MAG have reported a passenger milestone of 23.5 million passengers flown in the last financial year at Manchester Airport. This has resulted in a 5.4% increase year on year. In March 2016 alone, 1.7 million passengers flew out of the airport. The MAG Group recorded 51.9 million passengers from their four airports, which has resulted in…
An Etihad flight destined was taxiing onto the runway at Manchester Airport when the pilot suddenly did a U-turn, last week. An elderly couple on-board had received a text message from their son-in-law saying that their grandson was in intensive care. After being informed of the tragedy, quick-thinking cabin crew stepped in and turned the…
Qantas flight QF61 was on a routine flight from Brisbane, Australia to Tokyo when it forced to return to Brisbane after reports of engine vibrations. The Airbus A330 was about 30 minutes into it’s 9 hour journey, when the captain decided to return to Brisbane as a saftey precaution. This incident is the second…
Prosecutors say Abrini has admitted being the “man in the hat”, the third bomber seen in a video clip in the Brussels airport attacks. Key suspect Mohamed Abrini, who was wanted in connection with the attacks in Paris that killed 130 people last November, also was the third person in the CCTV image at Brussels…
Qatar Airways have announced a substantial aircraft upgrade on the airline’s Doha-Geneva route from 1st July 2016. They will be upgrading their Geneva flight to a B788, which will become the airline’s second Dreamliner route to Switzerland after Zürich. The Geneva route is normally operated by an A320 with 132 seats. The B788 route will…
US Police say a shooting at a US Air Force base in Texas has killed at least two people. Spokesperson: Bear County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of a shooting at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland around 09:00 local time. The Air Force base is the home of the US Air Force’s basic training programme. The…
On March 31st, KLM initiated a series of flights using sustainable biofuels between Oslo Gardermoen and Amsterdam’s Schiphol. It is said that these flights will be operated between a 5 or 6 week period to compare data between these biofuels and traditional jet fuel. The Biofuel will be used on the airline’s Embraer E190 aircraft.…
Thursday 7th April 2016 marked the 10th anniversary of operations between Reykjavik & Manchester for Icelandair. The first flight took off from Manchester on April 7th 2006 and have gone from 2 flights per week to 4 weekly flights in the Summer with intentions of going daily in the Winter. Andres Jonsson UK Director for…
Low cost carrier Transavia have celebrated a milestone already in their new base in Munich just 2 weeks after they opened their new base. They have received over 10,000 passengers within 14 days of operations. The 10,000th Passenger was given a voucher from Transavia which enables her to pick a destination within Transavia’s network. The…
Atlas Air have announced on April 7th that they have completed the Acquisition of cargo firm Southern Air, who are a provider of domestic and international cargo operations, for $110 million and have not assumed any of the company’s debt with the acquisition. The deal is still subject to customary adjustments between the 2 airlines. …
The 3,110 metre runway will be built 1.6km north of the existing main runway and is expected to be delivered in 2020. Dublin Airport is investing in the region of €320 million in this multi-faceted project which will comprise multiple contracts and packages of works. Dublin Airport received planning permission in August 2007 to build…
