DAS Aviation Solutions Ltd announced today on facebook the approval for the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at St Athan has finally been approved for use by the Military Aviation Authority (MAA). However, in a bizarre twist in this story, we spoke to David Smillie, Director of DAS Aviation Solutions Ltd [read more]
Cardiff Aviation will get round the table for talks with the Welsh Government today to discuss the fact that they have never paid rent at their St Athan site, leaving a large debt owed to the Welsh taxpayer. Cardiff Aviation took over the Twin Peaks facility at St Athan in [read more]
The ban on laptops and tablets being introduced by the UK and US Governments is based on a credible threat from so-called Islamic State according to US sources. The ban due to come into force in the coming days means all electronics larger than 16cm such as Laptops, Tablets, DVD [read more]
The sale by Air Berlin of its stake in Austrian low cost carrier (LCC) Niki to Abu Dhabi based Etihad has paved the way for Etihad and Tui to create a super low cost carrier operation based in Germany. The 49.8% stake in Niki will be used by Etihad as [read more]
Flights are being diverted to Cardiff and Birmingham once again from Bristol Airport, the UK’s 2nd highest airport, as overcast clouds drop down to just 100ft above the airfield. So far Easyjet have diverted flights from Belfast and Glasgow to Cardiff Airport and more Easyjet & BMI Regional aircraft remain [read more]
Bad weather once again at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) (the 2nd highest airport in the UK) has seen multiple flights divert into Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF). The bad weather is reducing visibility on Bristol Airports runway 09 which doesn’t have a high enough category of instrument landing system (ILS) to handle very [read more]
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary has said that a “Hard Brexit” could force Ryanair to create a UK subsidiary. O’Leary said that if the UK is forced to leave the European Open skies agreement it would prevent the Irish low-cost airline from continuing UK domestic flights such as London to Belfast [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has cut its profits forecast from €1.35bn to €1.30bn, a cut of 5% on its previous forecast. The airline blames a the fall in the pound (sterling) since the brexit vote and claims the revenue it earns from tickets with fall to around 15% in the second [read more]
Monarch Airlines (MON/ZB) is in talks with the Civil Aviation Authority about a crisis extension to the deadline for renewing its ATOL certificate which expires at midnight tonight (Friday 30th September). The CAA raised concerns about Monarchs financial stability earlier this week prompting fears that Monarch could collapse. The CAA [read more]
Whilst Monarch’s (MON/ZB) twitter agents continue to fend off rumours of Monarch’s demise news has emerged that veteran chairman Sir Roy McNulty “quickly and quietly” his post. Monarch informed Companies House of McNulty’s exit on the 9th August 2016, just over a month before the airline hit troubled water over [read more]
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