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Taiwanese carrier Starlux has five more Airbus A350F freighters for its cargo operation doubling the initial order placed by the airline. Starlux already operates the A350 on its passenger routes which means the A350F will fit seamlessly into its operation. It also operates A321neo and A330neo Airbus aircraft. The A350F, [read more]

Britain’s busiest airport, London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) has recorded its busiest-ever year in 2024 with 83.9 million passengers passing through its terminals which is around 4.7 million more than last year and 3 million more than that last pre-pandemic year of 2019. Not resting on its laurels, though, the airport expects [read more]

Regional airline Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) in partnership with London Southend Airport (SEN/EGMC) is set to launch a new route from Southend to Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) for Summer 2025. Flights are set to launch on the 3rd of April 2025 and will operate daily with fares starting at £59,99 one [read more]

2024 was a year of recovery for aircraft OEMs who all continued their post-pandemic recovery but for Boeing in particular there was also the recovery from several years of very high-profile production problems with their 737 Max and 787 range. The 2024 Farnborough Airshow threw up some decent orders which [read more]

Dublin-based aircraft leasing specialist Avolon and Air New Zealand have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to research the commercialisation of electric aircraft along with battery hybrid and hydrogen-powered aircraft. The agreement between the two partners also includes the sale and leaseback of Conventional Take-off and Landing (CTOL) BETA Alia [read more]

Integrated facilities specialists ABM have been awarded the cabin cleaning contract for the British Airways (BA/BAW) fleet using terminal 3 at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL). The company began servicing the BA fleet in November after successfully winning the contract following a tender process. ABM will carry out cabin cleaning during turnaround [read more]

When it comes to a flight simulator experience there are plenty to choose from but, whilst many are good, very few can offer the experience of the Full Motion Boeing 737-800 Simulator at JetEx Simulation in Frome. So, when the invite came in to try it out, we jumped at [read more]

Swiss International Airlines has issued a statement confirming the death of a cabin crew member who was onboard an Airbus A220 that made an emergency landing due to smoke in the cabin and cockpit. Two other cabin crew members are still in hospital as a result of the incident that [read more]