Tag: UK

Blue Air Selects Liverpool as Latest Base

Reading Time: 2 minutes Romanian airline Blue Air has today (October 3) revealed plans to establish a new European base at Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA), creating dozens of employment opportunities. As part of the move, which will make LJLA the firm’s eighth European base, Blue Air will locate a 189 seat Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Liverpool at the […]

Qatar Airways and British Airways’ Announce Joint Business Agreement

Reading Time: 2 minutes Qatar Airways and British Airways’ parent company, International Airlines Group (IAG), has announced a joint business agreement, which will come into effect on 30 October 2016. The joint business will benefit customers by offering a wider choice of flights, an enhanced network, greater choice of fares and superior benefits for members of their frequent flyer […]

Thomson Airways Calling for More Female Pilots

Reading Time: 2 minutes UK’s third largest airline calling on female applicants for latest pilot roles. Rachel Barrett, 28 from Liverpool, fell in love with flying at a young age – but never believed it would become her career. The former travel agent, who works for Luton-based Thomson Airways, has been a First Officer with the airline for three years. […]

Ethiopian Airlines’ Aviation Academy Fitted with EDM Training Simulators

Reading Time: 2 minutes Manchester, UK. EDM, a leading global provider of training simulators to the civil aviation and defence sectors, announced today that Ethiopian Airlines’ new aviation academy is fitted out with a range of its cabin crew training simulators. The $100m state-of-the-art Aviation Academy was officially opened at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa earlier this year […]

Recruitment Drive for New Pilots

Reading Time: < 1 minute British Airways is recruiting new pilots for its expanding fleet of Embraer jet aircraft at London City Airport. An ambitious recruitment programme is launched this month to find both direct entry captains and first officers to join BA CityFlyer, the wholly owned British Airways’ subsidiary that operates from the Docklands airport to more than 30 […]

Protesters Take Over Runway at London City Airport

Reading Time: < 1 minute A number of protesters occupied the London City Airport‘s runway disrupting all flights. It has been reported that the protesters bypassed security by using a rubber dinghy to cross the docks. Responsibility for the protest via a series of tweets has been claimed by the Black Lives Matter UK movement. The protesters tweeted: “Activists in support of BLMUK #Shutdown […]

Global Record: 42 Million Annual Passengers at Gatwick

Reading Time: 2 minutes Gatwick Airport is now in a league of its own as it breaks its own record for the number of passengers travelling on a single runway – more than 42 million passengers now travel through the airport annually. This new record was achieved on the same weekend that Cathay Pacific’s new route to Hong Kong […]

British Airways Cabin Crew Vote for Industrial Action

Reading Time: < 1 minute British Airways cabin crew have voted for industrial action over the airline’s new “unfair” performance scheme. The 8,800-strong British Airlines Stewards and Stewardesses Association (BASSA), a section of the Unite union, voted 91 percent for industrial action short of a strike, the union said. Cabin crew say that the new performance management scheme is a […]

Gatwick Achieves Busiest-Ever Month in Its 80 Year History

Reading Time: 2 minutes Gatwick Airport has achieved the busiest single month in its 80 year history as 4.6m passengers travelled through the airport in July, +6.9% on the same month last year. Long-haul routes continue their impressive growth at the airport, growing 23% collectively versus last July, against a backdrop of traffic growth stalling at other major European […]

British Airways Completes Boeing 747 Cabin Refresh

Reading Time: 2 minutes British Airways has completed the major makeover of 18 of the airline’s iconic Boeing 747s to give them the look and feel of their newest aircraft. Each jumbo jet now features a refreshed interior and state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment system – as well as extra seats for customers flying in Club World. The first aircraft to […]