Airline news

Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) has shown off the first helicopter to be delivered since its formation. The ACH130 aircraft is being displayed to the public for the first time at The European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) which is currently underway in Geneva. The displayed aircraft is displayed with [read more]

Virgin Atlantic is moving its London to Las Vegas flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from March 2019. The route will also benefit from an upgrade to a state of the art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft instead of the current Boeing 747-400. The upgrade means an increase in [read more]

According to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGGF) has hit the milestone of 1.5 million passengers passing through its terminals. The news comes as Qatar Airways starts regular flights from the airport to Doha along with the start of the summer season and the return of the airport’s summer carriers including Thomas Cook, Iberia [read more]

Boeing HorizonX Ventures has announced that it has invested in Reaction Engines Ltd, a UK based company that designs hypersonic engines. The Oxfordshire based company is known for its  Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine (SABRE), a hybrid engine blending jet and rocket technology that is capable of Mach 5 in air-breathing mode and [read more]

Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS) has confirmed it has rejected two separate bids by International Airlines Group (IAG). Norwegian said that the offers were ” unanimously rejected on the basis that they undervalued NAS” after being reviewed by the Board. IAG confirmed last month that it had bought a small [read more]

Summer 2018 has seen six new routes take off at Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) with Thomas Cook and Jet2. Thomas Cook brought Enfidah, Tunisia back to the airport for the first time in 3 years and this summer will also be flying to Bodrum, Turkey. Jet2 & Tui also launched new [read more]

Low-cost carrier Norwegian.com has announced it is increasing its London Gatwick to New York service to 3 times per day. The additional flight will operate 6 days per week (excluding Saturdays) and will leave Gatwick  (LGW/EGKK) at 09:50hrs, arriving in New York (JFK/KJFK) at 13:00hrs. Giving passengers the option of 3 [read more]

Hold-ups with the next generation engines powering the A320neo family has caused Airbus deliveries to drop to the lowest levels since 2011. Airbus delivered just 121 jets in the first quarter of 2018, the lowest since the third quarter of 2011 but the European airframer still plans to deliver 800 [read more]