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Heavy Maintenance facility opened at Shannon creating 200 jobs

18/05/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Ryanair has opened a brand new heavy maintenance facility at Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland. The facility is the result of a €10m investment by Ryanair and will carry out heavy maintenance on its fleet of Boeing 737s As well as the investment, the facility is also creating [read more]

Ryanair boss hits out at Boeing management

17/05/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Ryanair Group boss Michael O’Leary has hit out at Boeing’s management saying though should step up or ship out. The outspoken airline boss was reacting to delays in delivering new Boeing 737 Max aircraft to Ryanair by the Seattle USA-based airframer. Mr O’Leary said that Ryanair was still a willing [read more]

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

Ryanair extends winter maintenance with STS aviation contract

12/05/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Ryanair (FR/RYR) has extended its use of 3rd party MRO providers for its winter maintenance needs by awarding STS Aviation a contract. The agreement will see STS work on Ryanair’s fleet of Boeing 737s at its facility at Birmingham Airport. Ian Bartholomew, Senior Vice President Business Development Europe at STS [read more]

Caerdav’s name has been officially unveiled by Chairman Bruce Dickinson (L) and CEO Joachim Jones (R).

Ryanair selects Caerdav for winter maintenance

11/05/2022 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Ryanair has selected South Wales MRO provider Caerdav for winter maintenance of its Boeing 737 fleet. Formerly known as Cardiff Aviation, Caerdav was started by Iron Maiden front man Bruce Dickinson with help from the Welsh Government. After a rocky start, the MRO specialist has contracts with EasyJet and TUI [read more]

MAGicALL wins contract to supply CityAirbus motors

10/05/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Camarillo, California-based MAGicALL has been selected by Airbus to produce and supply the electric motors for its CityAirbus eVTOL urban transport project. MAGicALL specialises in producing lightweight brushless motors and will become the power behind CityAirbus’ NextGen electric propulsion system with features that will match its unique design. Joerg P. [read more]

Airbus A330neo (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

Airbus: April figures show 48 deliveries

09/05/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

European airframer Airbus has published its orders and deliveries for April 2022 which show it delivered 48 airliners to 34 customers. The deliveries included 38 A320neo family aircraft, 7 Airbus A220s, 2 Airbus 330 (1x ceo 1x neo) and 5 Airbus A350 aircraft. Wizz Air UK and Virgin Atlantic (Air [read more]

Airbus A220-300 (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Strong start to 2022 for Airbus

04/05/2022 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

European airframer Airbus has posted a strong start to 2022 with revenues hitting €12bn (EBIT Adjusted €1.3 bn) and 142 airliners delivered. Airbus also posted strong order figures with a gross figure of 253 although this only actually is 83 net orders after taking into account cancellations. As a result [read more]

Qantas unveils Airbus fleet plans to allow non-stop Sydney to London flights

02/05/2022 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Australian national carrier Qantas (QF/QFA) has set out its future Airbus fleet plans that include the Airbus A350 which will form the backbone of the airline’s Project Sunrise, a project that will see any worldwide city just one flight away from Australia. At a ceremony in Sydney, the airline announced [read more]

Boeing delays first 777-9 by two years

28/04/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The Boeing 777-9 (also known as the 777X) is having its entry into service delayed by another two years as Boeing pushes back delivery of the first aircraft. Boeing says the delay reflects its latest estimate for the time needed to certify the new aircraft which was due to enter [read more]

Generation Hydrogen: easyJet partners with GKN aerospace

28/04/2022 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Leading UK low-cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) has announced a partnership with GKN Aerospace to accelerate the adoption of hydrogen power in aviation. The deal means that easyJet will support GKN Aerospace in the development of its hydrogen-powered gas turbine, H2JET which is already supported by other partners including the Swedish [read more]