Articles by Nick Harding

In as disastrous day for the UK travel industry the UK’s neighbour Ireland is set to impose a blockade on flights and ferry travel from mainland UK. Initially, the restrictions will be imposed for 48 hours before being reviewed by the Irish government on Tuesday. The restrictions come just hours [read more]

BETAFPV has launched the SMO 4K, a lightweight action camera designed for mounting on First Person View (FPV) Drones. The camera, which weighs just 30g, uses Insta360 FlowState stabilization technology to get an ultra-smooth video of their flight. The camera is designed to provide an out of the box solution [read more]

RAF Lossiemouth in Scotland has been announced by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) as the UK’s home for the E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft (AEW&C) aircraft. The MOD placed an order for five of the Boeing 737-700NG based surveillance aircraft in 2019 will replace the Boeing E-3D [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) is shelving 15 long-haul destinations from its network as it streamlines its operations to recover from the Coronavirus pandemic. From 28th March 2021 (unless stated), flights to Pittsburgh Calgary, Charleston, Seoul, Durban, Dammam, Lima, Osaka, Kuala Lumpur, Seychelles (24th April 2021), Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Jeddah will all [read more]

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]