In August 2015 a major shake-up in the regional airline business was started with Loganair and bmi regional becoming part of a new group, under Chief Executive, Peter Simpson. The new holding company, Airline Investments Limited (AIL), acquired the shares in bmi regional from British Airways following its acquisition of the BMI [read more]
Brazilian airframer Embraer is celebrating 55 years of aircraft manafacturing alongside 35 years as a public listed company on the São Paulo Stock Exchange. To mark the occasion the company brought to gether shareholders, investors, and financial analysts at B3, the exchanges headquarters, where company executives detailed their strategy for [read more]
Hainan Airlines is set to increase its Beijing, China to Manchester (MAN/EGCC) service to daily from June 2024. The current service operates four-times-per-week with operated by an Airbus A330 but from June 2024 through to September 2024 that will become daily. Speaking about the decision by Hainan Airlines, Chris Woodrofe, [read more]
Southend Airport has had some welcome news. Low-cost carrier easyJet has added two new cities to their list of direct destinations from SEN/EGMC. Starting in December, Grenoble (GNB/LFLS) and Geneva (GVA/LSGG) will join their itinerary, which currently spans Alicante, Amsterdam, Faro, Grenoble, Malaga, Palma, and Paris. It’s hoped that these [read more]
Aircraft manufacturer Britten-Norman is set to return aircraft manufacturing to the UK when it moves production back to Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Britten-Norman, which makes the Islander propellor aircraft, started out at Bembridge but moved most of the production to Eastern Europe in the the 1960s with a final assembly [read more]
Flights between the 21st December and 4th January will remain 14% lower than pre-pandemic levels according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirum with 30,979 flights set to depart UK airports. easyJet (U2/EZY) is set to rank top of the Christmas flights with 5,928 flights departing over the festive period [read more]
Edinburgh headquarterd baggage repatriation specialist Eagle Aviation has consolidated its market dominance after it purchased London Heathrow rival Ground Solutions (UK) Ltd. As a result Eagle Aviation now provides baggage repatriation for almost all carriers at the UK’s busiest airport. The take-over has secured 80 jobs at the firm which [read more]
The UK’s largest regional airliner has been put up for sale as the current owners wish to pass it on to the “next custodians” of the business which has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Loganair (LM/LOG) is owned by Stephen and Peter Bond through Airline Investments Limited [read more]
The Isle of Mans Civil Aviation Administration (IoM CAA) has investigated a serious security breach at Isle of Man airport (IOM/EGNS) after a passenger was able to bypass security. According to Manx Radio the passenger was able to leave a flight, go to his car, and then return to the [read more]
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is today issuing a landmark package of measures to support pilots and air traffic controllers with an HIV diagnosis to continue in their careers. Working with the Terence Higgins Trust, the CAA’s new guidance details how flight crew and controllers will be medically assessed to [read more]
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