It may have been one of the strangest looking aircraft at Farnborough International Airshow 2024, and it certainly wasn’t the biggest, but the Lilium Jet caused quite a stir as a future transport solution and we got a pre-show invite to take a look! The Lilium Jet is an Electric [read more]
Qatar Airways has been voted World’s Best Airline in the 2024 Skytrax World Airline Awards along with best Middle-East airline, World’s Best Business Class and World’s Best Business Class Seat. The Qatari state owned airline took the top spot for its high level of service and overall performance. Singapore Airlines [read more]
US plane maker Boeing is facing fresh probes from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) after it admitted it may have not inspected Boeing 787 Dreamliners properly. The investigation will look at whether staff falsified records about aircraft rolling off the production 787 production line forcing Boeing to reinspect all current [read more]
According to a report from AeroCloud, the intelligent airport management platform, over half of UK airports are worried about financial stability following the global pandemic. The “Getting on the runway to growth” report showed that 58% of UK airport leaders were concerned about their financial stability despite air traffic returning [read more]
Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA/EGNM) remains closed this evening after the earlier runway excursion by a Boeing 737-800 landing in wet and stormy conditions. The Tui airliner was operating a flight from Corfu (TOM3551) when it skidded off the runway coming to rest on the grass. Airport Fire and Rescue vehicles [read more]
US aerospace giant Boeing has reported a 37% increase on first quarter deliveries compared to 2022, helped largely by the recertification of the Boeing 737 Max and resumption of 787 Dreamliner deliverties. Boeing’s commercial airplane division delivered 130 aircraft in the first quarter of 2023, compared to 95 in the [read more]
A busy winter ski season has seen flights to many destinations reach or even exceed pre-pandemic passenger levels from 2019. According to data from aviation analytics firm, Cirium overall, departures from UK airports will hit 81% of 2019 levels but some individual destinations exceed the same period in 2019 by as [read more]
Looking for a bargain this Black Friday, we look at which UK and Irish airlines are offering what deals and whether they really are a bargain! British Airways British Airways is offering deals on mainly its holiday packages with European City breaks from £129pp. Destinations include Prague, Nice and Dublin. [read more]
Doncaster Sheffield Airport, which is due to close later this year, is set to become a hi-tech business park under plans revealed by owners Peel Group. Peel Group want to expand on the plans for the £1.7 billion GatewayEast development, located near the airport and attract cutting-edge, future-tech businesses to [read more]
East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) has been forced to close its runway on at least two occasions in the last 24 hours after drones were spotted inside the airport’s Flight Restriction Zone (FRZ). Several flights had to be diverted as the traffic was halted to ensure safety. Every licensed UK airport [read more]
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