The wife of First Lieutenant Kenneth “Kage” Allen has lead tributes after the US Air Force officially named Lt Allen as the pilot killed in Mondays F15 Crash in the North Sea. Hannah Allen described her husband as “perfect” adding that she had “never been treated with more love and [read more]
Hungarian Airline Wizz Air (W6/WZZ) has announced that it will open a new base in the Romanian city of Bacău. The base at George Enescu International Airport (BCM/LRBC) will be the Seventh in the country consolidating Wizz Air’s position as the No1 operator in Romania. Routes from Bacău will include [read more]
A US Air Force (USAF) F15 Eagle has crashed into the North sea off the Yorkshire Coast. A search and rescue operation was put into action near Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. Later in the day, Col. Will Marshall, Commanding Officer of the 48th Fighter Wing confirmed that the body of [read more]
The third of Airbus’ giant transport aircraft, the Beluga XL has left the paint shop ahead of its entry into service with Airbus Transport International (ATI). The Beluga XL is used to transport Airbus components such as fuselage sections and Wings between the manufacturing sites such as Broughton, North Wales [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said that is waiving all booking change fees for passengers during July and August. The move means that passengers planning to book trips away during the summer will able to do so knowing that if things change, they can change their flights without penalty. [read more]
Leading UK holiday airline Jet2.com has informed passengers that it has cancelled all flights and holidays up to the 15th July. The news is against the trend of several other UK airlines, including rival TUI which intends to start flying again from the middle of June. The Leeds Bradford based [read more]
The first Airbus A220 built at the European Airframers Mobile, Alabama assembly line has completed its test flight. The first aircraft is destined for Delta Airlines and is the first to roll off the brand new assembly line which was only recently officially opened. Like the A320 assembly lines, parts [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has rejected the UK Government’s 14-day quarantine calling it “ineffective and useless”. The airline says that for a quarantine to be effective it needs to detain passengers upon arrival to the UK but under the UK Government’s plans the mobile numbers of arriving passengers will [read more]
The Royal Air Force has confirmed that the 2020 RAF Cosford Airshow has been officially cancelled. The organisers originally postponed the event hoping to run the airshow later in 2020 but say they are now clear that the precautions necessary to safely run the airshow under guidelines to prevent the [read more]
A run & cycle event on the runway at London Southend airport last week has raised over £6000 for the NHS. The team of 40 participants were joined by Southend East MP James Durridge for the event which saw them aim to run and cycle 290km (180 miles). They actually [read more]
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