Swansea Airport in South Wales has had its status as a licensed aerodrome suspended by the UK Civil Aviation Authority after “a series of safety concerns” were found. The safety problems came to light following an unannounced safety audit by the regulator but it did not expand on exactly what [read more]
Slovenian airline Adria Airways (JP/ADR) is set to launch direct flights from Ljubljana (LJU/LJLJ) to Liverpool (LPL/EGGP) com May 2020. The twice-weekly flight will operate using a Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet flying on Wednesdays and Saturdays. ADR472/43 will operate on Wednesday leaving Ljubljana at 06:35, arriving at Liverpool at 08:00; [read more]
Easyjet is to begin Airbus A321neo operations at Bristol Airport this winter and now we have the full picture of what routes Easyjet’s lastest fleet addition will be operating. Easyjet received its first A321neo, G-UZMA, in July 2018 and currently has six in service. The A321neo has many enhancements over [read more]
Planned strikes by ground staff at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) have been suspended to allow workers to vote on a new pay deal. Talks continued between the Unite Union and Heathrow Airport throughout Monday with a new deal being offered to workers. Staff will now vote on whether to accept the [read more]
Global Trek has formally opened its new Fixed Based Operator (FBO) service at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF). The Prestwick headquartered company soft-launched its operation at Cardiff Airport in May and has been servicing private and military traffic at the airport since then. It is the second base for the company which [read more]
Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has been hit with fresh woes this week as it emerged Spanish airline Vueling will cut capacity on one of its key routes from the Welsh Government-owned airport in winter 19/20. The previously year-round service to Malaga will now be cut back through November 2019 and will [read more]
Easyjet (U2/EZY) has updated its schedule from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) to include two services operated by their latest fleet addition, the Airbus A321neo. The first A321neo entered the Easyjet fleet in July 2018 and the low-cost operator (Bristol Airports largest airline) now has 6 of the type in service. From [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) is restarting the Bristol (BRS/EGGD) to Grenoble (GNB/LFLS) route for the winter season 2020. Starting on 11th January 2020 the weekly service will operate on a Saturday. Located at the foot of the French Alps, Grenoble is a popular destination for skiers and winter sports enthusiasts and as [read more]
Boeing has rolled out its latest ecoDemonstrator aircraft, a Boeing 777, which will serve as a flying test bed for over 50 projects. Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program is flight test research program of aircraft company Boeing, which has used a series of specially modified aircraft to develop and test aviation technologies [read more]
The official report into the fatal plane crash of a motor-glider in Monmouthshire last year has concluded that the accident happened because the pilots did not see a tree until it was too late to avoid it. Grob 109B G-KHEH was carrying out a “Field Landing Excercise” on the 10th [read more]
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