Travellers out of Glasgow Airport have faced flight delays and cancellations after sections of the terminal were closed at around 6 am on December 5 due to what police said was a “report of a suspicious item”. The airport reopened at around noon the same day, but only after the…
London City Airport said BA CityFlyer is to launch routes to Salzburg on December 9 and to Chambery the following week, meaning “more choice” for Brits during “the first meaningful skiing season” since before the Covid pandemic, Chambery is less than an hour and half by road from several popular…
Lufthansa Technik has won a contract from a customer it did not name for what it said would be a” VIP cabin completion” of an ACJ320neo. The work is to include an “inflight entertainment and communications outfitting” based on a “latest generation” satellite communications platform. The cabin makeover would be…
After arguing for months that governments should not list titanium among the commodities sanctioned in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Airbus on Friday (Dec.2) said it would stop sourcing the metal from Russia. “We are in the process of decoupling from Russia when it comes to titanium. It will…
Some 7.8 million passengers are expected to pass through Keflavik Airport next year, Iceland’s main air travel hub. The traffic, should it materialise, would exceed the 2019 number by half a million and would be the third most on record, said Isavia, Iceland’s national airport and air navigation service provider….
The Unite trade union this week warned travellers “to be braced for delays” in the run-up to Christmas as hundreds of ground handlers at Heathrow Airport said they would strike for three days from 4am on December 16. The walkout will cause “disruption, delays and cancellations for flights leaving Heathrow…
The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) October 2022 global air cargo data suggest “headwinds” such as high fuel costs, the strength of the US dollar and rising inflation are hitting demand, which was down 13.6% on October last year. “As many costs are denominated in dollars, the currency’s appreciation adds…
Airbus’s UpNext subsidiary is to launch a project with the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) to look into how superconductivity can decarbonisation of future aircraft systems”. The tie-up is the latest in a series of so-called “clean aviation” projects announced this week by the French manufacturer, which is hosting…
Airbus said this week it was fined around €15.86 million over “past matters relating to the use of intermediaries in sales campaigns prior to 2012”. The agreement with France’s financial prosecutions office came after the manufacturer was accused of bribery in Libya and Kazakhstan over a decade ago – which…
At its annual summit on Wednesday, Airbus unveiled its “DisruptiveLab”, described as “a new flying laboratory designed to test technologies destined to improve aircraft performance and to reduce helicopters’ CO2 emissions”. The DisruptiveLab will, the French manufacturer announced, soon take to the skies to “evaluate a new aerodynamic architecture intended…
Industry veteran Andrew Hodges is joining London City Airport (LCY) as chief commercial officer (CCO) ahead of what the hub expects to be a busy year. Hodges’ “extensive experience” with easyJet, British Airways and Norse Atlantic includes ”a range of commercial roles”, LCY said in a statement. LCY chief executive…
ARC Aerosystems has taken what is says is “a huge next step in the future of air travel and transport” by finishing “full transition tests” for its ARC C150 design. UK-based ARC, which says it is seeking investors, has previously conducted hover testing and transition (from vertical to horizontal flight)…
