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Ryanair has today launched a massive ‘Buy One Get One Free’ deal for Black Friday with 1 million seats available in the offer. The offer comes on Day 4 of Ryanair’s cyber week and sees passengers being able to treat a loved one to a trip to one of 1,000 [read more]
It goes without saying that keeping aviation and passengers safe is the top priority of the industry. All decisions and authorizations, from new aircraft designs and airport procedures to individual flight plan approvals, are made with this in mind. Aviation safety and security is integral to everything that happens in [read more]
The last surviving British dambuster Sqn Ldr George ‘Johnny’ Johnson MBE DFM turns 100 today, 25th November. Johnny Johnson joined the Royal Air Force in 1940 and qualified as a gunner as part of 97 Squadron at Woodhall Spa. He later joined 617 Squadron and flew on Operation Chastise, the [read more]
Regional airline Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has officially confirmed that it will be launching a direct service between London Gatwick and Cornwall Newquay Airport under a Public Service Obligation (PSO). The new service will launch on the 15th December and will initially operate daily before increasing to twice-daily from mid-January. Under [read more]
British start-up flypop has announced it is partnering with ACMI / wet-lease specialist Hi Fly to launch a cargo operation ahead of the planned launch of its passenger services. flypop will operate an A330 for Zero LOPA (where passenger seats have been removed) cargo operation designed to meet the current [read more]
A British F35B has crashed into the Mediterranean sea after its pilot was forced to eject from the aircraft. The pilot was safely rescued from the sea. No other aircraft or hostile action is believed to have caused the crash of the aircraft after taking off from the British aircraft [read more]
Flybe Ltd, the operating company bringing back the Flybe name to the skies, has taken yet another step closer to its return to flying by announcing its first base and company headquarters will be at Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB). Flybe ceased operations in 2020 after several ill-fated rescue attempts but in [read more]
Low-cost airline easyJet (U2/EZY) has confirmed it is adding an additional Airbus A320 aircraft to its base at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) for Summer 2022. The move will see an additional 176,000 additional seats to destinations across Europe within easy reach of people from the South West of England and South [read more]
The four US Air Force (USAF) Rockwell B1-B ‘Lancer’ Bombers that had been deployed to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire have returned to their home base in Dyess Air Force Base in Texas. The bombers have spent just over a month at RAF Fairford carrying out training missions and a show [read more]
Following on from the first day massive order for 255 aircraft, Airbus has maintained momentum with more orders on days two and three. Monday saw a Letter of Intent (LoI) signed by Air Lease Corportation (ALC) for 111 aircraft from across Airbus’ current product catalogue. The list is made up [read more]
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