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Essex Police have confirmed they are attending an incident at Stansted Airport (STN/EGSS) after a Kenya Airways flight from Nairobi (KQ100) was diverted there instead of its planned destination of London Heathrow. The Beoing 787 arrived at Stansted shortly before 4pm after being escorted by Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoons [read more]

The European Regional Airline Association (ERA) has voted Loganair (LM/LOG) as Airline of the Year 2023 at its awards ceremony held in Innsbruck, Austria. The UK’s largest regional airline picked up the industry award, determined by a panel of independent, globally acclaimed judges, in recognition of its “impressive performance” in [read more]

Leading low-cost carrier easyJet (U2/EZY) has brokered a deal with Airbus to purchase 157 new A320neo (New Engine Option) family aircraft for delivery at the end of the decade with the rights to purchase an additional 100 aircraft. The deal, worth $19.9bn at list prices, comes as the airline announces [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has become first UK airline to suspend flights to Tel Aviv, Israel as rockets are launched from Gaza strip at the city The nove comes following Saturdays attack on Israel by Palestinian terrorists which has so far seen over 1200 people killed. Flights initially continued to Israel [read more]

A huge fire has closed London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) overnight with flights suspended until at least 3pm The fire broke out in one of the airports multi-storey car parks causing a partial collapse of the structure. Witnesses described an “infermo” in the car park with up to 200 vehicles being [read more]

European aerospace giant Airbus has broken ground at the site if its new A400M maintenance centre in Wunstorf. Tbe site at Wunstorf Air Base, which is home to the German Air Forces A400M transport fleet, will start maintaining A400Ms from mid 2027 and employ around 300 people. The ground-breaking ceremont [read more]

Squadron Leader Jon Bond has been announced as the new leader of the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) The Red Arrows, known as Red One, for the team’s 60th display season. 2024 will see the team return to its familiar nine-ship formation heralding the return of the Diamond Nine [read more]

US carrier United Airlines has placed an order for 50 additiinal Boeing 787 airliners with the Seattle-based airframer. The deal will see the airline become the worlds largest operator of the 787 Dreamliner as it brings the total ordered by the airline to 150. The order is for the mid-size [read more]