Trainee pilots at the L3 Harris Commercial Aviation Academy say they have been left with the choice of paying an additional £65,000 to avoid losing up to £100,000 after Easyjet terminated its job offers. The trainees where on a Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) course with L3 Harris on the basis [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has this week confirmed its intention to launch flights to India from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC). Starting on 19th December 2020, the airline will operate a three-times-per-week service from Manchester to Mumbai (BOM/VOBB) followed on 5th January 2021 by a twice-weekly service to Delhi (DEL/VIDP). uha Jarvinen, Chief [read more]
The UK’s Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has fined British Airways £20m, the biggest ever issued, following a data breach in 2018 that saw the personal details of over 400,000 customers exposed. The data loss was as a result of a cyber attack on the airline but the ICO found that [read more]
One of the European Aviation Safety Agencies top regulators has said that he is satisfied that the changes made to the aircraft by Boeing have solved the problem that caused two fatal accidents. According to Bloomberg, Patrick Ky, executive director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said the aircraft [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has said that it will only operate 65% of its normal program for Winter 2020/21 due to a slow down in air travel and tight travel restrictions caused by the resurging pandemic. In addition to the network cuts, it will also close its bases in [read more]
The number of aircraft delivered by Boeing in the 3rd Quarter of 2020 has dropped 55% compared the same period last year. Figures from Boeing show that they delivered just 28 commercial aircraft during the 3rd quarter and just 98 aircraft so far in 2020. Boeings deliveries have been hit [read more]
Belfast based Crowded Space Drones has become the first private company in the UK to be certified for surveillance using drones. The Office of Surveillance Commissioners (OSC) awarded first-ever private sector certificate of compliance of surveillance camera systems and the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 for the use of UAS (drone) [read more]
Airbus delivered the 1500th Airbus A330 airliner on the 21st September to US Airline Delta (DL/DAL) marking the latest milestone in this pioneering and hugely popular product line. In this article, we look back at the beginnings of the A330 and its 2014 reboot. A300 Replacement The Airbus A330 was [read more]
International Airlines Group (IAG) has confirmed that Alex Cruz is to stand down as British Airways’ Chief Executive with immediate effect but will remain as the non-executive chairman. Cruz’s time at British Airways started in 2016 and has seen the airline go through significant changes including fleet upgrades, network changes [read more]
Newquay airport-based Cornwall Aviation Heritage Centre (CAHC) has been awarded a financial lifeline from the Governments Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage to help it survive the Coronavirus Pandemic. The popular museum. which features aircraft from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and 1980s! including the English Electric Lightning and VC10, is [read more]
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