- Qantas drops routes as fuel crisis mounts - 28 May 2008
The soaring cost of fuel has prompted Qantas to ground some of its domestic flights from July and rethink its international schedule.
In the wake of Silverjet suspending shares and relying on a £1... (more) - How Europe aims to clean up the skies - 27 May 2008
Clean Sky, Europe's bid to gain the crucial competitive edge in terms of developing greener aircraft technologies of the future, always promised to be ambitious.
The scale of that ambition and the ... (more) - Finnair plans capacity cut as fuel price soars - 23 May 2008
Finnair is planning to reduce European capacity after warning that its fuel expenses are likely to rise by more than 35% this year, as a result of the unabated increase in the price of oil.
The One... (more) - Malaysian minister steps into airline price war - 16 May 2008
Malaysia's transport minister said Thursday he would try to resolve a cut-throat fare war between the national carrier and budget airline AirAsia, whose founder has complained of unfair competition.
... (more) - Business aviation start-ups - 14 May 2008
The strength of the business aircraft market has spawned a new wave of independent start-ups, each hungry to carve a slice of this lucrative market and eager to avoid becoming another statistic in an ... (more)
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- Gatwick celebrates half century - 10 Jun 2008
Gatwick is marking 50 years since it opened as one of the UK's major international airports.
It was opened by the Queen in 1958 following a £7.8m development, making it the first airport to combin... (more) - Silverjet to fly again? - 10 Jun 2008
Silverjet’s administrator Begbies Traynor confirms that it has received “certainly two” offers for the business-only airline, which stopped services last week following the collapse of an investment d... (more) - Belfast City Airport up for sale - 28 May 2008
Belfast City Airport has been put up for sale on the open market by the Spanish Ferrovial Group.
The airport, which was renamed after George Best in 2006, began commercial operations in 1983.
... (more) - CAA supports BAA break-up - 27 May 2008
UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) agrees that common ownership of London’s main airports is ‘likely’ to prevent competition but disagreed that regulation is in any way to blame.
Evidence from UK ... (more) - Court ruling due on night flights - 23 May 2008
The High Court is to rule on a claim the government's night flight regime at Heathrow airport is ignoring the intrusive effects of aircraft noise.
Three councils are at the High Court to ask the D... (more)
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- Manchester congestion charge to get nod - 10 Jun 2008
One of the most ambitious urban road-pricing schemes in the world will get the go-ahead next week when the government approves a contentious congestion-charging plan for Manchester along with substant... (more) - New planes for Manchester airport - 28 May 2008
Holiday flights airline XL Airways will offer flights from Manchester airport using the new Boeing 737-900 from 29th May.
The new aircraft will enable XL Airways to increase the number of seats av... (more) - Airline faces safety prosecution - 27 May 2008
Economy airline Flyglobespan is to be prosecuted after claims it breached strict safety rules.
The Edinburgh-based firm is accused of allowing a flight from Liverpool to New York to take off when ... (more) - Ground Level Check-In - 23 May 2008
From Wednesday 28 May the following airlines will be located in Terminal 1 Ground Level Check-In;
Aer Arann
Air Berlin
Aurigny Air Services
Icelandair
Jet2.com
Olympic Airlines
Ryanair
Lufth... (more) - bmibaby plans Manchester Airport growth - 23 May 2008
bmibaby, the low-cost carrier, has uncovered its plans to increase the size of its operations at Manchester Airport to double; increasing the number of flights and adding new destinations over the per... (more)
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