Emirates (EK/UAE) has rejected the proposed A380plus concept from Airbus effectively killing off the project. The Dubai based carrier is expected to place an order for 36 more Airbus A380 aircraft but CEO Tim Clark said “We would rather they just offered us the continuation of the line” adding that [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has recorded its 43rd consecutive month of growth with another 3% rise in October. The mid-autumn month saw over 1.4m passengers use Luton Airport to fly off to the 130 destinations now served by the airport. In order to meet continued demand from passengers, London Luton [read more]
Cardiff Airport has agreed to pay all of its security staff the real living wage by 2020 after it came under pressure from Staff, unions and the Welsh Government earlier this week. A new real living wage of £8.75 was unveiled on Monday. The Welsh government pays it’s staff the [read more]
Ryanair has announced its 2018 summer schedule from Belfast International Airport (BFS/EGAA). The schedule sees the Northern Irish airport get a £200m investment from the Irish Low-Cost Carrier. Summer 2018 will see two Ryanair aircraft based at Belfast International Airport which will operate 14 routes including a new twice-weekly service [read more]
Jet2 (LS/EXS) have announced the routes to be flown the companies leased Airbus A321 aircraft. The Leeds based holiday airline will once again be operating a leased Airbus A321 from London Stansted (STN/EGSS). Jet2 operates an all Boeing fleet of 737 & 757 aircraft but leases an A330 and A321 [read more]
The latest figures from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) shows that passenger numbers were up for September. The statistics show that in September 166,463 passengers used Cardiff Airport up 7.6% on the same period last year. The figures boost the rolling 12-month total which shows 1,445,825 passengers up 7.3% vs. the same [read more]
Welsh first minister, Carwyn Jones has called for the UK Government to devolve air passenger duty (APD) to Wales following a new report. The report from Aviation Consultants Northpoint, which was commisioned for the Welsh Government, says that without Air Passenger Duty on long-haul flights, passenger numbers at Cardiff Airport could [read more]
Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has ordered 11 new airbridges from Spanish engineering firm ADELTE. The new boarding bridges which are expected to be installed late 2018 and early 2019 form part of the first phase of the Manchester Airport Transformation Programme (MAN-TP). The new airbridges will be Apron Drive models with [read more]
Seattle-based Airframer Boeing is reportedly close securing a “huge order” for up to 100 passenger 767’s. The news was reported in the Puget Sound Business Journal which cited a Boeing document and three industry sources who remained anonymous to protect business relationships. The order believed to be from United (UA/UAL) would see Boeing [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive for the immediate inspection of Airbus A380 engines. The airworthiness directive (AD) 2017-21-51 relates to the uncontained engine failure of an Air France Airbus A380 engine over Greenland. It affects Engine Alliance (EA) GP7270, GP7272 and GP7277 engines types. [read more]
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