Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific has announced the closure of its subsidiary Cathay Dragon, formerly Dragonair, and is cutting 8,500 jobs. Cathay Dragon was a full service regional carrier flying mainly to mainland China and other Asian destinations. Cathay Pacific and its budget regional carrier Hong Kong Express the majority of the routes previously served by…
Textron Aviation announced on October 13th 2020 it had been awarded a contract for the 26th and 27th Beechcraft King Air 350CER turboprop aircraft for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO). Bob Gibbs, vice president, Special Mission Sales said: These two Multi-role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) aircraft will join a…
For the duration of the winter timetable (until the end of March 2021) Lufthansa will be deploying four of the currently parked Airbus A350-900s to its hub in Frankfurt. The A350-900 will be serving Chicago and Los Angeles from Frankfurt over the next few months, by temporarily replacing the Boeing 747-8 on this route. From…
Scandinavian carrier SAS has taken delivery of its first of three A321neoLR on 15th October 2021, owned by Air Lease and leased to the Nordic flag-carrier, becoming the newest operator of the long-haul single aisle aircraft. The aircraft is powered by CFM’s Leap-1A engines. SAS’s A321 will be utilised between the Nordic countries on the…
In May 2020 Ostend-headquartered NHV Group secured a new long-term contract to provide passenger transport services to Spirit Energy’s East Irish Sea operation. Due to start in December 2020 the first NHV AgustaWestland (now Leonardo Helicopters) AW169 helicopter has been seen operating crew familiarisation flights at both Aberdeen and Humberside, where NHV have bases. The…
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart His Excellency Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs have committed to strengthening the relationship between the two countries. During a visit to RAF Coningsby on Tuesday 13th. During a tour of RAF Coningsby, the two men signed a…
NHIndustries have today delivered the first NH90 to the Spanish Air Force, the first of twelve aircraft for search-and-rescue (SAR) and combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) missions. Spain has ordered 45 NH90s broken down in to Ground SPain Army (GSPA) and Maritime SPain TTH (MSPT) aircraft variants. The aircraft is locally named the HT-29 Caimán and operated…
Work to resurface the runways at RAF Lossiemouth has reached a major milestone with the return of aircraft to the Moray station. Having started back in May 2020, VolkerFitzpatrick have worked to resurface both runways and rebuild the northern taxiway structure to support based P-8 Poseidon MRA1 operations from the station, as well as allowing…
Czech airline Smartwings and the Budapest-located Aeropark Repülőmúzeum are joining together for a European first – a flight from Budapest to Budapest at low altitudes, to allow passengers to view the Hungary’s scenery; including the Danube Bed, Balaton and the City of Budapest itself. In addition to the pleasure flight, the experience package includes free…
Frankly we’ve lost track of how many times Alitalia has been bought, sold, nationalised, privatised, renamed and renamed again however we’re at that stage where the airline we all know as Alitalia has again got a new name. Since January 2015 Alitalia has legally been called Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A, following a large…
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