Self-styled Party of Wales, Plaid Cymru said it would introduce a National Airline for Wales if it got control of the Welsh Government at the next assembly elections. Assembly Member Adam Price made the claim during his speech in Llangollen last week. Wales has had two welsh airlines based at Cardiff [read more]
It’s no secret that the Airbus A380 has been on life support for some time with Airbus cutting production but Airbus has now admitted that if it doesn’t get a new order from Emirates it will have to kill the A380 project. Emirates was widely expected to place an order for 50 [read more]
2017 was the safest year on record for Civil Aviation according to a report by Dutch Aviation Consultancy To70. The report showed that not a single jet-powered passenger airliner caused a fatality in 2017 and the only deaths on a commercial flight came from two turbo-prop crashes, one in Russia [read more]
People who target aircraft with laser pens face tough new prison sentences under new laws proposed by the government. The Laser Misuse (Vehicles) Bill makes the offence of shining a laser pen at a vehicle, including aircraft, punishable by up to 5 years in prison. Pilots of airliners, as well [read more]
With just 1 week to go until Christmas day, final checks are well underway for a special Xmas eve flight which will see SANTA 1 take flight once again. The annual flight departs the North Pole on the 24th December and completes a global journey taking in every village, town, city [read more]
Key US airline Delta Airlines (DL/DAL) has ordered 100 Airbus A321neo aircraft from the European airframer in a snub to US-based Boeing. Traditionally a Boeing operator, the Atlanta based airline has chosen the Airbus A321neo over the Boeing 737max10 in order to refresh its fleet of ageing 737’s & A320 aircraft. [read more]
A British Airways 747 Jumbo Jet has been flown into Cardiff Airport this morning on just 3 engines after suffering an engine problem on an earlier flight. It was no emergency, however, the Boeing 747-400 G-CIVM (not pictured) arrived at British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) which is located at Cardiff [read more]
Wales Air Ambulance have opened their 4th permanent base today at Cardiff Heliport on the Tremorfa foreshore. The Children’s Air Ambulance for paediatrics and neonatal care will be now be based permanently at the site which will also see training and briefing facilities at the site for the crew and [read more]
Bruce Dickinson has said that Cardiff Aviation must have cash invested in the company to continue its Maintenance & Repair & Overhaul (MRO) facility at St Athan. At an organised press event Mr Dickinson claimed that he had “credible overseas investors” lined up ready to invest around £15m into the [read more]
A record breaking order for 430 Airbus A320 Neo family aircraft from Indigo LLC has stunned the aviation industry at the Dubai Air Show and provided a boost for Wales’ economy. It is the single largest order for an airframer coming in at a value of $49.5bn. The order for [read more]
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