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Gatwick is pushing ahead on growth plans, with £240m investment for the year ahead, despite missing out on approval for a second runway last year. The London airport announced this week the award of its airport planning services framework with Arup, Atkins and Jacobs on board to help with capacity assessments, as Gatwick looks at future growth. As the Government gave the green light to […]
An Air Canada flight from Jamaica to Toronto was forced to make an emergency stop in Florida yesterday because a passenger attacked the crew with coffee pots and tried to open the cabin door midflight, officials said. Brandon Michael Courneyea had to be tied down to his seat by crew members and other passengers, investigators […]
At the beginning of June, easyJet will be launching a recruitment drive for up to 450 new pilots in a campaign it calls ‘For the love of Flying’. easyJet recruited 426 pilots last year so this year’s target would be a record. Opportunities will range from cadet pilots embarking on new careers to experienced First […]
Nordic budget airline Primera Air has agreed to buy eight of Boeing’s new 737 MAX aircraft for more than $950 million at list prices, and has an option to buy an additional four planes. Primera has said that it wants the new planes because it plans to start offering transatlantic flights. Primera will be ‘the latest […]
An All Nippon Airways 787-9 made an unscheduled landing in Bratsk, Russia, after cockpit instruments warned pilots of an engine problem. The aircraft, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines, operated as flight NH209. It was en route from Tokyo Narita to Dusseldorf when the aircraft’s left engine shut down. The aircraft landed safely.
In the Financial Times Online this week they discuss IAG’s new brand, LEVEL, in a piece analysing the low-cost long-haul market. The journalist notes that since Norwegian started offering services across the Atlantic in 2013, legacy airlines have ‘rushed to protect their large market share’. Lufthansa is expanding its Eurowings subsiduary and Air France-KLM is launching a new airline called Boost. Analysis by Barclays estimates that […]
easyJet’s stock has dropped more than five per cent this morning after the airline reported a higher than expected loss for the first six months of last year. CEO Carolyn McCall said the first half loss was in line with the market, noting the movement of Easter into the second half. Alex Paterson at Investec noted the results […]
United Airlines sent an alert to pilots after a member of cabin crew mistakenly posted information that included flight deck door access codes on a public website. Flight crew were asked to visually confirm the identity of anyone trying to access the cockpit until the issue was resolved. The codes have now been changed. A spokesperson […]
Flight cancellations that sparked a brawl in Spirit Airlines’ Florida terminal have their roots in a dispute between the budget airline and its pilot union. Nine flights out of Fort Lauderdale International Airport were cancelled when pilots failed to show up to fly the planes on May 9. Some pilots called in sick, while others […]
Emirates Group has posted its annual report, with profits down 70 per cent to $670 million. The group said that its 29th consecutive year of profit was achieved ‘despite a turbulent year for aviation and travel’. Emirates reported a record 56.1 million passengers over the year (up eight per cent) – load factor was 75.1 per cent (down […]