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Jet2 throws down gauntlet to Ryanair with new planes at Stansted

The British discount airline Jet2, based in Yorkshire in the north of England, will station six new Boeing 737-800 jetliners at London Stansted airport, opening its first base outside the region and taking on Ryanair in its own backyard. The move will see Jet2 serve 21 European leisure destinations, with the first flights commencing March 30, putting it on a par with easyJet, the Leeds-Bradford...

BACA calls for urgent decision on UK runway capacity

BACA has added its voice to the ever increasing number of industry leaders that are calling on the UK government to make a decision regarding a new runway in the South East. Many organisations have published data regarding the level of trade that the UK is losing as runway capacity becomes increasingly constrained at major airports such as Heathrow and Gatwick. At the end of 2015 BACA commissio...

51 North acquires Gloucestershire Airport based Executive Aviation Services

51 North, a nine year-old private jet management company, based at Farnborough Airport, formally announced today it has acquired long established management and charter operator Executive Aviation Services, ushering in a new era for the two family-run and managed businesses. This move brings together the worldwide and AOC expertise of the two companies. The partnership coincides with EAS's...

Heathrow, world’s first ‘dementia-friendly’ airport

Heathrow Airport has declared itself the world’s first dementia-friendly airport after launching a programme that will train airport staff on how to help travellers suffering from cognitive decline. Air travel can be a stressful experience for even the seasoned frequent flyer. But add to that anxiety the complexities of dementia, and travelling can become an exercise in fear and frustration,...

easyJet announces new route to Ljubljana from London Gatwick

easyJet, Europe’s leading airline, has announced a new route from London Gatwick to Ljubljana. The new year round service commences 5th December 2016 with flights on sale now at www.easyjet.com. Flights will operate four times per week Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday with fares starting from £34.99 one way per person*. Neil Slaven, easyJet’s commercial manager, comm...

New Flight Crew eLearning courses launched from Resource Group

Resource Group, a leading provider of flight crew services and EASA Part-147 aviation technical training, are pleased to confirm official launch of new eLearning products for flight crew. Since the launch of our first online aviation technical training courses in October 2011 we have sold over 29,500 courses to date to corporate and private clients across the globe. The following flight crew co...

Daher delivers first TBM 930 very fast turboprop aircraft to ba based in United Kingdom

Daher announced the delivery of a new TBM 930 to the first U.K.-based customer of this latest TBM very fast turboprop aircraft version, which also marks the initial TBM 930 sale by Flying Smart – the newly-appointed TBM Authorized Distributor for the U.K. and Ireland. The TBM 930’s customer is Attila Balogh, an established American businessman in the United Kingdom, and who is...

Travellers face £5 charge to get through passport control more quickly

Travellers are to be charged to get through passport checks quickly at British airports, with some paying as much as £17.50, the Home Office has confirmed. The charge is an attempt to cut queues, but unions called it a gimmick and accused the government of failing to properly fund border controls. Officials said they were working with some airport operators to introduce the scheme but...

Gatwick planes near miss due to air traffic controller error

A passenger jet taking off from Gatwick Airport was involved in a near miss with a preceding aircraft, according to an official investigation. The UK Airprox Board (UKAB) investigated the incident on April 25 which involved two Airbus 319s. It said the second plane was cleared to climb which brought it "into conflict" with the first. When the air traffic controller responsible for the fli...

Jet2.com announces almost 1,000 jobs in major recruitment drive

Leading leisure airline Jet2.com has announced a major recruitment drive, with almost 1,000 pilot, cabin crew and engineering positions available. To support this drive, the company is hosting a number of roadshows across the UK. The Roadshows are taking place throughout August and September at various airports and locations across the UK and have been designed to support the recruitment of ove...

CargoLogicAir signs B747-400 maintenance contract with Volga-Dnepr Gulf

CargoLogicAir, the new British cargo airline, has signed an agreement with Volga-Dnepr Gulf to perform C-check maintenance on its Boeing 747-400 freighter. The London Stansted-based cargo airline, a partner of Volga-Dnepr Group, has been performing charter services and servicing an ACMI contract since being awarded its Air Operator Certificate by the UK Civil Aviation Authority at the...

Stratajet offers Embraer Legacy 500 for charter through Centreline partnership

Now customers of Stratajet can charter the only UK registered Embraer Legacy 500. Flights on the Legacy 500 can booked thanks to Stratajet’s partnership with Centreline. The addition of the Legacy 500 expands the availability of the aircraft management and charter company’s fleet to nine aircraft on Stratajet.com. The brand new nine-seat jet was added to the Centreline fleet in March 2016....