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Sun Express starts new Turkey flights from Luton

15/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Turkish airline Sun Express (ZQ/SXS) has operated its first scheduled flight from London Luton to Antalya, Turkey today. Antalya is the first of four new routes that the airline will operate to Turkey from London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) with Ankara, Gaziantep and Bodrum launching later this month. Antalya based Sun [read more]

Easyjet A320neo (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Easyjet eyes an expanded Heathrow as opportunity

15/06/2018 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British low-cost airliner Easyjet (U2/EZY) has said it sees an opportunity for low-cost flights from Heathrow if the expansion goes ahead. Easyjet says that if the expansion goes ahead then passengers could see fares reduce by up to 30% as low-cost carriers compete against Heathrow’s legacy carriers. The Government has approved [read more]

The Flying Bulls Bristol Sycamore (Image: P. Harrison)

Helicopter Museum welcomes only flying Sycamore

15/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Pete Harrison

The Bristol Sycamore 171 is the oldest flying British designed helicopter still Flying. This example is also the only surviving Sycamore 171 still flying. The sycamore was Designed by Raoul Hafner and built at Filton, by the Bristol Aeroplane company, this particular one being built in 1957. The Sycamore served [read more]

Beluga XL – the new oversized freighter from Airbus

15/06/2018 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

When it comes to shifting out-sized cargo Airbus Transport International pretty much rules the roost with their Beluga A300-600ST but a new king is just around the corner in the form of the BelugaXL. The BelugaXL is an all-new super transporter aircraft which is due to enter service next year. [read more]

Gatwick Airport unveils 5 year plan to boost capacity

15/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) has unveiled a 5-year plan that will see it pump 1.1bn into the airport as it seeks ways to increase capacity. The UK’s second largest airport is expecting passenger numbers to hit 53m by 2023 but as it has lost out to Heathrow in the government’s airport [read more]

On the ground at Cardiff Airport Eastern J41

Cardiff to Anglesey – a great service, shame about the weather!

14/06/2018 6 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Intra-Wales air service started out in 2007 to provide an air route between North Wales (Anglesey VLY/EGOV) and South Wales (CWL/EGFF). One of its roles was to make it easier for Welsh Assembly Members (AM’s) to travel between the two ends of the country and allow North Wales AM’s [read more]

Rolls-Royce to cut 4,600 jobs

14/06/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

Rolls-Royce has said it needs to cut 4,600 jobs over the next two-years in a reorganisation of the company. The reorganisation comes as the Derby based powerplant manufacturer tries to focus more on its core business of Civil Aerospace and Defence Power systems. The majority of the cuts are expected to [read more]

Manchester Airport (Image: TransportMedia UK)

New Trade Marketing Manager for Manchester Airport

13/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Olivia Bussey has been appointed as the new Trade Marketing Manager at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) as it gears up for its busiest summer ever. Having graduated from the Univesity of Sunderland with a first class honours degree, Olivia joins the airport having previously worked as a travel consultant for TUI. Her [read more]

Flybe at Cardiff Airport (The Aviation Media Agency)

Cardiff Airport sees 15th consecutive month of growth

13/06/2018 2 minute read
Written by: Roger Davis

Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) has seen its 15th consecutive month of growth with a 12% rise in passengers for May 2018. Wales’ national airport had its busiest May since 2009 which now sees 18 airlines regularly fly out of it including the new Qatar Airways service to Doha which launched on the [read more]

AAIB sending team after Helicopter ditches in Scotland

13/06/2018 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) has confirmed it is sending a team to Scotland after a Helicopter was forced to ditch into a Loch. The Eurocopter AS350 Ecureil helicopter, operated by PDG Aviation Services, came down south of the town of Lochmaddy in the Western Isles just after 10 [read more]