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Arabic graffiti found daubed on easyjet planes' fuel tanks

Arabic graffiti was found daubed on panels covering fuel tanks of easyJet planes at French airports. An investigation is being carried out into who made the inscriptions, which were written on four planes in France. The airports cannot be identified for security reasons. Eleven empty British airliners are on standby at Larnaca Airport, Cyprus, which may be used to fly home thousands of touri...

Air traffic control sale could trigger international bidding war

The sale of the Government’s stake in Britain’s air traffic control network is expected to trigger an international bidding war among pension funds, infrastructure investors, and sovereign wealth funds as interest in big infrastructure assets grows. The Government in the Autumn Statement revealed plans to sell its 49pc stake in National Air Traffic Services (NATS), having ditched an...

American B763 near London on Nov. 28th 2015, Cracked Windshield

An American Airlines Boeing 767-300, registration N393AN performing flight AA-199 from Milan Malpensa (Italy) to New York JFK, NY (U.S.), was enroute at FL320 about 170nm south of London Heathrow, EN (UK), still in French Airspace, when the crew reported a cracked windshield and initiated a rather normal descent to FL120. During the descent the aircraft turned north to divert to London Heathr...

easyJet to Ramp Up Services from Scotland

easyJet is stepping up services from Scotland next year by adding an eighth aircraft to its base at Edinburgh airport. New routes to Vienna and Venice will operate from the Scottish capital while Glasgow will gain a connection to Marseille. The budget carrier flew 5.5 million passengers between Scotland and other parts of Europe in the year to September and expects this to grow by 10% i...

Passengers on BA Jet That Caught Fire in Las Vegas Sue Boeing, GE

Passengers on a British Airways plane that caught fire taking off from Las Vegas in September are suing the makers of the plane and its engines in Chicago, their lawyers said on Friday. The engine of the Boeing 777 burst into flames, forcing all 170 passengers and crew to escape via emergency slides, after a part of a spool in the high-pressure compressor failed, according to findings from...

Security on the agenda next week in London

The Transport Security Expo takes place from 2-3 December at London’s Olympia with more than 4,500 security professionals expected from all regions of the globe. Now in its 13th year, the Expo brings government, industry and academia together to counter the threat against transportation networks, including aviation at airport, airlines and in cargo operations. This year it will include...

Upbeat Assessment for London Ashford Airport Expansion

More than 60 pre-commencement conditions attached to the planning permission for a runway extension at London Ashford Airport have been successfully discharged and work to lengthen the runway will begin early in the New Year. An upbeat assessment of the multi-million-pound redevelopment of the Kent airport was presented to the newly-formed Lydd Airport Consultative Committee when they met on Nove...

Runway Protesters Cause Traffic Chaos at London's Heathrow Airport

Activists opposed to the expansion of London's Heathrow Airport blocked an approach tunnel on Thursday by chaining themselves to a parked vehicle, bringing traffic chaos to Europe's busiest airport. Police said they had arrested five people and removed three vehicles from the tunnel, used by cars and taxis to access three of Heathrow's five terminals. Heathrow could be given...

easyJet to add 8th aircraft to its Edinburgh operations

easyJet, Scotland’s largest and Europe’s leading airline, has today announced that it will be adding an additional aircraft to its Edinburgh operations from next year to cater for extra demand from its passengers and to enable the airline to fly to even more destinations from the airport. From summer 2016 there will be 8 easyJet aircraft based at Edinburgh operating on 36 routes....

LHT wins Thomas Cook wheels and brakes contract

Lufthansa Technik AG will provide wheels and brakes support for Thomas Cook Group Airlines. The agreement covers the Airbus and Boeing fleets – 15 Boeing 757, 16 Boeing 767, 9 Airbus A330 and 53 A320-family aircraft - of the four airlines of Thomas Cook plc, one of the world's leading travel groups. It complements the existing Total Component Support TCS® contract for...

Significance of cargo at Heathrow only just realised

Heathrow Airport chief executive officer John Holland-Kaye says the gateway “didn’t understand the significance of cargo” until it started working in the Airports Commission process. He was speaking at the Airport Operators Association’s (AOA) UK Aviation Conference at the Hilton Metropole in London on Tuesday, where he set out why he feels the government should approve...

Egypt plane crash: Airlines cancel more Sharm el-Sheikh flights

Two airlines have cancelled all flights between the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh and the UK until January. British Airways has cancelled flights up to and including 14 January while Easyjet has suspended flights until at least 6 January. Easyjet said the move was made to provide some certainty to passengers travelling over the Christmas period. BA said the decision was made followin...