Airline news

There was strong growth for Airbus Helicopters in 2018 as the company saw orders for 413 aircraft across the year, up 18% on 2017 and delivered 356 aircraft. The figures means that Airbus’ share of the helicopter marketplace is now 54% with Leonardo and Bell falling behind with just 21% [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced it will be painting a series of its Boeing 747 Jumbo Jets in special retro liveries covering the airlines history as the type nears retirement. The first livery, BOAC, will be applied to Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC which will arrive at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) resplendent in [read more]

European airframer Airbus has delivered more aircraft in 2018 than ever before despite problems with engines causing delays to deliveries on its A320neo family. The Toulouse based company delivered 800 aircraft to 93 different customers in 2018, an 11% increase on the previous year. Despite delays in deliveries of engines [read more]

Struggling regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) is to be rescued by a consortium involving Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic and the Stobart Group. Flybe put itself up for sale two months as cash levels were putting the airline’s operations at serious risk and it realised that a take-over was the only [read more]

Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) is increasing its summer capacity at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) by using an Airbus A321 aircraft for Summer 2019. The Airbus A321 is the stretched variant of the A320 that normally operates from the airport but it still isnt a Thomas Cook aircraft. Like the A320, the A321 [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) will be welcoming in the 2019 with thousands of passengers who will either be in the airport, or on a flight as the clock strikes midnight and as a result, they will be welcoming in the the New Year in 45 languages. British Airways says 2000 of [read more]

Low-cost airline Norwegian.com is looking on good financial shape going into 2019 thanks to a deal agreed with Rolls-Royce. The airline had been affected by the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 problems that grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliners fitted with the Rolls-Royce variant. In a year end statement the airline said it had [read more]

London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) is expected to be closed until at least 16:00hrs today following a sustained drone attack on the airport that forced it to close its runway late last night. Reports first emerged just late yesterday evening that a number of drones where being flown in the vicinity [read more]