Entries by Barry

British Airways to launch Pilot Sponsorship Scheme

British Airways to launch Pilot Sponsorship Scheme British Airways’ new Speedbird Pilot Academy will fund up to 60 places per year at an approved flight training school, with those who pass the course offered a job as a British Airways pilot The multi-million-pound initiative removes the initial high-cost barrier of training to become a professional […]

BA Euroflyer Recruitment Event

Come and meet our Euroflyer pilots and hear about the exciting opportunities at British Airways new subsidiary airline based at Gatwick. Location: DoubleTree by Hilton Manchester Airport, Outwood Lane, Manchester, M90 4WP Tuesday 21st March 2023 About: Come and join us to learn more about who we are at Euroflyer and discover what we have […]

easyJet to help small number of pilots with cost of training 

easyJet has said it will cut the cost of training for a small number of pilots as part of a drive to attract a more diverse range of people to fly its planes. The article suggests that flight schools and airlines are moving to sponsor more courses, or cut the cost of training, amidst a global shortage […]

Norwegian Air to press ahead with Dublin Airport base 

Norwegian Air International is continuing with its plans for a Dublin Airport base despite announcing that it would cut services from Cork and Shannon later this year.  The carrier confirmed earlier this week that low demand prompted it to cut its services from Cork and Shannon airports to Providence, Rhode Island, from October to March 2019.  […]

London City Airport sets record as tourists boost numbers

London City Airport had its busiest week ever as the Docklands hub, ‘traditionally a favourite for business flyers, was boosted by increasing numbers of holidaymakers’, writes Standard Online. A total of 101,336 customers either departed from or arrived at the airport in the week to March 25, on 1,525 flights. That is two per cent higher […]

easyJet to expand worldwide connections 

Following a press flight with its new chief executive, easyJet made several announcements.  The Times and Buying Business Travel write that easyJet ‘will strike deals’ with budget long-haul carriers on routes to the United States, Caribbean and the Middle East as part of a ‘long-haul price war with British Airways.’ The airline said yesterday that the deals would […]

Joon launches long-haul services

Business Traveller Online writes that Air France subsidiary Joon has launched the first of six long-haul services for this summer, with daily flights to the Egyptian capital of Cairo.  The route is the first to be served by the carrier’s refurbished A340 aircraft. Joon will also launch long-haul flights to Mumbai in June, and ahead of this it will start […]