Just over 24 hours since the UK Government finally put an end to the long and extended topic and made a decision to expand London Heathrow with an additional runway, the UK (and government) can now expect a long and tedious process before any construction begins. In fact, our in-house poll currently shows that 37% of […]
For the first time in 60 years, Her Majesty’s Government of the United Kingdom has finally made a decision on which airport will be expanded. Announced earlier today by Department for Transport Minister, Chris Grayling, stated that the government has chosen the option to add a third runway at Heathrow Airport. The decision by the government […]
The UK flag-carrier British Airways has announced a new service to New Orleans, USA, which will begin on March 27th, 2017. The new route will be assigned to the growing Boeing 787-8 destination list, which currently serves several North American airports including Philadelphia, Newark, Baltimore, Montreal, and Calgary. This isn’t the first time the airline has served this […]
This week Emirates CEO, Tim Clarke, spoke highly of the a potential non-stop route between Perth and London. Clarke said the route would be a “smart thing to do” leading to, perhaps, a few raised eyebrows across the airline industry. Visiting Australia this week Clarke met with his Qantas counterpart, Alan Joyce, aiming to find opportunities to expand their alliance […]
Air Berlin has recently announced plans to restructure itself following crippling year-on-year financial results which saw a record loss of €446m back in April of this year. In a move to assist with current attempts to complete with the likes of Ryanair, easyJet and Lufthansa’s Eurowings, the airline has had to rely on bailouts from its parent owner […]
Exeter-based Flybe, the largest independent regional airline in Europe, today announced its support for the long awaited expansion of London Heathrow Airport. The airline currently has hubs in Manchester and Birmingham, but doesn’t serve Heathrow. However, today its CEO, Saad Hammed, said “give Heathrow the green light, so we can jump into action on critical regional routes.” Last week […]
This week Qantas’ Chief Executive Officer announced that the airline sees no market for the remaining eight A380 aircraft the airline is due to receive, highlighting the continued decline for the airframe’s long-term prospects. “There’s a network for 12 [the airline currently has in service] that’s very good and works very well, but the airline “struggles […]
Following yesterday’s accident of Emirates Airline flight UAE521 which crash-landed onto runway 12L, one of two runways operating at Dubai International, both the airline and the airport are doing as much as they can to ease the operational delays for both airlines and their passengers. Dubai International resumed its operations at around 18:30 UAE time (14:00 […]
Thursday ended as being the quietest day of the week in terms of airline announcements at Farnborough International. The weather turned out to be an improvement compared to the last three days, allowing many of those eligible to turn up on the trade days to have a good look around the aircraft on static display. […]
There was a slight improvement in the amount of sunshine that was radiating down on the asphalt during day three of Farnborough International, compared to the waterlogged (flooded) scene that occurred on Monday at the airport southwest of London. Here are the biggest announcements from Farnborough International 2016 on day three: Boeing Launches The 737 BBJ MAX 7 […]
