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Loganair takes on Eastern Airways at Aberdeen

04/05/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Loganair (LM/LOG) is launching two new jet routes from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ/EGPD) putting in direct competition with regional rival, Eastern Airways. Flights to Newcastle and Norwich commence on September 1st and the airline says it is in response to poor service on the routes currently operated by Eastern Airways. Loganair [read more]

Manchester Airport (Image: TransportMedia UK)

Manchester Airport Group raises £350m in capital

02/05/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has announced that it has raised £350m in capital through the release of 25 year bond on the UK Capital Markets. The group, which owns Manchester (MAN/EGCC), London Stansted (STN/EGSS) and East Midlands (EMA/EGNX) airports, revealed that the bond was 4 times over subscribed showing interest [read more]

Cardiff Aviation carrying out work on a TUI Boeing 757

Cardiff Aviation wins repeat TUI Contract

01/05/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

St Athan based Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) company, Cardiff Aviation, has been awarded a repeat contract by UK holiday airline TUI Airways UK (BY/TOM). The contract gives TUI a flexible maintenance facility away from its main engineering line and will see Cardiff Aviation carry out work on TUI Airways [read more]

F-35 Lightning (image: MOD/Crown Copyright)

UK F35 set to make airshow appearance at Yeovilton

01/05/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A Royal Air Force (RAF) F35 Lightning is set to make an appearance at the Royal Navy International Air Day in July. The state-of-the-art multirole stealth fighter will make its debut at the annual airshow held at Royal Naval Air Station (RNAS) Yeovilton in a flying only appearance. The F35 [read more]

Air Serbia to fill Jet Airways Heathrow slots

29/04/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

Air Serbia (JU/ASL) has agreed to lease the former Jet Airways London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) slots from owners, Etihad. In slot trade, submitted on the 26th April 2019, Air Serbia will lease seven slots pairs from Etihad until 26th October 2019. Indian airline Jet Airways recently suspended operations and the some [read more]

F15 escorting a B2 Stealth Bomber (Max Thrust Digital)

First ever look inside B2 Stealth Bomber in-flight

29/04/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

For the first time ever we can get a glimpse into the secretive world of the B2 Stealth Bomber thanks to the US based film producer and radio personality Jeff Bolton. During 2018 Jeff became the first civilian to fly and film on-board the iconic stealth bomber and the video [read more]

Biometric boarding gates (Image: British Airways/Stuart Bailey)

British Airways using biometric boarding on US flights

28/04/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways is now using biometric boarding on flights from the US to the UK with over 250,000 people already having used the system following a successful introduction of the technology on UK domestic flights. Biometric data allows passengers to confirm their identity with their face, in similar way to [read more]

The Fireflies will do a night time display at Wales National Airshow

Wales National Airshow goes dark for 2019

24/04/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Visitors to the Wales National Airshow held annually in Swansea Bay always get a superb day out but now, they will get a superb evening too. Day 1 of this years airshow will see a special evening of entertainment that will feature Hot Air Balloons and night-time aerobatics thanks to [read more]

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Ryanair ordered to compensate pilots at closed dutch base

24/04/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Irish budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has been ordered to pay 8 Dutch pilots between 380,000 – 480,000 euros following a ruling by the court of the Den Bosch district. The decision comes after the court ruled that there was no likelihood of “purposeful continuation” of employment for the pilots after [read more]

Loganair to launch flights from East Midlands

23/04/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Rapidly expanding Scottish regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has announced it will commence scheduled flights from East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) from September 2019. Lognair will initially launch flights to Brussels and Inverness from East Midlands. Brussels will operate morning and afternoon rotations from Monday to Thursday and a daily rotation on [read more]