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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has completed three days of flight tests to begin the re-certification process of the Boeing 737 Max. The successful completion of this phase paves the way for possible recertification by the FAA for the type within weeks. In a statement, the FAA said: “During three [read more]

Qatar Airways (QT/QTR) is bringing in new rules for passengers that require Economy class passengers to wear a face shield in addition to a face covering. The rules will not be extended to Business or First Class passengers who will simply be asked if they would like to wear a [read more]

Boeing is ready to end production of the Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet after 50 years according to Bloomberg. Employees haven’t been officially told yet but according to “subtle wording changes in financial statements” the last Boeing 747-8 will leave the Seattle factory in 2022. The news comes as many airlines [read more]

The UK Government has today announced air bridges to 59 countries which will allow travellers to fly to them without the need to quarantine for 14-days on return. The countries pose what the government calls a “reduced risk” of coronavirus transmission and include some of the most popular holiday destinations [read more]

A TUI Boeing 787 Dreamliner was damaged as it’s engine hit a jet bridge during a routine tow to gate on Thursday. A state-of-the art Boeing 787 collided with a jet bridge at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on Thursday, causing damage to the engine nacelle and requiring an aircraft swap for [read more]

As much as airlines have been hit by the Corona pandemic, the same can be said of Air Traffic Control (ATC). Income is mostly obtained from aircraft movements, it therefore follows when such movements are down so is the cash flow to ATC! This has been compounded in Europe by [read more]

Airbus’ wing production facility at Broughton, North Wales will see the majority of the 1,700 job cuts to made in the UK. Over 1,400 jobs will be lost at the site which produces wings for all Airbus commercial airliners except the A220 the biggest ever blow to jobs at the [read more]

Announcements by the UK’s largest budget airline Easyjet and European planemaker Airbus over the last 24 hours have meant that the UK aviation industry has 5,700 more jobs at risk. It made Tuesday 30th June the single worst day for job loss announcements since British Airways put 12,000 jobs at [read more]