK/PIA) is grounding around 150 pilots who hold ‘dubious’ licences. The move comes after Pakistan’s Aviation Minister, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, revealed that almost a third of all pilots in the country have fake licences and are not qualified to fly. An initial enquiry into the crash of [read more]
Aviation ground services specialist Swissport is to cut its UK workforce by 4,500 as it deals with lower demand for aircraft handling. Swissport handles ground operations such as baggage handling and passenger services on behalf of airlines and has a presence at most UK airports. The fall-off in demand for [read more]
Holiday airline Jet2 (LS/EXS) is set to cut 482 jobs as it seeks to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. The airline is looking to cut its workforce by 380 Cabin Crew and 102 Pilots. Staff were told of the cuts in a letter from Jet2 Chief Executive Steve Heapy in [read more]
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