In what could be yet another blow to the plan to sell Flybe to Connect Airways, a group led by Stobart Group and Virgin Atlantic, MESA Air Group has submitted an offer to the board. The consortium led by Bateleur Capital and Mesa Air Group is understood to have offered [read more]
Cash-strapped regional airline Flybe (BE/BEE) is facing a legal challenge to its sale to Connect Airways Ltd, A consortium led by Virgin Atlantic and Stobart Group. The challenge is being led by Hosking Partners who are also seeking to oust Flybe chairman Simon Laffin and replace him with Eric Kohn. [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]
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) has terminated its contract to maintain Flybe aircraft after concerns about the airlines ability to pay. Flybe, which recently put itself up for sale, is reportedly short of available cashflow following a downturn in profits and sources close to situation said that MAEL had asked [read more]
Automatic External Defibrillators (AED) save lives, especially in rural or remote locations where professional help will take longer to arrive. This isn’t theory, its fact and its the reason why you are starting to see AEDs in more and more places such as villages and public spaces. An AED, as [read more]
The top 20 family-friendly airlines have been named by the website Play Like Mum after they looked at the facilities for traveling families on the worlds top airlines. The website looked at criteria such as in-flight entertainment for kids, early boarding, free checked luggage and being able to take pushchairs [read more]
Rolls-Royce has said that it aims to start testing a permanent fix for the Trent 1000 engine compressor issue in early June. The Derby-based engine manufacturer hopes to start rolling out the replacement part later this year as the company comes under increasing pressure from airlines who have been forced [read more]
Low-cost carrier Norwegian.com has announced it is increasing its London Gatwick to New York service to 3 times per day. The additional flight will operate 6 days per week (excluding Saturdays) and will leave Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) at 09:50hrs, arriving in New York (JFK/KJFK) at 13:00hrs. Giving passengers the option of 3 [read more]
British Airways parent company, International Airlines Group has bought a small stake in Norwegian Air Shuttle in order to establish a starting point to take over the low-cost carrier. In a statement, IAG’s Chief Financial Officer, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, said “IAG considers Norwegian to be an attractive investment and [read more]
British Airways and other airlines are running a reduced operation at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) today due to the what is being called ‘The Beast from the East’. Freezing temperatures and snow have meant that Heathrow’s biggest operator has had to cancel a number of flights to maintain a safe and [read more]
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