Aviation engineering and leasing news

Redundancies at Cardiff Aviation as staff aren’t paid again & financial concerns continue

01/06/2017 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

St Athan based Maintenance Repair Operation (MRO) Cardiff Aviation is making 25 redundancies as work continues to dry up. Staff have also not been paid again this month. The move was announced by Managing Director Martyn Anderson who said that the downturn in work was “more significant than anticipated”. Cardiff [read more]

Norwegian 787 landing at Cardiff Airport (Image: Nick Harding/TransportMedia UK)

BAMC completes round of maintenance on 7 Norwegian Dreamliners

18/04/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

When Norwegian’s LN-LNG departed back to Oslo yesterday it marked the completion of a maintenance round for 7 Norwegian Long Haul (DU/NLH) Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft carried out by British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC). BAMC is an official Boeing maintenance partner which demonstrates the high standard of work carried out [read more]

ILS System at St Athan signed off – DAS MD claims facebook post was a ‘hack’

05/04/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

DAS Aviation Solutions Ltd announced today on facebook the approval for the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at St Athan has finally been approved for use by the Military Aviation Authority (MAA). However, in a bizarre twist in this story, we spoke to David Smillie, Director of DAS Aviation Solutions Ltd [read more]

Cardiff Aviation have talks with Welsh Government over unpaid rent

04/04/2017 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Cardiff Aviation will get round the table for talks with the Welsh Government today to discuss the fact that they have never paid rent at their St Athan site, leaving a large debt owed to the Welsh taxpayer. Cardiff Aviation took over the Twin Peaks facility at St Athan in [read more]

Broughton: Raytheon plans new jobs while Marshall plans job cuts

30/03/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

It has been a day of mixed news for North Wales with Raytheon UK opening a new hangar and Marshall Aviation considering closing its Broughton site. Raytheon UK, who currently employ 145 people at their site in Broughton, Flintshire, have officially opened a new hangar as part of a £130m deal to [read more]

GE9X powered Boeing 777X (Image: Boeing)

GE Aviation Wales wins GE9X contract worth £20m

01/03/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

GE Aviation Wales has been awarded a contract worth £20m at its plant in South Wales securing not only the future of the site but hundreds of existing jobs as well as creating new ones. GE Aviation Wales plant in Nantgarw repairs and overhauls GE’s range of turbofan jet engines [read more]

Rolls-Royce Trent 900 (Image Kolossos/CC BY3.0)

Rolls-Royce posts record losses

14/02/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

British engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has posted record losses totalling £4.6bn. Rolls-Royce, who make jet engines for aircraft including the Trent series used on Boeing 777, 787 and A380, blamed the weak pound and the settlement following the bribery and corruption case brought against them by the US and the UK. [read more]

Cardiff Aviation hasn’t paid rent for Twin Peaks

21/01/2017 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

An official has told the Welsh Assembly committee that Cardiff Aviation Ltd, the aircraft maintenance firm headed by Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson, has not paid rent for its use of the Twin Peaks hangar facility at MOD St Athan since it started operations there in 2012. The company started [read more]

Airbus A350-1000 First flight crew (Image: Airbus)

3rd A350-1000 about to come online

20/01/2017 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The 3rd A350-100 aircraft is about to join the test fleet at Airbus. The aircraft , whose wings are made at Broughton in North Wales is the final aircraft to operate that will share the load certification testing for the type. The job of the 3rd aircraft will be to [read more]

Airbus NEO order is first of 2017

11/01/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Airbus has received its first airliner order of 2017 and it’s from US-based leasing company Aviation Capital Group. The order for 35 aircraft including 30 x A320NEO, 2 x A320 and 3 x A321NEO also includes and option for a further 10 A320NEO. The Airbus A320 family. The deal is [read more]