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Monarch Airlines (MON/ZB) is in talks with the Civil Aviation Authority about a crisis extension to the deadline for renewing its ATOL certificate which expires at midnight tonight (Friday 30th September). The CAA raised concerns about Monarchs financial stability earlier this week prompting fears that Monarch could collapse. The CAA [read more]

Whilst Monarch’s (MON/ZB) twitter agents continue to fend off rumours of Monarch’s demise news has emerged that veteran chairman Sir Roy McNulty “quickly and quietly” his post. Monarch informed Companies House of McNulty’s exit on the 9th August 2016, just over a month before the airline hit troubled water over [read more]

Monarch Airlines (MON/ZB) has denied rumours that it is about to cease operations using their social media accounts despite the fact that the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have been chartering aircraft from Omni Air, Air Transat and United Airlines to cover routes served by Monarch as their operating licence [read more]

Ryanair has today announced it will commence a Cardiff to Faro, Portugal route for Summer 2017. The new flight is the 2nd route from Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) for the Irish low-cost carrier and comes on the back of the success of its existing Tenerife flight. The flight will operate twice [read more]

GE Aviation Wales has once again topped the list of the top 100 Welsh manufacturers. Caerphilly based GE Aviation Wales’ turnover of £1.9bn almost doubled that of its nearest competitor Calasonic Kansei Europe of Llanelli in the Wales Business Insider chart. A new managing director was put in place at [read more]

An Anglesey man has been jailed for 18 months today in Mold Crown Court for endangering aircraft in North Wales. John Arthur Jones (66) of Bodffordd near Anglesy was found guilty in July this year after denying 13 counts of endangering RAF aircraft flying from RAF Valley. Jones had taken a dislike to aircraft [read more]

Police have confirmed that two men have been killed when their microlight crashed into a field on Sunday. The accident happened around midday on Sunday when Police and Ambulance crews were called to reports that an aircraft had crashed into a field near Cwmbach in Powys. Both men were pronounced dead [read more]

Former Cardiff councillor and UKIP candidate Mohammed Sarul Islam has called on the Welsh Government to rename Cardiff Airport to “Princess Diana International Airport”. Mr Sarul Islam has started a Welsh Assembly petition calling for the change. The Assembly petitions committee requires 10 signatures to be considered in the Assembly, [read more]