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The world cannot afford another mass shutdown of air travel again. We can argue the pros and cons of that initial reaction, and certainly understand the thought process behind it. But the truth is that we cannot do this again. Like other common viruses, we have to learn to mitigate [read more]

UK holiday airline Jet2.com (LS/EXS) has boosted its earlier Airbus order by adding an incremental order for 35 A320neo aircraft, bringing the total to 98. Jet2.com originally placed an order for 36 Airbus A321neo aircraft just over a year ago and this was boosted shortly after with a further 15. [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has taken delivery of its first Airbus A330neo when A330-900 G-VJAZ was delivered to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) The airline, which is set to join the SkyTeam Alliance in 2023, has purchased 13 of the type, six of which (including this one) have been purchased through leasing specialist [read more]

A Jet2 flight from Manchester to Dalaman was diverted to Stansted last night after a bomb threat was made which also caused the RAF to launch 2 quick reaction alert Typhoons to escort the aircraft. The Typhoons escorted the aircraft into Stansted where the aircraft was checked by Essex Police [read more]

Virgin Orbit’s Boeing 747-400 N744VG, known as “Cosmic Girl” has arrived at Newquay Cornwall airport ahead of the first-ever satellite launch from the UK. Cosmic Girl will be used as a launch platform for a rocket carrying nine satellites which will be launched into high-earth orbit next month. The Boeing [read more]

Video has emerged of one of the main wheels on the Boeing 747 Dreamlifer coming off shortly after take off from Taranto-Grottaglie Airport in Italy. In the video, one of the wheels separates from the undercarriage and falls to the ground bouncing off the runway, The crew were informed of [read more]

The UK’s largest regional airliner has been put up for sale as the current owners wish to pass it on to the “next custodians” of the business which has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Loganair (LM/LOG) is owned by Stephen and Peter Bond through Airline Investments Limited [read more]

Russian hackers are being blamed for a cyber attack on the websites of key US airports including La Guardia in New York and Chicago O’hare The airports reported the attacks to America’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency earlier today and they confirmed that the attacks originated from within the Russian [read more]