Airline news

The largest variant of the Dreamliner family, the Boeing 787-10, has achieved US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification, paving the way for its first delivery to Singapore Airlines in the first half of 2018. The 787-10 is 18ft longer than the 787-9 and seats 330 passengers in typical a two-class configuration. Its range [read more]

Emirates has given the Airbus A380 a lifeline when it finally ordered 36 more of the super-sized jets. The deal worth around £11.5bn came just days after outgoing Airbus sales chief John Leahy said that the A380 project was dead if Emirates didn’t place the order that was expected to [read more]

Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) has reported 2017 as its busiest ever year with passenger figures topping 8.1m. The South West regional airport saw an increase of over 600,000 passengers compared to 2016  which equates to an 8% increase over the year. Bristol AIrport is England’s third largest regional airport and a base [read more]

Norwegian has outlined its expansion plans for 2018 at London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) including more US flights and its first South American flight. The low-cost airline will start a four-times-weekly service from Gatwick to Buenos Aires (EZE/SAEZ), Argentina will on 14th February using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. New destinations in the USA [read more]

US airframer Boeing has reportedly said it is not seeking a change of control at Embraer as it seeks to take over the Brazilian company. Boeing has moved quickly to create a tie-up with Embraer in what is seen as a retaliatory move to counter the Airbus/Bombardier deal which saw the [read more]

Norwegian has said it plans to increase the frequency of its London Gatwick to Boston service from June 2018. The service, which currently operates 4-times per week will increase to daily from 12th June. Norwegian Air International operates the transatlantic service from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to Boston Logan (BOS/KBOS) using a [read more]

Irish budget carrier Ryanair has confirmed it is in contact with administrators for the former Air Belin owned NIKI with a view to purchasing NIKI assets. NIKI entered administration yesterday when Lufthansa pulled out of a deal to buy the subsidiary as regulators were concerned about a monopoly. Ryanair is looking [read more]

German carrier Lufthansa shocked the aviation industry yesterday when the announcement came they were to abandon a deal to buy defunct Air Berlins leisure carrier, NIKI leaving the airline insolvent. The news means that the Austrian leisure carrier has now been forced to cancel all flights from December 14th after [read more]