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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]

Sleaford based SHD Composite Materials Ltd recently supplied aircraft interior specialist Percival Aviation with a highly sustainable resin system, FR308, which Percival used to increase the storage capacity of Boeing 757 overhead luggage bins. The resin, which is produced using a waste product of sugar cane production, was tested for [read more]

US President Joe Biden has confirmed that the US is to allow US made Lockheed Martin F16 Fighting Falcon jets to be given to Ukraine as well as training Ukrainian pilots to fly them. President Biden made the announcement at the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan as world leaders meet [read more]

Aer Lingus (EI/EIN) first new transatlantic route since 2019 got underway today as the new service from Dublin (DUB/EIDW) to Cleveland, Ohio took off. Operated by a brand new Airbus A321neo LR, the four times per week service will open up the midwest off the US with Aer Lingus being [read more]

Low cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) is set to create a three aircraft base at Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) from early 2024. easyJet already operates some flights from midlands airport but this will be the first time that the airline has actually based aircraft and crew there creating jobs in the process. [read more]

Holiday airline Jet2.com is set to open a four aircraft base at Liverpool Airport (LPL/EGGP) for Summer 2024. Initially offering 20 routes, the new based will create up to 200 jobs as a result. The new bases will be Leeds-Bradford based Jet2.com’s 11th UK airport as it seeks to expands [read more]

A sighting of an object suspected to be a drone has once again caused flight operations at London Gatwick (LGW./EGKK) to be suspended. The sighting occurred just before 2pm and caused at least 12 flights to be diverted to nearby airports whilst the situation was investigated. Flights resumed at the [read more]