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If you are looking for something aviation related on TV tonight, and let’s face it, who isn’t right? You could do a lot worse than BBC Fours offering of Concorde: A Supersonic Story. Narrated by Hotel Rwanda’s Sophie Okonedo OBE, Concorde: A Supersonic Story tells the story of the worlds [read more]

According to information obtained by Sky News, BAe Systems is to announce the loss of over one thousand jobs later this week. The majority of the job losses are expected to be at its Warton site in Lancashire. Sky News made the claim today citing sources within BAe Systems, The [read more]

The collapse of travel group Monarch sent a shockwave through the industry, the cause, according to Monarch was terrorism hitting its key markets and low-cost competition. But as the dust settles, fingers are starting to point at group CEO, Andrew Swaffield and other members of the board not only for [read more]

Cardiff Airport will see a passenger number boost today as fans arrive to see if Wales’ World Cup bid continues against the Republic of Ireland. Last week Wales were aiming for a playoff place until a shock result for Serbia has Chris Coleman’s men suddenly in the running for automatic [read more]

Thomas Cook pilots have called off 8 days of strikes planned for October. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) said the strikes were cancelled after the two sides agreed to enter arbitration to resolve a pay dispute. BALPA’s Union members and Thomas Cook are in dispute after the company offered [read more]

Easyjet (U2/EZY) has suggested it will be looking to the domestic German market if they are successful in the purchase of Air Berlin aircraft. The Luton based Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) has put in a bid for around 30 of the defunct German airlines Airbus A320 aircraft. The aircraft, based in the [read more]

The Airbus’ A340 laminar-flow BLADE test demonstrator aircraft has made its successful maiden flight for Clean Sky project on the 26th September. The aircraft, dubbed “Flight Lab”, took off from Tarbes in southern France at local time 11:00, and after a series of tests, it landed at Airbus’ facilities in [read more]

The beleaguered low-cost airline, Ryanair has given in to its pilots over pay and conditions after weeks of denying pilots were leaving. The Dublin based airline recently put a cancellation policy into force causing misery for hundreds of passengers who had their flights cancelled at the last minute. Ryanair claimed it [read more]