Airport News

A Virgin Atlantic Airbus Boeing 787 wing has collided with the tail of a British Airways Airbus A350 whilst being pushed back at London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL). Pictures on social media show significant damage to the wing of the Boeing 787 and the horizontal stabilizer of the A350. It is [read more]

Doncaster Council says it has agreed a 125 year lease with Peel Group for the site of Doncaster Sheffield Airport bringing its potential reopening one step closer. Doncaster Sheffield Airport closed in November 2022 after the owners said it was no longer commercially viable as an airport and produced plans [read more]

Kirkwall and Inverness Airports are set to receive a £9 million upgrade to new energy efficient Aeronautical Ground Lighting (AGL) systems. The new system will be installed at Kirkwall by contractors GM Henderson following an open tender process and G&A Barnie will carry out the work at Inverness. The new [read more]

Inverness Airport (INV/EGPE) has been awarded three best airport in Europe (under 2 million passengers) award for the fourth consecutive year running. The award comes from Airports Council International (ACI), which represents the global airport industry. Inverness Airport, which is operated by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) was praised [read more]

Travelling on holiday with young children in tow can make navigating the airport a stressful experience so getting the holiday off to the right start at a family friendly airport can make a big difference. That’s why travel insurance experts at PayingTooMuch analysed 30 of the UK’s most popular airports to find out [read more]

Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said it will take up cancelled 737 Max slots as airlines show mixed confidence in the single-aisle airliner. United Airlines has recently said it doesn’t see the 737 Max as part of its future fleet plans and throwing doubts over an order for 250 of [read more]

Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has confirmed that German carrier Eurowings is set to launch direct flights between the North West and Stuttgart, Germany from Spring 2024. Operating four times per week on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays the service will be operated by an Airbus A319. Stuttgart will be the 8th [read more]

According to a report from AeroCloud, the intelligent airport management platform, over half of UK airports are worried about financial stability following the global pandemic. The “Getting on the runway to growth” report showed that 58% of UK airport leaders were concerned about their financial stability despite air traffic returning [read more]