Airline news

Cathay Group has firmed up an order for 32 additional Airbus A320neo aircraft to be split between its airlines including Cathay Pacific and HK Express. The additional aircraft are made up of A320neo and A321neo variants and brings the total on order to 64. The aircraft will be used to [read more]

Southend Airport has had some welcome news. Low-cost carrier easyJet has added two new cities to their list of direct destinations from SEN/EGMC. Starting in December, Grenoble (GNB/LFLS) and Geneva (GVA/LSGG) will join their itinerary, which currently spans Alicante, Amsterdam, Faro, Grenoble, Malaga, Palma, and Paris. It’s hoped that these [read more]

Asian carrier Vietnam Airlines has signed a deal with Boeing to purchase 50 Boeing 737 Max jets as it seeks to grow its fleet. The carrier has selected the versatile 737 Max 8 variant which offers a significant increase in fuel effeciency compared to the older -800 models. The order [read more]

Dublin based Aviation leasing specialist Avolon has firmed up an order for 20 A330Neo from Airbus. The deal was originally announced as a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the Paris Airshow. Avolon was a launch customer for the A330neo the airliner has proved popular with many airlines chosing to upgrade [read more]

The second Pokemon special livery to be flown by Japanese carrier ANA has made its maiden flight from Tokyo’s Haneda airport to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The special collaboration between ANA and Pokemon has now been expanded with the new Eevee Jet NH, a Boeing 777-300ER (JA784A). Designed to show that [read more]

Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has joined forces with the Met Office and FLYHT to carry out revolutionary sustainable aviation research to reduce the environmental impact of flying. The partnership will work together to improve the accuracy of aviation weather forecasts and reduce flight emissions by operating flights in the [read more]

The much talked about return of Monarch Airlines has been derailed just weeks after new directors took over Monarch Airlines Ltd. In a statement, the new owners said that they would be unable to restart the airline and have “exhausted the start-up funding”. Despite interviews and press releases about secure [read more]

Flights to and from the UK faced delays earlier as the UK’s Air Traffic Control (ATC) systems experienced a “technical issue”. Airlines warned passengers of delays until the problem is resolved. In a statement, UK Airpsace provider NATs said: “Engineers are working to find and the fix the fault. We [read more]