London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has hit 17 million passengers for the rolling 12 month period for the first time in its history. The milestone comes after the airport saw its busiest April on record which saw 1.5m passengers pass through the terminal. The airport has also seen an increase in [read more]
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a notice grounding all UK Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft and barring any from entering UK airspace. The move means the UK is the latest aviation authority to ground the type following two fatal crashes of the type in 6 months. The [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a continued airworthiness notification, effectively stating publicly that the Boeing 737 Max 8 is airworthy but the reason they have done that is perhaps more telling. An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed shortly after take-off earlier this week killing all onboard, [read more]
A growing list of Airlines and Aviation Authorities are grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 in the wake of yesterdays fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 which killed 157 people including nine Britons. China was the first to act with the Chinese aviation authority grounding the type. This was [read more]
London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) has just recorded its busiest February on record with 1.2m passengers passing through its terminal, a 13.1% rise over the previous February. Luton Airport is not home to Easyjet (U2/EZY) and TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) it is also a major base for Ryanair (FR/RYR) and Wizz [read more]
Going paperless is a good thing, having a digital audit trail not only makes it easy to trace things but using no paper is great for the environment so meet Centrik, the company that is helping Airlines worldwide to do just that. Centrik is based at Biggin Hill in Kent, [read more]
St Athan-based aircraft maintenance company, Cardiff Aviation Ltd, has suspended Managing Director Martyn Anderson and terminated his appointment as a director. The company didn’t comment on the exact reasons but sources within the company have cited ‘operational irregularities’ which are currently under investigation. At the same time that Cardiff Aviation [read more]
Ryanair is launching a direct flight from Cardiff Airport to Malaga this summer according to its website, bringing the number of destinations served from Wales’ national airport to six. The flight (FR4950/4951) will operate 3 times per week from 3rd June through to September. Ryanair’s Robin Keily said: “Ryanair is [read more]
London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) is expected to be closed until at least 16:00hrs today following a sustained drone attack on the airport that forced it to close its runway late last night. Reports first emerged just late yesterday evening that a number of drones where being flown in the vicinity [read more]
Cardiff Airport (IATA: CWL/ICAO: EGFF) is located about 12 miles west of Cardiff City Centre and is the only commercial airport in Wales. It is a base for Flybe and Tui but also sees flights from other airlines including Thomas Cook, Ryanair, Vueling. With the exception of Flybe, Cardiff Airport [read more]
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