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By DebbieH 20 Mar 2018 0 min read

Airbus gives stark warning to UK engineering giant

In a dramatic move Airbus has said that it would not be able to continue working with engineering group GKN if it was bought by Melrose The eyes of the UK engineering industry have been following the...

By DebbieH 15 Mar 2018 5 min read

Autonomous flying taxi unveiled

The race to produce the world s first commercial flying car has well and truly started as company Kitty Hawk has unveiled a prototype of its all-electric self-flying taxi Cora The company has been per...

By DebbieH 21 Feb 2018 5 min read

Airline bosses unite on Heathrow third runway issues

Willie Walsh IAG Chief Executive and other airline bosses have appeared before Parliament s Transport Select Committee to discuss plans for Heathrow s third runway Walsh said History does not demonstr...

By DebbieH 29 Jan 2018 0 min read

easyJet chief takes pay cut to match female predecessor

easyJet has announced in a statement that its new CEO Johan Lundgren is to take a voluntary pay cut so that his salary matches that of his predecessor Carolyn McCall This means that his starting salar...

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By DebbieH 24 Jan 2018 7 min read

EasyJet partners with TrustedHouseSitters to help pet owners travel

Following a survey which revealed that more than half of pet owners would travel more if they had access to better care for their pets easyJet has teamed up with TrustedHousesitters The new partnershi...

By DebbieH 23 Jan 2018 6 min read

EasyJet flying high as rivals struggle

easyJet has released its trading statement for Q and it seems the airline is going from strength-to-strength The statement reports a total revenue increase of over and an rise in passenger numbers The...

By DebbieH 19 Jan 2018 6 min read

Emirates throws lifeline to superjumbo

Emirates has just announced an order for of Airbus A s potentially saving the jet from being discontinued Earlier this week John Leahy Chief Operating Officer at Airbus said that the A programme would...

By DebbieH 16 Jan 2018 2 min read

Is this the end of the A380?

The end of the much-loved superjumbo the Airbus A might be in sight as the manufacturer has not received any orders for the plane in two years The company has said that if it doesn t get any orders fr...

By DebbieH 10 Jan 2018 2 min read

See the first BelugaXL as it rolls off the assembly line

The first of the enormous new BelugaXL transporters is now structurally complete and emerged from its assembly hangar earlier this month This will be part of a fleet of transporters which Airbus will...

By DebbieH 02 Jan 2018 2 min read

Reports show that “2017 was the safest year for aviation ever”

Reports compiled by To and the Aviation Safety Network show that was an exceptionally good year for civil aviation safety The report published by To stated that the last year was much better than coul...

By DebbieH 19 Dec 2017 2 min read

Airbus and Williams to join forces on drone programme

Airbus and Williams Advanced Engineering have signed a Memorandum of Understanding under which they will explore areas where they can combine their technological expertise The collaboration will focus...

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