French Authorities seized a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Bordeaux Airport (BOD/LFBD) earlier today in a row over money. Ryanair is said to owe nearly £427,000 after the subsidies it received from Angouleme regional airport between 2008 and 2009 were deemed illegal by the European Commission. The aircraft was due to operate [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair has said it plans to press ahead with the closure of its Eindhoven base despite a court order blocking it from forcing its staff to transfer. The district court of Hertogenbosch ruled last week that Ryanair had not explained why the move was necessary and claimed [read more]
The Air Accident Investigations Branch (AAIB) has confirmed that the wreckage of the Augusta Westland AW169 (G-VSKP) that crashed in Leicester last week has arrived at their headquarters in Farnborough. The crash killed Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha and four others is being examined by the AAIB who have already downloaded [read more]
Aviation and aerospace add over £22 billion to the UK economy every year and in 2016, 268 million passengers passed through UK airports, an increase of 50% since 2000. Air freight is a critical business with 2.4 million tonnes of freight transported by air each year with a value of [read more]
On this day, 27th September, in 1964 the British Aircraft Corporation (BAC) carried out the first flight of a new nuclear bomber to help fight the Cold War, the TSR-2. TSR-2 was designed as a Tactical Strike and Reconnaissance aircraft capable of penetrating highly protected airspace with conventional and nuclear [read more]
A recent court case has ended with a judge calling airport drop-off charges at Manchester Airport an “absolute disgrace” as he passed sentence. Judge Bernard Lever made the comment as he passed sentence on Graham Benbow (55) after he lost his temper when confronted on with the parking charge and [read more]
The Royal Navy International Air Day, previously known as Yeovilton Air Day, has been confirmed to take place on Saturday, 13th July 2019. Planning is well underway for the 2019 event which is one of the highlights of the British airshow calendar. Despite dropping Yeovilton from the name the airshow remains [read more]
With just 4 weeks to go until the bi-annual Farnborough Airshow, we take a look at the top exhibitors and events for both trade and public. The Farnborough Airshow alternates with Paris as Europes premier aviation trade event. Its held on even years (the next one will be 2020) and [read more]
Qatar Airways flew the inaugural flight from Doha to Cardiff Airport today and there was certainly lots of people around to capture the arrival and departure of Qatar Airways latest aircraft, Airbus A350-900 A7-ALU. The aircraft was delivered just last week and was called upon to the fly the first flight [read more]
For the last 14 years, Kelle Goodwin has been the Vice President of Florida Jet Charter. She has over 25 years of experience in the industries of travel and aviation. Her past experience includes working for both American Express Corporate Travel and Duncan Aviation. She is a master in company [read more]
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