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Loganair Crew Roadshow

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✈️ The Loganair Crew Roadshow is coming to SOUTHAMPTON – under 3 weeks to go! ✈️ 🚨 17th May🚨 Whether you’re a Captain ready for a new adventure, or you’ve just left school and dream of being cabin crew, this event is for YOU. Come meet the team, hear what life’s like at Loganair Limited […]

World Airline Awards for 2024 announced

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World Airline Awards for 2024 announced Skytrax (widely regarded as the Oscars of the industry) have announced the winners for their 2024 awards. The winners are as follows: World’s Best Airline: 1 – Qatar Airways 2 – Singapore Airlines 3 – Emirates World’s Cleanest Airline: Cathay Pacific Airways World’s Cabin Crew: Singapore Airlines Best Airline […]

British Airways to launch Pilot Sponsorship Scheme

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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 […]

easyJet to help small number of pilots with cost of training 

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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 

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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

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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 

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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 […]