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Southend Airport to be Carbon Neutral by 2027

08/02/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) has committed to carbon neutrality by 2027 after achieving airport carbon accreditation. The airport has already begun reducing CO2 emissions which totalled 4,724 tCO²e¹ in 2019, down from 5,133 in 2018 which is a 36% reduction in emissions per unit revenue. Glyn Jones, CEO, London Southend [read more]

An Airbus A400M performing a Steep climbout (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

Cosford Air Show postponed

08/02/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The annual Cosford Airshow has officially been postponed until September 2021 due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. The show was due to take place in June but organisers have taken the “difficult decision” to postpone to ensure safety. The organisers said “Due to the ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, and the resulting [read more]

Rolls-Royce to close Jet Engine factories this summer

07/02/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Aero engine manafacturer Rolls-Royce has said that it will be closing its jet engine factories at Derby, Solihuill, Tyne & Wear and Glasgow in order to preserve cash this summer. The temporary closure will last two to three weeks and will help the manafactureer save cash during as it deals [read more]

easyjet Airbus aircraft parked at Bristol Airport

Images of parked aircraft show how Coronavirus has hit Bristol Airport

05/02/2021 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Images of scores of airliners parked at Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) visually shows how Bristol Airport has been hit coronavirus travel restrictions. Bristol Airport is normally one of easyJets busiest airports but the airport has become a parking lot for the airline with just a fraction of the normal flights operating. [read more]

Eastern Airways to launch Gibraltar routes

04/02/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) is launching routes to Gibraltar from Birmingham and Southampton from May. The service will initially operate twice-weekly on Mondays and Fridays and will be the first time the British region will have a direct flight to the south coast of the UK. Birmingham hasn’t seen a link [read more]

General Atomics to demonstrate Maritime Drone Capability in UK

04/02/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is set to spend this summer demonstrating the maritime capability of its MQ-9B Sea Guardian Remote Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to the UK and other NATO allies. The company will bring one of its MQ-9B Sea Guardians to RAF Waddington this summer in order to conduct [read more]

Ex-RAF Lossiemouth Commander to head UK Space Command

02/02/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Anttoni James Numminen

Air Commodore Paul Godfrey OBE has been announced as the inaugural commander of the newly formed UK Space Command. [read more]

Loganair to launch Newcastle to Jersey service

02/02/2021 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Scottish airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced that is launching a direct flight from Newcastle (NCL/EGNT) to Jersey (JER/EGJJ) in the Channel Islands. The route will be on the airlines summer schedule starting on 28th May 2021 and will be operated by a 49 seat Embraer 145 regional jet. Kay Ryan, [read more]

Lufthansa A250-900 D-AIXP preparing to depart from Hamburg (Image: Lufthansa)

Lufthansa carries out its longest-ever flight

01/02/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

German flag carrier Lufthansa (LH/DLH) has carried out its longest-ever direct flight with a non-stop service from Hamburg to the British Falkland Islands. The flight LH2574 left Hamburg at 21:23 yesterday and arrived into Mount Pleasant this morning at 09:01 giving it an actual flight time of 15 hours and [read more]

Ryanair Boeing 737-800 (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Ryanair lost almost £270m in last quarter

01/02/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has reported loses of €306 (£269) million for the third quarter of its current financial year as traffic for the period dropped 78%. The figures show that while the load factor remained relatively high at 70%, the airline carried just 8.1m passengers in the period [read more]