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The government has approved passenger expansion plans for London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) but stopped short of allowing extra weekend flights. The approval means that London City can operate with up to 9 million passengers annually as opposed to the previous cap of 6.5 million. Plans were originally rejected by Newham  [read more]

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT), “The Red Arrows” have begun their journey to Canada via Iceland and Greenland as part of their MapleHawk 2024 tour. The first leg saw “The Reds” arrive in Iceland yesterday before transiting to Narsarsuaq, Greenland earlier today where they will stop for rest, [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has called on the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) to scrap the 32 million passenger cap at Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) after it was warned it would not receive extra slots for sporting events or extra Christmas flights. The cap means that Dublin Airport is currently running [read more]

Latvian carrier Air Baltic has converted options to firm orders for 10 additional Airbus A220 airliners, bringing the total now on order to 90. Air Baltic has now placed four orders for the A220 which has proved to suit the airline’s operations. The airline now operates an all A220 fleet [read more]

Virgin Australia has placed a firm order for eight Embraer E190-E2 single-aisle airliners as part of its fleet renewal programme. Powered by Pratt & Whitney’s PW1900G engines, the E190-E2 is the most fuel-efficient single-aisle airline in its class with an endurance of up to six hours. “When the new E190-E2 [read more]

Crawly-based leasing and charter specialist Smart Aviation has brokered an ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) lease deal between Air Arabia Maroc and Lithuanian charter airline GetJet for an Airbus A320. Air Arabia Maroc, part of the Air Maroc Group, contacted Smart Aviation after a delivery delay, which meant they [read more]

An ATR72-500 operated by regional carrier Voepass crashed near Sao Paulo yesterday killing 57 passengers and 4 crew. The plane was operating a flight from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport when it appeared to fall out of the sky about 1 hour and 30 [read more]

Cathay Group has placed a firm order with Airbus for 30 A330-900 (A330neo) airliners as looks to renew its mid-sized wide-body fleet. The new aircraft will replace older A330-300 airliners which have been serving Cathay Pacific for nearly 30 years. Ronald Lam, Cathay Group Chief Executive Officer said: “As Cathay [read more]