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Channel Islands Air Search CIAS) has completed the acceptance programme of its brand new mission equipped Britten Norman BN2B-20 Islander. Britten Norman developed aircraft in partnership with CIAS to create a bespoke aircraft that was mission equipped to fulfil the needs of the services 24-hour rapid response. The new aircraft [read more]

TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM) is adding several new winter routes from UK airports including Bristol, Birmingham, London Gatwick, Edinburgh, London Stansted and Manchester. The new routes include the Icelandic capital Reykjavik, Moroccan hotspot Agadir and the Alpine town of Chambery. Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) sees a new service to Memmingen, Germany [read more]

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has said it has found a “potential risk” with the Boeing 737 Max which it says must be rectified before the flight test program can commence. The Boeing 737 Max is currently grounded worldwide as a result of two fatal accidents linked it’s Maneuvering [read more]

An event for aspiring pilots being held in Manchester next weekend could help meet the projected demand of 148,000 new pilots that will be needed across Europe over the next two decades. Pilot Careers Live North will give those attending a chance to find out if the career is right [read more]

The latest Boeing 747-400 to be retired by British Airways (BA/BAW) has arrived at St Athan (DGX/EGSY) in South Wales where it will be scrapped. G-BNLN (Lima November) took off for her final flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this afternoon as “Speedbird 9179” and flew the short hop to South [read more]

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) General Civil Aviation Authority has said that the Diamond DA62 which crashed in Dubai last month was following too close to a landing Airbus A350 meaning Wake Turbulence was almost certainly a significant factor in the accident. The aircraft, which was carrying out checks of [read more]

RAF Typhoon interceptors have been scrambled to intercept a Jet2 flight from Stansted to Dalaman which was being endangered by an unruly passenger. It was originally reported as a Ryanair flight but has since been confirmed as LS1503 which departed Stansted just before 5 pm this evening. The aircraft flew [read more]

Two hundred runners have taken part in a special race along the runway at London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) today to mark the Summer Solstice and raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support. The race took place between 04:30 and 05:30 when the runway was closed and saw participants run the full [read more]