April 10, Seattle, USA: Boeing and long-time partner Air France celebrated significant milestones with the delivery of the 777th Boeing 777 aeroplane. The new Boeing 777-300ER also will be the first to bear a new Air France livery and company…

ABTA Chief Executive Mark Tanzer has written to the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, urging him to address five key industry issues in his next budget. High on his list is the withdrawal of Air Passenger Duty, or…

April 6: Aer Lingus announced that Dermot Mannion, the Group’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) would step down with immediate effect. Colm Barrington, Chairman of the Board, assumes executive responsibility for the Group until a new CEO is appointed. Meanwhile, Irish…

April 6, Bandung, Indonesia: An air force spokesman says 24 people are feared dead after a military aircraft, thought to be an F-27, crashed into an airport hangar. Six crew, an instructor and 17 Special Forces’ trainees were on board…

March 25: British Airways (BA) became the first commercial airline to introduce the onboard Microwave Landing System (MLS), which increases the safe landing rate during periods of low visibility at Heathrow by more than 20%. On average, there are ten…

Solihull Council’s planning committee has approved plans to extend Birmingham International Airport’s runway by 400m to cope with more long-haul flights, allowing larger aircraft and non-stop flights to the US west coast and the Far East. Objectors to the proposals…