You might have thought that Ryanair would be Marxian (Groucho) in its approach to club membership (“I don’t want to belong to any club that will accept me as a member”) however, it has announced that it has joined Airlines UK (AUK), the industry body representing UK-registered carriers. Ryanair, which will carry [read more]
Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has smashed into Worlds Top 10 rankings placing 7th based on passengers carried. The latest rankings see the Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) go from 10th place to 7th in just 2 years with over 148,000 million passengers being carried int he last year on their fleet of 401 [read more]
In August 2015 a major shake-up in the regional airline business was started with Loganair and bmi regional becoming part of a new group, under Chief Executive, Peter Simpson. The new holding company, Airline Investments Limited (AIL), acquired the shares in bmi regional from British Airways following its acquisition of the BMI [read more]
Today marks the 32nd anniversary of the Manchester Air Disaster. 55 people died when a 737 burst into flames while taking off from Manchester Airport. We look at the legacy of Flight KT28M 32-years-on. For most holidaymakers, the 22nd August 1985 started like many other. Looking forward to their holidays [read more]
Airline giant Air France-KLM has bought a stake in Virgin Atlantic equal to around a third of the company. The 31% stake, worth £220m GBP, leaves founder Sir Richard Branson Virgin Group with a minority holding of just 20%. Delta Airlines now holds the majority share of 49%. In an open [read more]
Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) is known as a bucket and spade airport thanks to the majority of routes being to the traditional holiday destinations such as Spain, Greece and Portugal. But take away the likes of the Thomson, Thomas Cook & Flybe and you still have an airport that’s busy, just not [read more]
Flight Simulators such as Microsoft Flight Simulator X and X-Plane make it possible for anyone to take the controls of an aeroplane and fly around their favourite areas in high fidelity and for fans of Wales and Welsh Aviation, there is an abundance of ways to increase the realism of [read more]
The Welsh Government has sought to distance itself from Cardiff Aviation this week as financial problems continue to dog the St Athan based business. We have been contacted by numerous current and former employees who are still owed wages from May. Financial problems hit Cardiff Aviation Ltd towards the end [read more]
St Athan based Maintenance Repair Operation (MRO) Cardiff Aviation is making 25 redundancies as work continues to dry up. Staff have also not been paid again this month. The move was announced by Managing Director Martyn Anderson who said that the downturn in work was “more significant than anticipated”. Cardiff [read more]
When Norwegian’s LN-LNG departed back to Oslo yesterday it marked the completion of a maintenance round for 7 Norwegian Long Haul (DU/NLH) Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft carried out by British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC). BAMC is an official Boeing maintenance partner which demonstrates the high standard of work carried out [read more]
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