Embraer E195-E2 received certification for Steep Approach into London City Airport from EASA. This achievement is a significant development, allowing airlines to operate the E195-E2 at London City Airport, known for its challenging approach and short runway. Together with the E190-E2, which received Steep Approach certification in 2021, both members of the E2 family are now ap...
JETMS Completions has been selected to bring to life Global' onboard hard product, with work planned to commence on the first aircraft in January 2024. JETMS will refurbish the first aircraft interiors to the highest standard, ahead of them taking to the skies for the first passenger flights. Later aircraft will see their interiors completely overhauled, exactly to the high spec...
NACO Netherlands Airport Consultants signed a MoU with Urban-Air Port, making it the first specialist aviation planning consultancy to support UAP in exploring how its pioneering ground infrastructure technology can be integrated into airport masterplan projects around the world. NACO will further support UAP on airport land-use planning, regional vertiport network business modelling, eVTOL d...
Thompson Aero Seating opened world-class Dynamic Test Facility, marking a new era of innovation in the aircraft seating industry across Ireland and Great Britain.Part of the new Thompson Engineering Centre, the Dynamic Test Facility itself represents an investment of over £7.5million. The facility will give Thompson enhanced capability to certify new products for airworthiness at its ow...
The innovative and extensive plans will see solar panels mounted on Farnborough Airport iconic curved hangar roofs, as well as its state-of-the-art terminal building, the Airport control tower, its Ground Support Facility building, and its award winning 169 room hotel, the Aviator Hampshire. The installation will also enable the Airport’s operational fleet of electric vehicles to b...
Protium is working together with hydrogen industry leaders to deliver an ambitious project that could enable hydrogen-powered aircraft to take off from UK airports sooner than anticipated. Project HEART is a collaborative R&D project part funded by the UK Research & Innovation Future Flight Challenge. It is facilitating end-to-end hydrogen infrastructure capable of safely fuellin...
Aviation Carbon www.aviationcarbon.aero, the longest running aviation sustainability conference, returns on 6-7 November 2023, at the London Heathrow Marriott. Over 300 industry delegates, including 100-plus airlines/operators, from over 70 countries and five continents will engage on topics including sustainability-linked finance and ESG (environmental, social and governance)...
London Oxford Airport is looking forward to breaking ground on its all new, self-funded R&D Science Park in January 2024. This follows the successful planning application of the £48 million development, which was approved last summer. Demolition of the original buildings has already started, paving the way for the new 200,000 sq.ft. facility, which the airport hopes will appea...
An opera singer, a former chef and an ex-radio presenter are the stars of a new easyJet cabin crew recruitment campaign, which aims to tackle stereotypes about the profession. The airline is looking to recruit over 1,000 new cabin crew this year with career changers among those being encouraged to apply. The campaign highlights that life experience and transferable skills, such as custo...
Britten-Norman, has begun UK production of the Islander,having shifted its manufacturing back to the UK from overseas. This historic moment is the culmination of years of strategic planning and follows the announcement by the company in June that new aircraft production was to be fully repatriated to its flagship manufacturing site in Bembridge on the Isle of Wight. A ribbon-cutting took...
PROSPECTIVE pilots can from today apply for a place on a new British Airways scheme that will see the £100,000 cost of their training covered entirely by the airline. The national flag carrier’s Speedbird Pilot Academy programme will lift the previously prohibitive cost barrier of training to become an airline pilot for up to 60 successful candidates a year – helping to leve...
Skyborne Airline Academy has placed their second acquisition of an ALSIM AL42 simulator. The simulator will be delivered to their facility in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. The AL42 is an exact replica of the Diamond DA42, constructed using genuine aircraft components and equipped with the latest real-world Garmin G1000 avionics suite. It also features the latest-generation visual system, G...
