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Kyle Edmund – To Fly To Serve…… and volley

28/06/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Britains Number 1 tennis player geared up for Wimbledon this week taking on the ultimate challenge from British Airways. British Airways put Kyle through his paces on their state of the art Boeing 787 simulator, used to train actual British Airways Pilots. With the help of British Airways pilot Captain Meredith [read more]

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Virgin to end unviable Heathrow to Dubai flights

28/06/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Virgin Atlantic has said it will end Heathrow to Dubai flights from spring 2019. The airline says it took the difficult decision to end the route after it became clear in a review of its network that the route was no longer viable. Virgin faces fierce competition on the route from [read more]

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Whats On: Wales National Airshow 2018

28/06/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

It’s time once again for the annual Wales National Airshow at Swansea Bay in South Wales. The free event takes place on Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July in Swansea Bay giving spectators on the beach a stunning aerial display. This year show features The Red Arrows and the RAF [read more]

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Boeing gets big freighter order from Fedex Express

27/06/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

Seattle based airframer Boeing has won an order for 24 freighter aircraft from cargo specialist, FedEx Express. The order consists of 12 Boeing 767 and 12 Boeing 777 Freighters bringing the total number of freighters sold in 2018 to 50 for Boeing. Boeing has a firm lead over rivals Airbus when [read more]

Norwegian add Gatwick to Tampa service

26/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Norwegian has added a twice-weekly service to Tampa, Florida from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) as part of Winter 2018/19 changes. The route, which begins on the 31st October will compete directly with legacy carrier British Airways (BA) on what is one of BA’s most popular routes. Norwegian says fares on the [read more]

An Easyjet A320neo takes off from Bristol Airport (Max Thrust Digital)

Councils spent £6.8 million on flights since 2015

26/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

At a time when councils are pleading austerity and raising council tax levels, residents may be dismayed to hear that councils in England & Wales have spent nearly £6.8m on flights to destinations including the Caribbean and Asia. The research by the TaxPayers alliance shows that since 2015 £6,792,500 on air travel, with each [read more]

Government wins Heathrow expansion vote

25/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The UK Government has won the House of Commons vote on airport expansion at Heathrow by 415 to 119. Expansion at Heathrow was the governments preferred option despite an option at Gatwick being cheaper and requiring less destruction of residential properties. Former London Mayor Boris Johnson has opposed the third runway at [read more]

Pilot who breached Cosford airspace has licence suspended

25/06/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A general aviation pilot who entered the temporarily restricted airspace around RAF Cosford has had their licence suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The incident, which occurred on 9th June, caused an “Airprox” with another aircraft flying a display for the Cosford Airshow. As with all airshows, a temporary restriction of airspace [read more]

Time Flies for Manchester Airport as it turns 80

25/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) has kicked off its 80th birthday celebrations with a special film narrated by celebrated poet, Tony Walsh. Entitled “Time Flies” the short film that is inspired by tales of travel at Manchester airport over the last 8 decades. It also charts its history from a single wooden [read more]

Ben Murphy flies under the bridge in Budapest (Image: Armin Walcher / Red Bull Content Pool)

Solid 8th place for Ben Murphy in Budapest

25/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Ben Murphy secured a solid 8th place in the Budapest Air Race yesterday. Ben, who qualified in 8th place, blast through the masterclass round of 14 by beating two-time champion Kirby Chambliss with a time of 59.996. The round of 8 saw Ben pitted against an in-form Michael Goulian. Both [read more]