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Talks are resuming between the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) and British Airways (BA/BAW) in a bid to avert strikes later this month. British Airways had sought a court injunction to block potential strikes but courts rejected their case and declined an appeal confirming the legality of BALPA’s ballot, where [read more]

Over 2,600 flights are scheduled to depart the UK on August 23rd 2019 according to data from travel data analytics experts, Cirium. Nearly half a million Brits will depart the UK ahead of the late summer bank holiday to destinations across the globe. Legacy carrier British Airways will carry around [read more]

Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has sent a video message to staff saying that up to 900 jobs are at risk with the Irish budget carrier. The message, aimed at Pilots and Cabin crew, said that redundancies would be announced by the end of August. Mr O’Leary cited falling profits at [read more]

Ryanair Holdings, the parent group of Ryanair (FR/RYR), is to cut Chief Executive Officer Micheal O’Leary’s salary in half according to the airline’s annual report. The outspoken CEO was paid a basic salary of just over €1m in 2018 as well as a bonus of nearly €800,000. The airline is [read more]

Global Trek has formally opened its new Fixed Based Operator (FBO) service at Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF). The Prestwick headquartered company soft-launched its operation at Cardiff Airport in May and has been servicing private and military traffic at the airport since then. It is the second base for the company which [read more]

Manchester Airports Group (MAG) is the first UK airport operator to sign up to be a member of the Slave-Free Alliance. Part of Hope For Justice, Slave-Free Alliance is a charity that works to end modern slavery by preventing exploitation and rescuing victims of modern slavery and helping them to [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has welcomed its first Airbus A350-100XWB into the fleet after its first aircraft arrived at Heathrow at the weekend. G-XWBA is the first of 18 A350’s for the airline, 4 of which will be delivered in 2019. The aircraft is the first to introduce British Airways new [read more]

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has been hit with fresh woes this week as it emerged Spanish airline Vueling will cut capacity on one of its key routes from the Welsh Government-owned airport in winter 19/20. The previously year-round service to Malaga will now be cut back through November 2019 and will [read more]