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Storm Eowyn has hit the UK and Ireland this morning bringing winds over 90mph and resulting in 1070 flights being cancelled as of 10:00hrs GMT. According to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium the cancellations account for almost 20% of scheduled flights due to take-off this morning. Ireland along with Northern [read more]

Struggling eVTOL company Lilium has been rescued from the edge of insolvency by an investment consortium called Mobile Uplift Corporation (MUC) which has rebranded the company to Lilium Aerospace. Lilium was at the advanced stages of developing the Lilium Jet when the company hit financial problems that led to all [read more]

Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) has partnered with Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) to enhance operations and drive growth at the South West airport. The partnership will see ACL provide data collection services to the airport, enabling it to grow and develop and grow its position as a vital gateway to the [read more]

Loganair (LM/LOG) has been again selected by Orkney Island Council to provide inter-island transport under the Public Service Obligation (PSO) for the next four years. The current contract expires at the end of March this year with the new contract coming into force from the 1st of April to the [read more]

Finnish flag carrier Finnair (AY/FIN) and Oneworld partner British Airways (BA/BAW) are expanding their codeshare agreement to cover seven additional UK domestic routes. The agreement means that Finnair will add its flight code to British Airways flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD), Belfast City (BHD/EGAC), Gibraltar(GIB/LXGB), Inverness (INV/EGPE), [read more]

The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA), the union which represents British pilots has won a landmark case against Ryanair’s practice of blacklisting pilots who took part in the strikes in 2019. Ryanair used this blacklist to withdraw perks such as travel benefits to pilots who exercised their right to strike [read more]

German firm Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has been granted the UK’s first licence to launch rockets vertically from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). When they begin, the launches will be from the UK’s SaxaVord Spaceport on Shetland and the licence allows up to ten launches per year. RFA wants to use [read more]

Taiwanese carrier Starlux has five more Airbus A350F freighters for its cargo operation doubling the initial order placed by the airline. Starlux already operates the A350 on its passenger routes which means the A350F will fit seamlessly into its operation. It also operates A321neo and A330neo Airbus aircraft. The A350F, [read more]