News from the world of Civil aviation and air travel. Including UK airlines and airports.
European airframer Airbus has released its latest figures which show it delivered 50 aircraft to 32 different customers in May 2021. The deliveries included 41 of its single aisle A320 family aircraft, of which 38 were New Engine Option (NEO) types. Other aircraft included 1 A330neo, 4 A350, 4 A220 [read more]
Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has launched a new fund designed to fast-track initiatives to decarbonise flights from the airport. The Aviation Carbon Transition (ACT) Programme is open to business and organisations who can apply for a share of the £250,000 fund for their projects which will help to reduce direct and indirect [read more]
EU safety and security agencies along with NATO are investigating whether Belarus forcing Ryanair flight FR4978 to divert to Minsk with a false bomb threat was an act of Aviation Piracy. The incident happened on Sunday 23rd May when the flight from Athens to Vilnius was intercepted by Belarusian Fighter [read more]
Leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced a new Cardiff to Edinburgh flight boosting connectivity between Wales and Scotland. The service will operate five times per week from 2nd August 2021 and will be operated by an Embraer E145 jet. Kay Ryan, Loganair’s chief commercial officer, said: “I know many [read more]
The much anticipated launch of the JetBlue services between New York and London Heathrow has now been confirmed as launching on 11th August 2021 Initially operating twice per day, it will mark the beginning of JetBlue’s transatlantic ambitions using their new Airbus A321LR aircraft. The flight will be the first [read more]
The European Union (EU) General Court has ruled that billions given to Air France-KLM and TAP (Air Portugal) in assistance breached EU rules on state aid. The EU Commission approved the payments of €3.4bn to Air France-KLM and €1.2bn to TAP in 2020 as the airlines struggled with the Coronavirus [read more]
As of today, 12 countries have been moved to the Green list of countries as announced by the UK government last week meaning you can travel without the need to self-isolate on your return. But of that 12, many are not accepting travellers from the UK so realistically, where can [read more]
A new Icelandic carrier Play is set to begin operations to London Stansted from Keflavik after securing its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and signing the lease on an Airbus A321neo. The low-cost carrier, which is the brainchild of key executives from failed carrier WOW, has announced Stansted as the first [read more]
Airbus has resumed work on a brand new digital Final Assembly Line (FAL) for A320 family aircraft in the former A380 Lagardère facility in Toulouse. The new digital FAL will replace one of the original assembly lines for the A320 at the companies headquarters which currently can’t produce A321 variants. [read more]
French flag carrier Air France is launching a direct flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Nice in the south of France from the end of June. Air France will operate the service four times per week on a Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday from 28th June. The route will put [read more]
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