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Airbus beats Boeing to Air France-KLM order

16/12/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

In a major blow to Boeing, Air France-KLM has placed an order for 100 narrowbody aircraft with rival Airbus. The order for Airbus A320neo and A321neo is part of the fleet replacement plan for medium-haul aircraft at KLM and Transavia, both traditionally Boeing airlines. Air France also has the rights [read more]

Easyjet Airbus at Manchester Airport (Image: UK Aviation Media)

easyJet and Virgin Atlantic sign Worldwide deal

16/12/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Budget airline easyJet (U2/EZY) and Virgin Atlantic have signed a deal through Worldwide by easyJet to interline passengers at Manchester, Edinburgh and Belfast airports. The deal means that passengers will be able to connect from domestic or European easyJet flights to seamlessly connect to long-haul flights bound for the US [read more]

Singapore Airlines Airbus A350F (Image: Airbus)

Singapore Airlines backs Welsh wings for freighter order

15/12/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

Singapore Airlines has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) with Airbus for seven Airbus A350F cargo aircraft to replace the airline’s ageing Boeing 747-400F aircraft. The A350F is a purpose-built freighter variant of the popular Airbus A350 airline which the airline already operates and the letter is a sign of [read more]

Ryanair under fire for Twitter poke at Downing Street

13/12/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Ryanair has come under fire for making light of the Coronavirus pandemic, which has killed 146,000 people in the UK, when their social media team posted an infographic comparing the actual coronavirus levels to rumours about Downing Street parties. The Ryanair social media team compared the current alert level 4, [read more]

Ryanair announces new Birmingham route

13/12/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has announced that it launching a new route from Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) to Knock (NOC/EIKN) next year. The twice-weekly service will launch on 22nd March 2022 and run until at least October 2022. Ryanair’s Director of Commercial, Jason McGuinness, said: “We are pleased to add [read more]

Pictured are Rachel Charlesworth, Annie Charlesworth (10), Flecity Charlesworth (6) and Elliott Charlesworth (4) from Stoke, with Universal Studios Shrek and Trolls characters at check-in for the Aer Lingus UK inaugural flight from Manchester Airport direct to Orlando.

Aer Lingus UK begins Orlando flights

13/12/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Aer Lingus UK commenced its Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Orlando (MCO/KMCO) on Saturday bringing the total number of Aer Lingus transatlantic routes from the northern gateway to 3. The launch saw EI35, operated by an Airbus A330, departing Manchester at 11:49 local time arriving in Orlando around 9 hours later [read more]

Qatar Airways A350-900 arrives into Cardiff Airport

Airbus seeks legal assessment in A350 paint row

09/12/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Airbus has confirmed it is seeking independent legal assessment of the Airbus A350 paint issue which Airbus says is being subject to ‘mischaracterization’ by ‘one of its customers’. Although not naming the customer directly, Qatar Airways is the customer that has been driving this issue which has resulted in a [read more]

First Airbus A321XLR test aircraft takes shape

06/12/2021 4 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

The first Airbus A321XLR (MSN11000) has been structurally completed at Airbus’ Final Assembly Line (FAL) at Hamburg, Germany. Major Component Assemblies for the aircraft were shipped from several sites including fuselage sections from Saint Nazaire in France and wings from Broughton, Wales. The aircraft will now be fitted out with [read more]

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easyJet Chairman passes away just days after leaving role

06/12/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Former easyJet chairman John Barton has died suddenly aged 77, just days after leaving his role as chairman of the company. Mr Barton left his role at easyJet on 1st December after nine years in the role during which he survived an ousting attempt by former easyJet boss Sir Stelios [read more]

Flybe appoints Ground handling agent at Birmingham Airport

04/12/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Flybe has reached another milestone in its bid to bring the airline back to the skies by appointing Assured Aviation Services as its ground handling agent at Birmingham Airport. The deal will see 100 local jobs being created for the Warwickshire based company who handle all Flybe’s ground requirements from [read more]