Month: January 2017

Manchester Expansion for BA

British Airways will launch seven new routes from Manchester Airport this summer as well as adding three new destinations to its Stansted operations. From May, the carrier will begin seasonal services from Manchester to Alicante, Malaga, Ibiza, Palma, Mykonos and

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Investment and expansion continues at Ashford Airport

An upbeat assessment of investment plans and continued expansion of new aviation services has been provided by London Ashford Airport at Lydd in Kent. Addressing members of the Lydd Airport Consultative Committee this week, Executive Manager Hani Mutlaq outlined the

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Orkney Extension for Loganair

Scottish carrier Loganair will continue to operate Orkney inter-island air services after securing a new four-year Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract.  The deal, which followed a competitive tendering process, starts on April 1 and will see the airline maintain vital

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Making Waves

Guernsey-based air taxi start-up Waves has applied for an Air Operator Certificate ahead of its planned launch later this year.  The carrier, created by entrepreneur Nick Magliocchetti and backed by local private equity investors, will initially lease up to three

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CityJet Completes Cimber Deal

Dublin-based CityJet has completed the acquisition of Danish regional carrier Cimber from SAS Scandinavian Airlines.  The deal, which is expected to be finalised on January 31, sees the Irish carrier assume control of Cimber, its 11-strong fleet of Bombardier CRJ900s

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E-Jets for Airlink

Independent regional carrier Airlink is leasing three Embraer 170s and two E190s from ECC Leasing.  The aircraft will start arriving with the South African airline in the first half of the year.  Airlink already operates a large fleet of Embraers

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Transaero Eyes Relaunch

Transaero Airlines has appealed the decision to withdraw its traffic rights from a host of domestic and international routes.  The grounded carrier has filed paperwork with Russia’s Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals, seeking to overturn an earlier decision by the

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PMDG 747-400 II Update

PMDG’s CEO, Robert Randazzo has revealed additional information on the upcoming PMDG 747-400 Queen of the Skies II. Randazzo released the following statement: “Captains, As promised in my update from 18JAN17, I wanted to swing through tonight and give you

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New Malibu Ready for Takeoff

Carenado has released the PA46 500TP Malibu Meridian G1000 HD Series for FSX and Prepar3D. The package features five HD liveries and a blank paint scheme for creating custom artwork while the virtual cockpit comes with an improved Carenado G1000

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Regional One Acquires CRJ900s

Bombardier Commercial Aircraft Asset Management has remarketed 13 second-hand CRJ900s to Regional One.  Two of the jets were owned by Bombardier with the other 11 remarketed on behalf of a third party. Nine of the aircraft have already been delivered

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