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Airbus and Bombardier just delivered a huge slap in the face to Boeing and the US government by joining forces over the Canadian manufactures newest plane, the C-Series. Airbus has taken a majority share in Bombardiers struggling C-Series project in a move to protect jobs worldwide and provide the Canadian [read more]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive for the immediate inspection of Airbus A380 engines. The airworthiness directive (AD) 2017-21-51 relates to the uncontained engine failure of an Air France Airbus A380 engine over Greenland. It affects Engine Alliance (EA) GP7270, GP7272 and GP7277 engines types. [read more]

After 18 months of being plagued with problems, commercial flights have finally begun at the newly built St Helena airport, a remote island in the South Atlantic. St Helena is one of the most remote civilisations in the world located more than 1200 miles off the coast of Africa. This [read more]

A storm which is currently battering Ireland and the UK has had an odd effect on aircraft making it appear as if there is smoke in the cockpit resulting in emergency landings. The phenomenon is being caused by dust from the Sahara which has been pulled up to the UK [read more]

Alitalia – Italy’s long-troubled national carrier has been operating under bankruptcy protection since the start of May 2017, after the Gulf airline Etihad Airways refused to help bankroll the failing airline any further. This came just days after its employees rejected a radical rescue plan. The rescue plan would have [read more]

Cardiff Airport is braced for disruption this afternoon as Ex-Tropical Hurricane Ophelia hits the UK bringing winds of up to 80mph. The latest information this morning shows that Ophelia is heading west so will pass along the west coast of Ireland. This has prompted yellow weather warnings for Wales. Flybe has [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced that it is to welcome 1000 students into the company for Work Experience Month 2017. The airline says that students will get to experience the airline’s world-class facilities and speak to colleagues at its engineering bases at Heathrow, Cardiff and Glasgow, along with its Global [read more]

An Aer Lingus Airbus A320 has diverted into Cardiff Airport after it declared an emergency with fumes in the cockpit. The flight, EI845 was en-route to Cork from Amsterdam when the pilots reported smoke or fumes in the cockpit. As a precaution, the aircraft diverted immediately into Cardiff. The Aircraft, [read more]