A Ryanair (FR/RYR) flight suffered a nose landing gear collapse on landing at Dublin International Airport this afternoon after it arrived from Liverpool. Flight FR5542 operated from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LPL/EGGP) and landed on Runway 28 at Dublin Airport where it suffered a mishap. Fire crews were immediately dispatched [read more]
Icelandair (FI/ICE) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Airbus for 13 Airbus A321XLRs to replace its ageing Boeing 757 airliners. The MoU also includes options for a further 12 of the type making it a deal potentially worth 25 Airbus A321s. Icelandair is already in talks to lease [read more]
The state-of-the-art Newton Flight Academy (NFA )at Glasgow’s Science Centre celebrates its first anniversary today having opened on the 29th March 2022. The centre has welcomed thousands of visitors over the past year including RAF and Naval cadets, 2386 members of the public and 1565 S2 and S3 school pupils [read more]
Air India has launched flights from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) creating to 500 direct and indirect jobs in the process. Switching its main UK hub from Heathrow will see the airline fly to Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Kochi and Goa with up to three flights per week on each route. Flights from Gatwick [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair has announced that it plans 14 additional routes from Dublin Airport (DUB/EIDW) this summer to destinations across Europe. The new routes include Asturias and Castellon in Spain, Brindisi, Genoa and Venice in Italy, Kos and Zakynthos in Greece, Cluj and Lasi in Romania, Stockholm in Sweden, [read more]
Aero-engine manufacturer Rolls-Royce has begun testing its F130 dual pod engines which will keep the USAF’s B52 Stratofortresses flying for up to another 30 years. The United States Air Force selected the Rolls-Royce F130 engine to replace the existing powerplants in the B-52 fleet, which will see Rolls-Royce deliver around [read more]
Low-cost long-haul carrier Norse Atlantic Airways (N0/NBT) has announced four new US destinations from London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) for 2023. The first to launch is Washington DC which launches on the 1st June and operates up to six times per week during the summer with return fares from £430. A daily [read more]
The first month of 2023 saw 58 aircraft deliveries from manufacturers including Airbus and Boeing, a small decrease on the same period in 2022 according to data from UK trade body, ADS. January’s deliveries included 53 single-aisle airliners such as the Airbus A320 or Boeing 737 Max and 5 wide-body [read more]
Aeroplanes have become an essential part of modern transportation, connecting people and places around the world. These fascinating machines are the result of years of research, development, and engineering, and they are designed to fly high in the sky for extended periods. The principles behind how aeroplanes work are based [read more]
A busy winter ski season has seen flights to many destinations reach or even exceed pre-pandemic passenger levels from 2019. According to data from aviation analytics firm, Cirium overall, departures from UK airports will hit 81% of 2019 levels but some individual destinations exceed the same period in 2019 by as [read more]
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