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A new study suggests that General Aviation (GA) pilots downplay the impact of stress on flight safety compared to factors such as inclement weather. The research, conducted by the University of Aberdeen, presented 101 pilots with a series of 12 take-off scenarios across four categories – compromised performance (pilot stressed, [read more]

London City Airport (LCY/EGLC) has become the first major airport to have its air traffic control systems fully remote controlled via a digital tower. This summer will see all flights guided on take-off and landing by controllers located at the Swanwick ATC centre in Hampshire, some 70 miles from the [read more]

Aer Lingus, which last flew a scheduled flight from Cardiff Airport in 2016, is set to make a tentative return to Wales’ national airport. According to ‘UK Aviation Schedule Analyst’ Sean M on twitter, Aer Lingus Regional will restart flights between Cardiff Airport and Dublin from 30th August 2021 operating [read more]

The High Court of England and Wales has ruled that Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) should compensate passengers whose flights were disrupted as a result of the 2018 strike by Ryanair pilots. The airline had argued that the strikes were exceptional circumstances and beyond their control so it shouldn’t have [read more]

Aviation and Aerospace leaders from across the South West met at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) today to discuss working together to help the region meet Net Zero for the aviation industry. Representatives from Rolls Royce, Airbus, easyJet, GKN, Atkins, Vertical Aerospace, Universal Hydrogen and Wood joined the airport to discuss projects [read more]

Ryanair has launched its summer 2022 schedule earlier than normal in a bid to boost passenger confidence and encourage forward booking. The budget airline plans to operate around 1,800 weekly flights across 160 routes from the UK. Keeping with this summers plans, Greece features heavily including Santorini, Rhodes and Chania [read more]

Regional airline Lognair (LM/LOG) has said that it is ramping up its schedule of flights to the Scottish Islands as COVID-19 travel rules start to relax. The rebuilding of the routes will come in three stages on key dates in May & June. From 3 May… Combined Aberdeen-Kirkwall and Aberdeen-Sumburgh [read more]

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) is backing Greece as the go to destination this summer for Brits looking for sun. The airline, whose traditional hunting ground is Portugal, Spain and Central Europe, is ramping up flights to Greece from several UK airports. Ryanair is introducing new flights to Santorini, Kos [read more]