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Fuel efficiency in modern aircraft plays a vital role in transforming the landscape of sports travel. Fans travelling to major events like tournaments and horse racing fixtures benefit immensely from technological advancements in aviation. By understanding how fuel-efficient planes impact costs and convenience, sports enthusiasts can better plan their travels. [read more]

easyJet has launched a new recruitment initiative aimed at encouraging young people to consider a career as cabin crew, as the airline looks to hire nearly 1,000 new recruits for 2026. The campaign, called Flight Paths, specifically targets young adults not currently in education, employment or training (NEET), to highlight [read more]

The UK’s leading holiday airline and package holiday company, Jet2, has opened a new aircraft maintenance facility at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to support the airline’s fleet. The 6,300 square metre facility is on the site of a previous hangar, which was demolished to make way for the new state-of-the-art facility [read more]

Managers at London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) will be breathing a sigh of relief after the Unite union called off planned strikes for later this month by baggage screeners was called off. The union called off the strikes after receiving a revised pay offer by ICTS, which employs the baggage screeners, [read more]

London Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK) is braced for a series of strikes by baggage screeners employed by ICTS over the late summer holiday period. The first strike is scheduled to start on August 22nd, running until August 26th, and then again over the bank holiday weekend from August 29th to September [read more]

Airlines can slash their carbon footprint by more than a quarter without investing in new aircraft or alternative fuels—simply by rethinking how they configure their cabins, according to new analysis from aviation data specialist Cirium. Research from Cirium’s EmeraldSky platform shows that higher seating density can deliver reductions of over [read more]

Airline group Air France-KLM has disclosed that a data breach has led to the theft of customer data potentially affecting thousands of UK customers who use Air France, KLM and Transavia. According to a report in Bleeping Computer, the group says that the breach was of its customer service system [read more]

Flights have now restarted at Birmingham Airport (BHX/EGBB) after having been suspended earlier after a landing incident involving a Beech B200 Super King Air which left it stranded on the runway. The aircraft, G-NIAA, was operating a flight from Birmingham to Belfast when it developed an issue with its landing [read more]