UK low-cost airline easyJet (U2/EZY) has been forced to cancel more flights as it continues to struggle with staff absences. The airline is facing further disruption due to not being able to reach crew safety levels on flights as staff are off with Covid. easyJet cancelled hundreds of flights over [read more]
Airbus Defence and Northrop Grumman will, along with seven other industry companies, work together to develop the future of NATO’s surveillance and control systems. Under the partnership of Atlantic Strategic Partnership for Advanced All-domain Resilient Operations (ASPAARO) the companies, including BAE Systems in the UK, will perform assessments of fully [read more]
Dublin Airports Authority (daa) has appointed Atkins as the multi-disciplinary consultant for future improvements and upgrades to terminals at Dublin and Cork airports. The appointment comes as daa looks to the future and plans to invest significantly in the terminals and aircraft piers at the two airports. Ultan McCloskey, Director [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has opened its two aircraft summer base at Newcastle Airport (NCL/EGNT) bringing 10 new routes and 60 directly-employed jobs to the North-East. The new base will see Ryanair fly a total of 19 routes from Newcastle and up to 130 flights per week. New routes [read more]
IT problems have once again struck ‘Britain’s favourite airline’ British Airways (BA/BAW) leaving hundreds of passengers stranded and delayed yesterday. The global outage for the airline is the second major one this year leaving many questioning whether British Airways has made bad decisions on its IT infrastructure Airlines use IT [read more]
A new state-of-the-art Newton Flight Academy has opened its doors at the Glasgow Science Centre, which is the first one in the UK. Newton Flight Academies are designed to provide unique and high-quality learning experiences and secondary pupils using the centre will cover themes including space, biofuels, and advanced materials [read more]
Airbus has flown an Airbus A380 for the first time using 100% fully Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The aircraft used in the test flight was the original A380 test aircraft, MSN1, known as the Future Tech Testbed, and it carried out a three-hour flight from Toulouse Blagnac Airport. A total [read more]
Today saw the Royal Air Force (RAF) say farewell to 100 Squadron which is being stood down at RAF Leeming ahead of the full withdrawal of the Hawk T1 from service. In its most recent form, 100 Squadron provided aggressor aircraft for RAF combat training using the Hawk T1 playing [read more]
The UK’s only flying classroom is now fully operational and ready to train the next generation of Aerospace Engineers. Made possible thanks to the technical expertise of Starling Aerospace, the flying classroom will be operated by Cranfield University’s National Flying Laboratory Centre (NFLC). In order to build the flying classroom, [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) have announced the creation of a brand new air service from Humberside (HUY/EGNJ) to Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) from April this year. The service will initially operate twice-weekly on a Monday and Friday from 1st April in a bid to increase connectivity between the Humber and Yorkshire [read more]
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