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Cargo falls at Gatwick in 2015 by 17.3%

Gatwick Airport’s cargo volumes fell by a substantial 17.3 per cent in 2015, compared to the previous 12 months. The gateway handled 73,411 tonnes, which was a significant decline on the 88,737 tonnes that Gatwick handled in 2014. December continued the monthly trend last year of significant falls and cargo volumes fell by 11.4 per cent to 6,508 tonnes, down on 7,344 tonnes in Dec...

ADS announces new President

Paul Kahn has been announced as the new President of ADS Group, the UK's leading trade organisation for the aerospace, defence, security and space sectors. Paul Kahn (above), the incoming President of ADS Group, will carry out his presidency of ADS Group alongside his current position as President and CEO of Airbus Group UK. He said: “ADS represents some of the UK’s most inn...

TAG Farnborough Airport opens new terminal facilities for passengers and crew

The UK's only dedicated business aviation airport, TAG Farnborough Airport, has invested an additional £1 million to create more space for passengers and crew at its terminal building in order to meet growing demand. The UK's only dedicated business aviation airport, TAG Farnborough Airport, has invested an additional £1 million to create more space for passengers and cr...

British Airways flight evacuated after 'female passenger boards with fake passport'

A British Airways flight to London City Airport from Ibiza was evacuated after a female passenger was discovered with a 'fake passport'. Police were called onto the plane at Eivissa airport after crew became suspicious of very nervous-looking woman, reports Periodico de Ibiza. Gabriel Gimenez, who was travelling on the flight to Dublin via London, said the crew removed...

Bristol named the UK's most punctual airport

Bristol is the most punctual airport in the UK and the only British inclusion in the world’s top 20, new figures reveal. New rankings for 2015 placed the small West Country airport as the ninth most on-time small airport in the world, with 88.64 per cent of its flights arriving or departing within 15 minutes of the scheduled time. Aviation analyst OAG broke down its rankings into three...

Capacity crisis at UK airports revealed by delays league

The capacity squeeze at Britain's overcrowded airports and need for a new runway in the South East has been highlighted by data revealing punctuality in the airline industry. At Heathrow - the UK's busiest airport and the most likely site of a new runway - more than a quarter of all take-offs and and landings in 2015 took place more than 15 minutes outside their scheduled slot. Gatwi...

Gatwick Airport launches community noise lab

Gatwick Airport has launched the UK’s first community noise lab – an interactive online tool designed to help local people more accurately monitor aircraft noise. The gateway says the noise lab is modelled on a similar tool introduced by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol – the first of its kind in the world – and provides members of the public with better overflight inform...

Bird strike forces Southampton plane emergency landing

An aircraft full of passengers bound for Spain was forced to turn around when a bird damaged one of its engines. The Flybe flight from Southampton Airport to Alicante had just taken off at 10:00 GMT when it suffered a bird strike. The pilot made an emergency landing shortly after 10:30. An airport spokeswoman said the engine continued to function while the plane returned and none of the 7...

Drone delays Heathrow flight as MPs say they back expansion of airport

A flight was delayed at Heathrow Airport on Saturday after a drone was flown over one of its runways. The departure runway was closed for seven minutes between 12.45 and 12.52pm – delaying at least one flight - after a drone was spotted flying in Heathrow air space. One passenger, Aimee Fuller, a member of the British Olympic snowboarding team, wrote on Twitter: "Onboard! At Heath...

EasyJet investigated by Italian aviation authorities after plane landed on wrong runway at Pisa airport

Italian aviation authorities have launched an investigation after an easyJet flight landed on the wrong runway at the airport in Pisa. Flight EZY1847 from Manchester landed on a closed runway that is used for passenger jets taxiing to or from the adjacent airstrip. The Airbus A319-100 was given permission to land on runway 04L but touched down on runway 04R instead. EasyJet said the s...

Heathrow Airport celebrates 70th anniversary in 2016

Heathrow was originally built for military purposes during the Second World War and was handed over by the Air Ministry to the Minister of Civil Aviation on January 1st, 1946 Today marks 70 years since Heathrow officially became a commercial airport. Over the course of 2016, Heathrow will be celebrating a number of key moments with colleagues, passengers and the local community to mark this...

British man arrested at Amsterdam airport after 'making bomb threat'

A 29-year-old British man was arrested at gunpoint at an Amsterdam airport after making bomb threats, according to Dutch police. The man, who has not been identified, was overheard shouting the threats at Schiphol Airport on Friday morning, a police spokesman said, causing panic among fellow passengers. He was immediately arrested and a photograph posted online appered to show him lying face...