Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) is set to fully reopen its terminal 3 from Friday 22nd April to cope with the growing demand for air travel as the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic ease. The terminal, which closed at the beginning of the Coronavirus pandemic when air travel fell off a cliff, [read more]
Irish budget airline group Ryanair has signed a 5-year deal with Jordan based Joramco Maintenance Ltd to carry out heavy maintenance on its fleet of aircraft. Ryanair will utilise up to six heavy maintenance bay slots at Joramco’s facility in Amman for Ryanair group aircraft including Ryanair, Malta Air, Lauda [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has launched its Aberdeen (ABZ/EGPD) to Wick John O’Groats (WIC/EGPC) service with the first flight leaving Aberdeen yesterday. The service will now operate (up to) twice daily on weekdays and Sundays and an additional early morning departure will commence from the 25th of April on Mondays, Tuesdays [read more]
European Airframer Airbus has announced that Air France-KLM has finalised an order for 4 Airbus A350F Freighter aircraft. The dedicated freighter variant of the Airbus A350 airliner has proven popular with airlines as an alternative to the US-made widebody freighters. Offering the greener option to move air freight, the A350F [read more]
Olso based Norse Atlantic Airways, a new low-fares transatlantic airline, has confirmed it has been awarded slots for Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) as it eyes a market left by Norwegian Long Haul at the airport. Norse had planned to start operations in 2021 but has currently delayed its initial launch until [read more]
Airbus has won an order for 80 Airbus A320neo family aircraft from Singapore based BOC Aviation. The order is made up of 10 Airbus A321XLR, 50 A321neo and 20 A320neo making it the single biggest order placed by the leasing specialist. Robert Martin, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, BOC [read more]
Airbus has posted its latest order and delivery figures showing that it delivered 63 airliners in March to 38 customers. The bulk of the deliveries was A320neo family aircraft with airlines including Wizz Air, Iberia, and Lufthansa receiving the type. In total, 27 Airbus A321neo and 22 Airbus A320neo were [read more]
The boss of Manchester Airports Group (MAG) Charlie Cornish has apologised to passengers for the queues and congestion and Manchester Airport in the last few weeks. The airport has suffered from staff shortages largely due to staff sickness and staff shortages. This has led to long queues for check-in, security [read more]
Qatar Airways (QR/QTR) is seeking to prevent Airbus from cancelling orders for 50 A321neo airliners and multiple A350 aircraft, In a court hearing, Airbus stated that it was within its rights to cancel the order and suggested that a Boeing aircraft was a suitable alternative. The dispute arises from a [read more]
Children under the care of CHAS, Scotland’s only child palliative care charity, have been treated to an eggcellent air experience thanks to Loganair (LM/LOG). The children and their families were taken on a special flight from Glasgow Airport around the Scottish highlands and islands. Loganair’s very own Easter bunny kicked [read more]
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