Airbus A330neo topped the types for orders on day three of the Paris Air Show as Irish leasing specialist Avolon signed up for 20 of the type. Avolon also converted orders for 50 A320neos to larger A321neos. Andy Cronin, CEO of Avolon, said: “We have been a strong supporter of [read more]
The aviation sector is beginning to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic that started in 2020. However, historical problems like the lack of pilots are slowing the momentum it has been building over the last year. Bhanu Choudhrie, founder of Alpha Aviation Group (AAG), advises that this confluence of events presents a unique [read more]
European aerospace giant Airbus has continued its bumper start to the Paris Air Show with the second day already bringing confirmed orders from two airlines Early in the day Australian carrier Qantas confirmed an additional nine Airbus A220 airliners bringing the total backlog to 29 for the carrier. Philippines Airlines [read more]
Airbus has been awarded the largest ever single purchase order in the history of commercial aviation from Indian carrier IndiGo on day one of the Paris Airshow. The order is for a total of 500 Airbus A320 family aircraft and brings the total number of Airbus aircraft IndiGo have on [read more]
The worlds largest airline, United Airlines (UA/UAL) is set to be the shirt sponsor of newly promoted Wrexham AFC for the 2023/24 season. Wrexham AFC shot to fame after the club was bought by Hollywood superstars Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney and their rise back to the Football league was [read more]
Security staff at London Heathrow airport are set to go on strike this summer as Unite demands an inflation busting 12% pay rise for its staff, despite inflation falling below 10%. The strikes have been timed to cause maximum disruption to holidaymakers during the summer holidays with August alone set [read more]
Algerian national carrier Air Algerie has placed a firm order seven wide body airliners whose wings and engines are made in the UK. The order consists of five Airbus A330-900neo and two A350-1000XWB aircraft to help the airline meet its transcontinental ambitions. The A330neo alongside the A350-1000 will see Air [read more]
Passengers are facing lengthy delays at airports across the UK after the UK Border Force’s Passport eGate system crashed on Friday night. The nationwide outage means passports are having to be manually checked as the 270 eGates located around the UK are unable to check them. Some frustrated passengers took [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) was forced to cancel over 50 flights from London Heathrow last night as an IT glitch hit the airline. Flights continue to be delayed or cancelled this morning as the bank holiday weekend starts with over 90 flights being cancelled and over 150 flights affected. On Social [read more]
Richard Branson has said he is shutting down Virgin Orbit months after the companies first launch ended in failure. The idea of Virgin Orbit was to use a rocket launched from a Boeing 747 to deliver small satellites into orbit but the launch ended in disappointment when the first rocket [read more]
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