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A US Air Force (USAF) F15 Eagle has crashed into the North sea off the Yorkshire Coast. A search and rescue operation was put into action near Flamborough Head, East Yorkshire. Later in the day, Col. Will Marshall, Commanding Officer of the 48th Fighter Wing confirmed that the body of [read more]

A report by the House of Commons Transport Select Committee has branded British Airways as a ‘national disgrace’ over its plans to fire all 42,000 employees and rehire 30,000 of them under new contracts with lower pay. The report which was published today recognises that the industry has been badly [read more]

According to a letter seen by us, British Airways (BA/BAW) is offering Voluntarily Redundancy to Cabin Crew on older, more expensive contacts. Currently, British Airways has cabin crew on three different contracts Worldwide, Eurofleet and Mixed Fleet. Recent entrants to the company went on to Mixed Fleet which has a [read more]

The union representing British Airways Cabin Crew, Ground Staff and Engineers has said it has approached the European Commission to object to the take of Spanish airline Air Europa by British Airways parent International Airlines Group (IAG). It was reported earlier this week that IAG had a agreed a deal [read more]

The third of Airbus’ giant transport aircraft, the Beluga XL has left the paint shop ahead of its entry into service with Airbus Transport International (ATI). The Beluga XL is used to transport Airbus components such as fuselage sections and Wings between the manufacturing sites such as Broughton, North Wales [read more]

A statement from British Airways’ (BA/BAW) parent International Airlines Group (IAG) has said that together with Ryanair (FR/RYR) and Easyjet (U2/EZY) the group is seeking a judicial review of the governments controversial 14-day quarantine scheme. Under the scheme, anyone arriving into the UK, that isn’t from an exempted country, is [read more]

Canadian aerospace company Bombardier is to shed up to 600 jobs at its Belfast, Northern Ireland site. The job cuts are part of a wider plan by Bombardier to cut 2,500 jobs worldwide. The site in Belfast, which sits next to Belfast City Airport, is one of the largest manufacturing [read more]

The UK Governments latest piece of airline travel advice, which recommends that passengers use hold luggage instead of carry-on bags, has come under criticism with one airline calling it “rubbish”. The advice from the Department of Transport (DoT) says passengers should minimise carry-on bags and instead check luggage in to [read more]