50 years ago today Concorde, the worlds first and only Supersonic airline, took to the skies for the first time from the Toulouse, France. Concorde 001 (F-WTSS) flew on the 2nd March 1969 and carried out a test flight lasting 27 minutes. It was the aircraft that carried out most [read more]
FlyBMI (BMI Regional) (BM/BMR) has ceased all operations as the airline has entered administration tonight. The airline has been struggling financially for some time and could not secure a cash injection to keep it afloat today. All flights have been cancelled by the airline and many of its aircraft have [read more]
Rescuers have said there is little hope that anyone is still alive from the Piper Malibu aircraft that went missing near Alderney in the Channel Islands on Sunday. The aircraft, a Piper PA-46-310P Malibu registration N264DB, was flying from Nantes to Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF) when it went missing at 8:30pm [read more]
The search has continued today for a light aircraft that went missing around 8 miles north-west of Alderney yesterday evening at around 8:30pm. The aircraft, understood to be a Piper PA-46 Malibu, left Nantes, France yesterday evening bound for Cardiff Airport (CWL/EGFF). It disappeared from radar at around 8:30pm near [read more]
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Ltd (MAEL) has called in administrators leaving 250 staff facing redundancy. The Engineering firm broke away from Monarch when the group collapsed and carried out work for third parties. The company completed a restructuring in October last year but many customers had already sought alternative companies to [read more]
As the new year begins, so do the January sales but rather than picking up that new scarf or dress, why not pick up a bargain flight. Here is our round up of the very best New Year sales from the UK airports. Norwegian Norwegian.com is offering flights to the [read more]
Irish budget airline Ryanair has released figures showing its passenger numbers grew by 11% in November compared the same period last year. The figures show the airline is maintaining high load factors of 96% following a tumultuous year for the airline which saw its profits hit by industrial action by [read more]
Cardiff Airport (IATA: CWL/ICAO: EGFF) is located about 12 miles west of Cardiff City Centre and is the only commercial airport in Wales. It is a base for Flybe and Tui but also sees flights from other airlines including Thomas Cook, Ryanair, Vueling. With the exception of Flybe, Cardiff Airport [read more]
Bristol Airport (IATA: BRS/ICAO: EGGD) is located 8 miles southwest of Bristol City Centre and is the South West’s largest regional airport by passenger numbers. It is a hub for low-cost airlines Easyjet and Ryanair as well as a busy base for Tui and Thomas Cook. As a result of [read more]
Leonardo Helicopters has issued a safety directive to all operators of the AW169 helicopter following the Leicester City crash. The directive has been backed by EASA and requires all operators to carry out urgent inspections of the tail rotor assembly. Although the exact cause of the crash which killed Leicester [read more]
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