Ryanair says it has failed to reach agreement with Boeing over the purchase of Boeing 737 Max10 aircraft. The all Boeing 737 airline has recently started to take delivery of its Max 8 variant, the Max8200 but was interested in purchasing the bigger, longer range Max10 variant. As usual with [read more]
A Boeing Stearman belonging to wing walking display team Aerosuperbatics has ditched into the sea near Poole Harbour following an engine failure. Both pilot and wing walker escaped with minor injuries and were shaken up after being rescued by the Poole lifeboat. Aerosuperbatics were displaying at the Bournemouth Air Festival [read more]
UK Holiday airline Jet2 has become the latest Airbus customer after signing an initial order for 36 Airbus A321neos. The order will help the airline through its fleet renewal phase as older Boeing aircraft leave the fleet. Speaking about the deal Philip Meeson, Jet2.com Executive Chairman said, “Jet2.com will be [read more]
Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has accused the online travel website Kiwi.com of issuing fake boarding passes for its flights meaning that passengers will be turned away from flights they have paid Kiwi.com for. Founded in 2012 and previously known as Skypicker, Kiwi.com is based in the Czech Republic and claims [read more]
Figures released by the UK’s busiest airport, London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) show that it has lost £2.9bn since the start of the pandemic in 2020. The airport said that the first half if 2021 saw less than 4 million passengers passed through its terminals, something which would have been achieved in [read more]
Ryanair’s aircraft delivery programme will create job for 2,000 pilots across Europe as it recovers from the Coronavirus pandemic. The airline has already taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max, The 737-8200 and will receive over 200 one of the type in the coming years. Ryanair says that most [read more]
The nose gear of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner belonging to British Airways (BA/BAW )has collapsed on the stand at London Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL). The aircraft, Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJB, had arrived to Heathrow from Moscow operating flight BA881 and was parked when the incident occurred. The aircraft was due to operate [read more]
President Joe Biden has landed in the UK on board Air Force One. He departed Joint Base Andrews earlier today as he left for his first foreign trip. The Boeing VC-25 carrying the president landed slightly before the scheduled time of 8pm as Biden arrives in the UK ahead of [read more]
Florida based Aerion has collapsed after failing to fund the production of its supersonic business jet despite having significant interest from operators. Founded by Robert Bass in 2004, Aerion had planned to build the AS2, a sonic boomless business jet capable of travelling at Mach 1.4. The company attracted backing [read more]
The UK Government was told airlines to avoid flying through Belarusian airspace after a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was intercepted and forced to land by the Belarus Government in order to arrest a journalist. Belarus sent Mig-29 Fighter jets to intercept the Ryanair Boeing 737 claiming it had [read more]
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