The state-of-the-art Newton Flight Academy (NFA )at Glasgow’s Science Centre celebrates its first anniversary today having opened on the 29th March 2022. The centre has welcomed thousands of visitors over the past year including RAF and Naval cadets, 2386 members of the public and 1565 S2 and S3 school pupils [read more]
Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) has started its new Knock (Ireland West) to Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) flights The first flight, operated by an Airbus A320, left Heathrow on Sunday afternoon. Knock gives passengers easy access to Irelands Wild Atlantic Way providing great opportunities for tourism. Lynne Embleton, Aer Lingus CEO, said: “The west [read more]
Leading regional airliner Loganair (LM/LOG) has it a milestone of 30,000 passengers on its Isle of Man to Birmingham route. Isle of Man resident, Sidney Cunningham, was Loganair’s 30,000th passenger to fly from Isle of Man to Birmingham and as a result, was gifted a free return flight courtesy of [read more]
The Home Office has outlined plans for the former Royal Air Force (RAF) base at Scampton to become a detention centre for thousands of refugees as the government seeks to get a grip on the growing migrant crisis. But the plans have been met with strong objections from historians, broadcasters [read more]
The US Militaries European Command have released footage from the MQ Reaper that was caused to crash following an intercept with Russian fighters. Initially Russia denied a collision had taken place but the video evidence from the U.S. shows the Russian fighters spraying the drone with fuel through its dumping [read more]
US airframer Boeing has signed a deal with Saudia for the purchase of 39 Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, with an option for a further 10. The Saudi Arabian national carrier is purchasing a mixture of Boeing 787-9 and 787-10 Dreamliners as it looks to grow its long-haul network and build [read more]
Romanian startup Dan Air is set to launch a service from Transylvania to London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) from the 16th of June 2023. Dan Air, is set to commence operations on Wednesday this week. The airline is wet leasing Airbus A320 and A319 aircraft to operate its network and was formally set [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair has announced that it plans 14 additional routes from Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) this summer to destinations across Europe. The new routes include Asturias and Castellon in Spain, Brindisi, Genoa and Venice in Italy, Kos and Zakynthos in Greece, Cluj and Lasi in Romania, Stockholm in Sweden, [read more]
TAP Air Portgual has announced it is relaunching its popular stopover scheme which allows transiting passengers to stopover in Portugal for up to 10 days. The scheme is being operated in association with Turismo de Portugal, the Portuguese tourist board, and is being launched to coincide with this year’s International [read more]
European aerospace giant Airbus has had a positive February with 46 aircraft delivered to 34 customers during the shortest month of the year. The Toulouse, France-headquartered company saw 42 single-aisle airliners delivered including three Airbus A220, 13 A320neo and 26 A321neos variants. Wide-body airliner deliveries included one Airbus A330-200ceo, one [read more]
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