Airline news

A Virgin Atlantic flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in Boston (BOS/KBOS) after a fire broke out in the cabin. Unconfirmed reports have said the fire is believed to have been caused by an overheating or faulty battery charger and was contained to one seat. Virgin Flight [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has revealed it has cut the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions per passenger to just 66g per kilometre (KM). In figures released by the airline for June 2019 the airline says it flew 14.2m passengers 17,789m km releasing CO2 emissions of 1,167kt making Ryanair the cleanest airline flying in [read more]

Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) new PremiAir service has started taking bookings ahead of its launch later this year. PremiAir is designed to give passengers flying on scheduled flights that private jet experience with a private terminal containing exclusive lounges and food made fresh to order. The packages also include VIP transfer [read more]

Boeing has rolled out its latest ecoDemonstrator aircraft, a Boeing 777, which will serve as a flying test bed for over 50 projects. Boeing’s ecoDemonstrator program is flight test research program of aircraft company Boeing, which has used a series of specially modified aircraft to develop and test aviation technologies [read more]

From March 2020, EI380 and 381 between London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) and Shannon (SNN/EINN) will be operated by Aer Lingus’ newest aircraft, the Airbus A321LR. The A321LR will be operation transatlantic services for the Irish carrier but like most airlines, when a new aircraft comes into service it is used on [read more]

TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) is adding several new winter routes from UK airports including Bristol, Birmingham, London Gatwick, Edinburgh, London Stansted and Manchester. The new routes include the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, Moroccan hotspot Agadir and the Alpine town of Chambery. Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) sees a new service to Memmingen, Germany [read more]

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it has found a “potential risk” with the Boeing 737 Max which it says must be rectified before the flight test program can commence. The Boeing 737 Max is currently grounded worldwide as a result of two fatal accidents linked it’s Maneuvering [read more]

The latest Boeing 747-400 to be retired by British Airways (BA/BAW) has arrived at St Athan (DGX/EGSY) in South Wales where it will be scrapped. G-BNLN (Lima November) took off for her final flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this afternoon as “Speedbird 9179” and flew the short hop to South [read more]