UK to conduct aviation policy review
UK transport secretary Philip Hammond announced plans to launch a full aviation policy review, the first for seven years. The review was announced at the Airport Operators Association conference yeste...
UK transport secretary Philip Hammond announced plans to launch a full aviation policy review, the first for seven years. The review was announced at the Airport Operators Association conference yeste...
Boeing has installed a 787 flight simulators at London Gatwick Airport in anticipation of the new aircraft being delivered to UK airlines, Monarch and Thomson from 2012. Other simulators have been del...
Ed Anderson, chairman of the Airport Operators Association rebuked comments by the UK transport secretary Philip Hammond that the aviation industry was "lightly taxed". In a keynote speech to the asso...
Civil aviation director Ali Ariduru confirmed Turkey was set to sign a number of agreements with Balkan countries to boost cooperation in aviation sector. "Most of the Balkan countries are not accredi...
Due to an ongoing strike of maintenance staff, national carrier Finnair was forced to cancel 19 flights yesterday and 15 today. Finnair spokeswoman Inka Ikonen said 1400 passengers had been affected s...
Aviation mechanics are striking this morning. They are refusing to perform maintenance, repair or inspection work on aircraft over a contract dispute. A compromise bid offered by mediators was rejecte...
Dutch airline KLM is increasing flights to Scotland to meet rising demand. It will increase capacity on its links between Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and its Amsterdam hub by 20%. From April, KLM wil...
Analysts are expecting British Airways to announce a half year profits when its half-year interim report is published on Friday. Last year the airline recorded a £292 million half-year loss but this y...
SR Technics’ Malta facility has completed the first maintenance check on an easyJet A319. This is the first aircraft to be checked under the $1.6 billion maintenance agreement signed in November 2009....
As reported in Aviation News yesterday over 200 jobs are to go at Shannon Aerospace staff. Following a meeting yesterday morning CEO Thomas Rueckert, confirmed there would be 107 job losses. The news ...
Blighted by strikes and fuel protests, it is no surprise that French airlines are complaining about the cost. Lionel Guerin, head of the airline industry trade association FNAM and chief executive of ...
Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, has announced that sales for half term week in the UK are currently up by 6% over the same time last year. Demand remains strong on its popular London Gatwick...
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