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Loganair selected for Orkney Inter-Islands PSO for further 4 years

22/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Loganair (LM/LOG) has been again selected by Orkney Island Council to provide inter-island transport under the Public Service Obligation (PSO) for the next four years. The current contract expires at the end of March this year with the new contract coming into force from the 1st of April to the [read more]

Finnair and British Airways expand codeshare agreement

21/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Finnish flag carrier Finnair (AY/FIN) and Oneworld partner British Airways (BA/BAW) are expanding their codeshare agreement to cover seven additional UK domestic routes. The agreement means that Finnair will add its flight code to British Airways flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD), Belfast City (BHD/EGAC), Gibraltar(GIB/LXGB), Inverness (INV/EGPE), [read more]

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 at Bristol Airport (Image: UK Aviation Media)

BALPA wins landmark case against Ryanair over pilots strike

17/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), the union which represents British pilots has won a landmark case against Ryanair’s practice of blacklisting pilots who took part in the strikes in 2019. Ryanair used this blacklist to withdraw perks such as travel benefits to pilots who exercised their right to strike [read more]

UK’s first vertical rocket launch licence granted

16/01/2025 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

German firm Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has been granted the UK’s first licence to launch rockets vertically from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). When they begin, the launches will be from the UK’s SaxaVord Spaceport on Shetland and the licence allows up to ten launches per year. RFA wants to use [read more]

Starlux orders more Airbus A350F freighters

15/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Taiwanese carrier Starlux has five more Airbus A350F freighters for its cargo operation doubling the initial order placed by the airline. Starlux already operates the A350 on its passenger routes which means the A350F will fit seamlessly into its operation. It also operates A321neo and A330neo Airbus aircraft. The A350F, [read more]

An American Airlines Boeing 777 (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Heathrow sees busiest ever year in 2024

14/01/2025 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Britain’s busiest airport, London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) has recorded its busiest-ever year in 2024 with 83.9 million passengers passing through its terminals which is around 4.7 million more than last year and 3 million more than that last pre-pandemic year of 2019. Not resting on its laurels, though, the airport expects [read more]

Eastern Airways ATR72-600 (Image: Eastern Airways/Brad Simpson)

New London Southend to Cornwall route for Summer 2025

14/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Regional airline Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) in partnership with London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) is set to launch a new route from Southend to Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) for Summer 2025. Flights are set to launch on the 3rd of April 2025 and will operate daily with fares starting at £59,99 one [read more]

Boeing 737 Max 7 (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

2024 – Who won the battle of the OEMs?

12/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

2024 was a year of recovery for aircraft OEMs who all continued their post-pandemic recovery but for Boeing in particular there was also the recovery from several years of very high-profile production problems with their 737 Max and 787 range. The 2024 Farnborough Airshow threw up some decent orders which [read more]

ALIA SN1 flies over the Green Mountains on the way home to Burlington, Vermont from Manchester, New Hampshire

Avolon and Air New Zealand to partner on electric aircraft commercialisation

09/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Dublin-based aircraft leasing specialist Avolon and Air New Zealand have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to research the commercialisation of electric aircraft along with battery hybrid and hydrogen-powered aircraft. The agreement between the two partners also includes the sale and leaseback of Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) BETA Alia [read more]

ABM awarded BA Cabin cleaning contract at Heathrow

07/01/2025 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Integrated facilities specialists ABM have been awarded the cabin cleaning contract for the British Airways (BA/BAW) fleet using terminal 3 at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The company began servicing the BA fleet in November after successfully winning the contract following a tender process. ABM will carry out cabin cleaning during turnaround [read more]