Brazillian airframer Embraer has come out on top of the sales charts at the Farnborough International Airshow (FIA22) with total orders and commitments reaching 280. While most of Embraer’s orders were for the much vaunted single-aisle E195-E2, Embraer also did well with the older E175 and its future eVTOL aircraft [read more]
Passengers hit by cancellations from low-cost airline Wizz Air UK (W9/WUK) are being forced to rebook their own flights and hotels as Wizz Air agents are not making them aware of the airline’s obligations and duty of care. Several passengers contacted UK Aviation News after being left stranded in Heraklion, [read more]
A violent episode broke out at the boarding gate for an easyJet Flight to Alicante today after a man responded to a gate staff reportedly goaded the man. The video, which has been widely shared on social media, appears to show one of the men saying he is going to [read more]
European airframer Airbus says it has delivered 47 aircraft during May 2022 to a total of 27 customers worldwide including easyJet and Wizz Air UK. In total Airbus delivered 4 Airbus A220 family and 37 A320neo family aircraft from, its narrowbody catalogue and From its wide-body range, it delivered 3 [read more]
Uk travel agents are finding a large number of calls to their contact centres are from passengers with summer bookings who are worried following the half-term chaos that has seen hundreds of flights and holidays cancelled. Julia Lo Bue-Said, chief executive of Advantage Travel Partnership, said that her company had [read more]
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has said he will meet with airlines and airports saying that they have “seriously oversold” flights and holidays compared to their capacity to deliver. He has intervened after thousands had flights and holidays cancelled as a result of staffing issues. Mr Shapps called the scenes that [read more]
Travellers looking to get away this half-term have faced chaos at UK airports with massive queues at check-in and security due to low staffing levels with some finding out their flights have been cancelled whilst at the airport. This has prompted Unite the Union which represents thousands of airport staff [read more]
TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) will continue to charter aircraft for the foreseeable future as it continues to suffer from staff sickness levels according to sources close to the airline. So far the world’s largest charter airline has used aircraft from Canadian holiday partner Sunwing as well as from charter specialists [read more]
Manchester Airport will be one of the key exhibitors at the upcoming Wythenshawe Jobs Fair where potential recruits will be able to meet recruiters from the airport and its on-site partners. Airport owners, Manchester Airports Group. organised the event in partnership with Manchester City Council, Department for Work and Pensions [read more]
Ryanair has selected South Wales MRO provider Caerdav for winter maintenance of its Boeing 737 fleet. Formerly known as Cardiff Aviation, Caerdav was started by Iron Maiden front man Bruce Dickinson with help from the Welsh Government. After a rocky start, the MRO specialist has contracts with EasyJet and TUI [read more]
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