Swissport staff at Ireland's Cork, Dublin and Shannon airports are to vote in late January 2023 on a 10% salary increase offered by the ground-handler. “This will be the biggest pay increase in Swissp...
British energy business Zero Petroleum is in discussions with an unnamed Irish company to establish a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) plant in Ireland. Andrew Turner, who advises Zero Petroleum, told ...
Dozens of flights out of Europe's busiest airport, Heathrow in London, were cancelled early on January 23 due to freezing fog. As temperatures overnight plunged to near -10 celsius, airlines were told...
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is setting out "a vision for the future of UK airspace" after the country's departure from the European Union. The blueprint entails a "refreshed Airspace Moderni...
Shannon Airport in Ireland's south-west reported 1.51 million passengers in 2022, a recovery to 88% of the pre-lockdown number and a 300% jump on 2021. “The accelerated pace of the rebound in air trav...
Croatia's ETF Airways and Italian carrier Neos have announced a wet lease deal for a Boeing 737-800 to operate out of Milan-Bergamo airport. “We are very pleased with this important collaboration with...
Fighter jets escorted a Ryanair aircraft after pilots reported a bomb threat while en route from Poland to Greece on January 22. While the scare proved to be a false alarm after Greek police searched ...
Air Serbia, the Balkan nation's flag carrier, has said it will cut fares on around 40 routes in an effort to maintain demand after a successful 2022. The carrier said it has laid the groundwork for "...
Aviation analytics firm IBA sees lease extensions and follow-on leases outstripping new lease placements in 2023, hampering overall lessor growth. However "further growth" could be expected for mature...
Manufacturer ZeroAvia has claimed a "giant step forward" for "zero-emission flight" with a six-minute test run of what it said is the largest aircraft to be powered by a hydrogen-electric engine The f...
Flag carrier Air Serbia said it flew 2.76 million passengers in 2022, a 73% increase on 2021 and representing a load factor average of 72%. The passengers were carried on over 31,400 flights, a 60% an...
Leonardo has won a €304 million deal to provide 18 more helicopters to the Austrian defence ministry. The January 19 contract announcement came after an agreement between the Italian and Austrian in D...
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