The organisers of the Farnborough International Airshow have said that they will no longer be organising a public display as part of the biennial event. The event will now focus solely on the 5 trade days of the airshow where manufacturers from across Aerospace demonstrate their products to potential buyers [read more]
Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced it is to create a new base in Toulouse, France. The two-aircraft base will open in October 2019 and will serve 20 routes including 11 new ones including: Alicante (2 per week) Brest (3) Budapest (2) Lille (daily) Luxembourg (3) Marseille (Daily service) Oujda [read more]
Aer Lingus has said it will end flights between the Irish city of Cork and Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI) later this year. The flights, operated by Stobart Air, operates up to five times per week depending on the time of year, will stop on the 20th May 2019. The airport said [read more]
Argyle and Bute Council has announced that it has failed to secure a new operator for an island hopping air service which ends on the 15th May. Hebridean Air Services currently operate the routes linking Oban to Coll, Colonsay and Tiree under a Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract with the [read more]
Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has posted 3rd Quarter losses of £17.2m, its first loss since 2014, despite passenger numbers being up. The airline blamed lower fare prices and excess winter capacity for the losses as well as a much higher fuel bill, up 32%. Traffic with the airline grew 8% [read more]
The Airbus A330-900neo has been granted ‘beyond 180 minutes’ ETOPS certification by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) clearing the way for operators of the type to use it on long haul routings. ETOPS (Extended Twin Engine Operations) is a set of rules initially introduced by International Civil Aviation Organisation [read more]
Global Trek Aviation has chosen Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) to be its second location as it expands its Fixed Based Operator (FBO) services beyond Belfast. The company will join existing FBO, Signature Flight Services, on the south side of the Airport in April and will focus on attracting fuel-related transit flights. [read more]
Hybrid Air Vehicles, the company behind the worlds longest aircraft – Airlander 10, has been granted Production Organisation Approval by the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The approval means that the company, which already holds design approval can look towards Type Certification for their hybrid aircraft/airship. Set up in 2007, [read more]
The selection of the parking brake lever rather than the speed brake lever caused a BMI Regional Embraer ERJ 145 to come off the runway at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) in 2017 according to the formal accident report. The incident happened at 11:37hrs on 22nd December 2017 as the Embraer Regional [read more]
Many flights from the UK to Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport (AMS/EHAM) have been cancelled today as wind speeds expected to exceed 30mph. At least 60 flights have been cancelled with KLM being the worst affected. The dutch airline has cancelled all flights from London Heathrow, London City, Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, [read more]
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