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Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has sent a video message to staff saying that up to 900 jobs are at risk with the Irish budget carrier. The message, aimed at Pilots and Cabin crew, said that redundancies would be announced by the end of August. Mr O’Leary cited falling profits at [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has welcomed its first Airbus A350-100XWB into the fleet after its first aircraft arrived at Heathrow at the weekend. G-XWBA is the first of 18 A350’s for the airline, 4 of which will be delivered in 2019. The aircraft is the first to introduce British Airways new [read more]

Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) has been closed after a BAC Strikemaster burst a tyre on landing. The Cold War jet has been displaying at the Sunderland Airshow and was landing after completing its sortie. Ther aircraft, Strikemaster 417, is operated by North Wales Military Aircraft Services Ltd. The aren’t believed to [read more]

Leading UK airline Jet2 (LS/EXS) is offering flight deals this August starting at just £49 per person. (LS/EXS) is offering flight deals this August starting at just £49 per person. Jet2 flies to destinations across Europe from UK airports including Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Birmingham Newcastle, East Midlands, Glasgow and Edinburgh. [read more]

Ryanair pilots who are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have been sent ballot papers in a vote on possible industrial action a dispute over their terms and conditions. Pilots are locked in a dispute with the Irish budget carrier over pensions and other allowances. BALPA says that [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has failed in its bid to get an injunction from the high court blocking its pilots from striking. Pilots that are members of the BALPA union have voted to strike over a pay deal after talks broke down between BALPA and British Airways. Pilots had been offered [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) pilots that are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have voted to back a series of strikes in a dispute over a pay deal. BALPA represents around 90% of British Airways pilots and the union says that 93% of them voted in favour of industrial [read more]

Operators of the Airbus A321neo have been issued with an airworthiness directive by the European Aviation and Space Agency (EASA) alerting it to a problem that could cause the nose to pitch up. According to EASA Airworthiness Directive 2019-0171, the behaviour of the Elevator Aileron Computer unit installed on A321neo [read more]