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Air Commodore Peter Round FRAeS has taken over as president of the Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) following the Annual General Meeting held on 4th May. Air Cdre Round joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1979 and graduated from Manchester University after reading Metallurgy. During his RAF tenure, he flew [read more]

A Virgin Atlantic flight, VS3 from London Heathrow to New York, was forced to turn around after just over an hour on Monday as the Co-pilot had not completed their training and the captain was not a designated trainer. Both crew members on the Airbus A330 were qualified to fly [read more]

European airframer Airbus has posted a strong start to 2022 with revenues hitting €12bn (EBIT Adjusted €1.3 bn) and 142 airliners delivered. Airbus also posted strong order figures with a gross figure of 253 although this only actually is 83 net orders after taking into account cancellations. As a result [read more]

Yesterday saw the launch of Loganair’s new flights from the Isle of Man to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The Heathrow connection will operate daily providing one leg links to a world of destinations at the UK’s busiest airport. Loganair is also increasing its Isle of Man to London City (LCY/EGCC)service to [read more]

Ryanair (FR/RYR) is set to return to the Austrian alps gateway airport in Klagenfurt (KLU/LOWK) after agreeing a deal that will see the airline return from two UK airports. From 1st November 2022, Ryanair will launch a twice-weekly service to Austria’s six-largest city from London Stansted (STN/EGSS) followed by a [read more]

Australian national carrier Qantas (QF/QFA) has set out its future Airbus fleet plans that include the Airbus A350 which will form the backbone of the airline’s Project Sunrise, a project that will see any worldwide city just one flight away from Australia. At a ceremony in Sydney, the airline announced [read more]

The Boeing 777-9 (also known as the 777X) is having its entry into service delayed by another two years as Boeing pushes back delivery of the first aircraft. Boeing says the delay reflects its latest estimate for the time needed to certify the new aircraft which was due to enter [read more]

Leading UK low-cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) has announced a partnership with GKN Aerospace to accelerate the adoption of hydrogen power in aviation. The deal means that easyJet will support GKN Aerospace in the development of its hydrogen-powered gas turbine, H2JET which is already supported by other partners including the Swedish [read more]