England
England
England
Tees Valley Mayor buys Airport for £35m
Local Mayor Ben Houchen has agreed to buy Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME/EGNV) for a reported £35m from the Peel Airports Ltd. The airport, which is currently losing £2.5m per …
England
England
Drones fly safely alongside manned aircraft at Manchester Airport
In a UK first, Unmanned Drones have been flown safely alongside manned aircraft in a demonstration at Manchester Airport. Overseen by UK NATS, the UK’s leading provider of air traffic control …
Channel Islands
England
Luton Airport reports record passengers for October
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has reported record passenger numbers for October 2018. The airport says that 1.5 million passengers used the airport in October, a 7.9% increase over the same …
England
Garuda Indonesia returns to Heathrow after short break
Garuda Indonesia (GA/GIA) is resuming its London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Jakarta (CGK/WIII) service from the 27th November 2018. The flight returns as a three-times weekly non-stop service and will be …
Engineering, MRO & Leasing
Bombardier to cut 5000 jobs
Canadian plane and train maker Bombardier is to 5000 jobs across its global business over the next year and a half. Some 3000 of those jobs will go at its …
Air Safety
Mid-air collision could have been avoided with technology
A report into the fatal mid-air collision of two air aircraft last year has concluded that while they aircraft had limited opportunity to see each other, technology could have helped …
England
Birmingham, East Midlands and Southend are UK’s best airports
Birmingham (BHX/EGBB), East Midlands (EMA/EGNX) and London Southend (SEN/EGMC) scooped the best airports in their respective sizes at the annual Airport Operators Association Awards. Birmingham won the over 10 million …