US president Donald Trump has “made America great again” by costing the Boeing Aircraft Co $20bn in lost revenue thanks to the USA pulling out of the Iran Deal. The Seattle based air framer had orders for more than 110 aircraft, including 50 B737 and 30 B777, for Iran Airlines [read more]
Low-cost long-haul airline Primera Air is suspending transatlantic services from Birmingham Airport due to delays of its new aircraft. Primera Air started flights to New York in May using a leased National Airlines 757 and had planned to start flights to Toronto later this month but it has now suspended [read more]
Rolls-Royce has said that it aims to start testing a permanent fix for the Trent 1000 engine compressor issue in early June. The Derby-based engine manufacturer hopes to start rolling out the replacement part later this year as the company comes under increasing pressure from airlines who have been forced [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is making changes to its schedules from Manchester Airport as it switches to an all Boeing 747-400 operation for Winter 18/19. The airport previously had a mix of Airbus A330 and Boeing 747 aircraft but the latest changes to its Atlanta and New York JFK flights see [read more]
Airbus’ latest variant of the popular A330 family, the A330-900neo, has touched down at Cardiff Airport, Wales ahead of fuel tests tomorrow. The A330-900neo or new engine option is improved version of Airbus’ popular twin-engined wide-bodied jet. It is powered exclusively by Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engines. The wings are made [read more]
Virgin Atlantic is moving its London to Las Vegas flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) from March 2019. The route will also benefit from an upgrade to a state of the art Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft instead of the current Boeing 747-400. The upgrade means an increase in [read more]
Major Indian airlines Jet Airways (9w/JAI) has announced that it will operate a four-times-weekly service from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Mumbai (BOM/VABB). The route will start in November 2018 and will operate on Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday using an Airbus A330 with 254 seats. The route will be Jet Airways [read more]
Low-cost airline Primera Air began services from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) this week with flights to New York starting on Friday 18th May. The airline’s operation at Birmingham got underway on Monday with the first flight to Malaga and Palma from the Midlands airport. Primera, like many other airlines, is being hit by [read more]
A little over a year ago, Qatar Airways and Cardiff Airport announced a new route from Cardiff to Doha, Qatar, with onward connections to over 150 destinations worldwide, including New Zealand, Australia, China, Thailand and India. The 1st May 2018 saw all the years of hard work by the teams [read more]
Qatar Airways Chief Executive His Excellency Akbar Al Baker has said his airline plans to be at Cardiff Airport forever as flights between Doha and Cardiff get underway, but it’s not all about passengers. One of the keys to the success of Qatar Airways new service linking the two capitals is [read more]
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