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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]
Jet2 (LS/EXS) has billed a disruptive passenger £85,000 for causing the flight to Dalaman she was on to divert to London Stansted last month. Chloe Haines (25) from Maidenhead, Berkshire caused the flight to be intercepted by RAF Typhoon jets after she attempted to open the door of the aircraft [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has warned that the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max will cause it to cut around 30,000 routes next year as well as culling some bases and closing others. The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded following two fatal crashes of the type linked to its new systems [read more]
Vueling (VY/VLG) is the worst-performing airline from UK airports in terms of delays according to a study of Civil Aviation Authority data. According to CAA data, Vueling flights suffered an average delay of 31 minutes per flight with UK airline Thomas Cook coming second with an average delay of 24 [read more]
The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) has said that talks to avert a strike by British Airways (BA/BAW) pilots, the first of which is due to take place on the 26th July. BALPA General Secretary Brian Strutton said: “It is bitterly disappointing that despite two full days at ACAS we [read more]
Thomas Cook is admitted to staff that its cash injection from Chinese tour operator Fosun will leave current shareholders with little or no value in the Thomas Cook shares they own. The company says it is in “advanced talks” with Fosun, who is already Thomas Cooks largest shareholder, to invest [read more]
Norwegian Air Shuttle’s second-quarter (Q2) figures show increased profitably for the airline as it continues its current financial strategy. Q2 saw Norwegian, which includes UK & Irish airlines Norwegian Air UK & Norwegian Air International, post operating results of NOK 2.3 billion (before ownership), almost double that of the same [read more]
All flights in and out of London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) had been suspended this evening due to a technical fault with the air traffic control system at the airport. The exact nature of the fault isn’t known but in a statement, Gatwick Airport said: “Due to an air traffic control [read more]
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