General aviation news

Aviation Wales and Wales Air Forum have united to start a devolved Air Passenger Duty campaign called APD 4 Wales The announcement was made in a press release by the two leading Welsh Aerospace and Aviation sites which said:  Aviation Wales and Wales Air Forum have today announced that they [read more]

Following a rise in underlying profits of nearly £4.1bn Airbus has decided to ramp up production of its A330 and A350XWB aircraft up to 7 and 10 per month respectively. The news secures up to 6000 jobs at Airbus Broughton factory in North Wales which produces the wings for both [read more]

As Wales Air Ambulance Charity (WAAC) celebrates 15 years of flying across Wales it has announced that it will be operating 3 new helicopters from January 2017. The charity currently uses 3 Eurocopter EC135 models supplied by Bond Aviation Group. These will be replaced by Airbus H145 aircraft also supplied [read more]

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has announced an increase in fees paid to it by air show organisers of over £10,000 for the average air show. The new fees come in the wake of an air show review by the CAA following the crash at Shoreham Airport in august 2015. [read more]

The Llandudno Air Show is cancelled for 2016 due to new regulations in place following the Shoreham incident say the organisers. Mostyn Estates Ltd which organises the event have stated that there isn’t enough time to implement the new measures required by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for air shows [read more]

Its a day that many have feared for some time, the last remaining Avro Vulcan XH558 is being grounded and to be put on permanent museum display. Before this however the Doncaster based aircraft is carrying out a farewell tour of the UK giving as many people as possible the [read more]

The two new helicopters that will be covering coastguard duties in South Wales and the Bristol Channel have arrived at their new base at MOD Saint Athan in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Augusta Westland 139 Aircraft G-CILP and G-CILN landed today at 15:11 and 16:07 respectively. Both aircraft are [read more]

The annual Bristol Balloon Fiesta 2015 took place this last weekend just across the river at Bristol’s Ashton Court with promising weather. This hugely popular event sees mass launches of Hot Air Balloon’s on each of the 4 days and this year they achieved 7 out of 7 planned launches [read more]