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17.06.2025 | Hydrogen lift-off: Intelligent Energy secures £17m programme to scale its UK-developed aviation fuel cell tech | UK Government-backed funding will fast-track development of IE-FLIGHT – Intelligent Energy’s fuel cell system for commercial aviation
New system set to enter service in Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) applications by the end ... |
29.05.2025 | The Dawn of Electric Aviation: Vertical Aerospace and the Future of Flight | The sky is changing. Electric aviation is no longer a dream; it’s becoming a reality. Vertical Aerospace, a Bristol-based company, has made headlines with its successful cross-country flight of the VX4 prototype. This marks a pivotal moment... |
27.05.2025 | Vertical Aerospace: Flying e-taxi firm makes history with cross-country flight | A Bristol-based firm pioneering the development of flying electric taxis has made European aviation history after successfully piloting a flight across the UK countryside.
Vertical Aerospace’s VX4 prototype performed its first “wingborne” f... |
23.05.2025 | UK Gov Funding to Cut Red Tape for Fast-tracked Innovation | New technologies, such as drones delivering vital supplies to AI-powered medical tools, could reach the public faster as the UK Government announces fresh funding aimed at cutting red tape to keep up with innovation.
Opening up the latest r... |
21.04.2025 | Gatwick is worst airport for flight delays for second year in a row | Gatwick has retained its position as the UK’s worst airport for flight delays, as it continues to suffer from air traffic control (ATC) disruption.
Departures from the West Sussex airport were an average of more than 23 minutes behind sched... |
01.04.2025 | UK Gov Invests £20M To Unlock Drone Services and Flying Taxis | UK drone services at a commercial scale and flying taxis “could soon be a reality,” with the aviation minister today confirming over £20 million in funding to support this mission.
The new funding is being made to remove barriers to growth ... |
27.03.2025 | Aviation regulator to review Heathrow’s financial model ahead of third runway | The UK aviation watchdog is to review Heathrow Airport’s financial model after stakeholders raised concerns over how it intends to fund a third runway.
Some of Heathrow’s biggest airlines submitted a request to the Civil Aviation Authority ... |
01.03.2025 | Air India: Bridging Continents with Enhanced Connectivity | Air India is on a mission. A mission to connect the world. With its recent enhancements, the airline is transforming travel between Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Europe. Imagine a bridge spanning continents, making travel seamless and... |
25.02.2025 | Gatwick expansion rationale not impacted by Heathrow third runway, regulator says | - |
12.02.2025 | Loganair Targets Hydrogen-fuelled Flights by 2030 | Loganair, the Scottish air carrier and the UK’s largest regional airline, has laid out its plans to deliver the world’s first hydrogen-fuelled commercial flight within the next five years.
The airline said it had identified various short-ha... |
16.01.2025 | Shetland Spaceport Ready for UK’s First Vertical Rocket Launch | The Civil Aviation Authority has granted the first ever vertical launch licence for a rocket heading to space from UK soil, with Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) planning to launch from SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands.
The licensing... |
31.12.2024 | Технологии, которые мы потеряли и знаковые IT-события 2024 года | С течением времени технологические продукты, которые когда-то были крутыми и популярными, устаревают и прекращают свое производство. Другие проживают короткую жизнь потому что, оказываются неудачным экспериментом. Производители переключаютс... |
27.11.2024 | Vertical Aerospace Soars with $50 Million Funding Boost | Vertical Aerospace is on the brink of a revolution. The company, a beacon in the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft sector, has secured a significant $50 million funding commitment. This financial lifeline comes from its... |
26.11.2024 | Vertical Aerospace: $50 Million In New Funding Raised | Vertical Aerospace – a global aerospace and technology company pioneering electric aviation – announced the signing of a term sheet among the company, its majority shareholder Stephen Fitzpatrick, and its primary creditor Mudrick Capital Ma... |
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10.10.2024 | CAAi and Rapiscan Collaborate to Enhance X-Ray Screener Competency Testing | Photo (left to right): Kevin Sawyer (CAAi) and Briand Reid (Rapiscan) signing the agreement at CAA Aviation House LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, October 10, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- CAA International (CAAi) and Rapiscan have announced a strategi... |
15.08.2024 | Amazon разрешили доставлять товары дронами в Великобритании | Amazon и ещё пять организаций получили разрешение от британского Управления гражданской авиации (CAA) на тестирование работы дронов. Аппараты будут использоваться для инспекции морских ветряков, управления воздушным движением, охраны порядк... |
12.06.2024 | PlaneEnglish Launches Updated ARSim Aviation Radio Simulator: Enhanced ATC Training Experience, Cross-Country Flight Simulation, and AI Integration | ARSim aviation communications trainer's AI feature shown on a mobile device.
PlaneEnglish, the innovator in aviation communications training technology, is excited to announce a major update to its Aviation Radio Simulator (ARSim). This upd... |
07.05.2024 | Accounting watchdog: We must regulate so there is ‘a net benefit for UK PLC’ | The head of the country’s accounting watchdog has said the agency must regulate in a manner that has “a net benefit for UK PLC”.
The chief executive of the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) made the remarks as he discussed a number of ongoi... |
01.05.2024 | Bonza isn’t the first Australian budget airline to struggle – and it won’t be the last | Source: Facebook article-article-body
The history of budget jet airlines in Australia is a long road littered with broken dreams. New entrants have consistently struggled to get a foothold.
Low-cost carrier Bonza has just become the industr... |
25.04.2024 | Shetland Spaceport Edging Closer to First Launch | The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which has responsibility for regulating space launches, has said it was satisfied that the spaceport operator can provide what it called “range-control services”, keeping people out of the danger zone and... |
22.04.2024 | 'Extremely' Dangerous Russian Jamming' Interrupt British Flights, Posing Safety Risk | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 22 April 2024, 10:04 am
The aviation industry in the UK is currently experiencing a significant challenge as numerous flights have been disrupted due to suspected Russian jamming of GPS systems.
This phenomenon has ... |
01.04.2024 | A British Airways jet came 'extremely close' to a drone that was flying 24 times above its legal maximum altitude, report says | Transportation A British Airways jet came 'extremely close' to a drone that was flying 24 times above its legal maximum altitude, report says
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29.03.2024 | British Airways Flight Narrowly Dodges Drone Collision Over Kent | Inno Flores, Tech Times 29 March 2024, 10:03 pm
A British Airways flight encountered a perilous situation as it flew over Kent, coming alarmingly close to a drone at an altitude of 9,600 feet.
With 180 passengers aboard, the aircraft report... |
20.03.2024 | Regulator kicks-off consultation into further reductions into Heathrow landing fees | The UK Civil Aviation Authority has today published a consultation setting out the changes it proposes to make to the annual charges for airlines using Heathrow Airport.
In March 2023, the regulator said it would cap Heathrow’s landing fees... |
07.02.2024 | Wizz Air Refunds Over £1.24 million To Passenger In 2023 | Waiting passenger
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The UK Civil Aviation Authority has revealed that Wizz Air has been subject to enforcement proceedings, resulting in a £1.24 million refund to passengers.
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14.07.2023 | People are trashing a budget airline and saying it put them up in 'disgusting' cockroach-infested hotel rooms in Cyprus and Spain after their flights were canceled | People are trashing a budget airline and saying it put them up in 'disgusting' cockroach-infested hotel rooms in Cyprus and Spain after their flights were canceled. Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP via Getty Images
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03.02.2023 | Civil aviation gets Rs 31.13 bn allocation in Union Budget 2023 | AVIATION & AIRPORTS Civil aviation gets Rs 31.13 bn allocation in Union Budget 2023
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The allocation for the civil aviation ministry in the Union Budget has more than halved to Rs 31.13 billion for the next financial y... |
29.01.2023 | Авиакомпания Flybe остановила работу и уволила почти 90% сотрудников | Как сообщает Sky News, на фоне решения о приостановке всех рейсов авиакомпания уволила 277 из 321 сотрудников. Flybe рекомендует пассажирам не ехать в аэропорт, если они не договорились о переносе вылета на рейс другой авиакомпании.
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21.12.2022 | Richard Branson’s Virgin Orbit secures licences ahead of first British satellite launch | Richard Branson’s rocket company Virgin Orbit has finally been issued its licences ahead of the first satellite launch from British soil. |
21.12.2022 | Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit gets green light for first orbital space launch from UK — and will use a repurposed Boeing 747 for the mission | Virgin Orbit was founded by Richard Branson. John Lamparski/PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images
Richard Branson's Virgin Orbit gained a license for the first orbital space launch from the UK.
The mission, based at Spaceport Cornwall, wil... |
28.06.2022 | Британский регулятор обязал Хитроу снизить плату за посадку самолетов | Управление гражданской авиации (CAA) Великобритании приняло решение о том, что в аэропорту Хитроу следует снизить размер платы за стоянку самолетов. Этого от руководства аэропорта добивались авиакомпании British Airways и Virgin Atlantic.
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26.02.2022 | Estonia and Romania ban Russian airlines from their airspace, after the UK, Poland, Moldova and the Czech Republic | News Estonia and Romania ban Russian airlines from their airspace, after the UK, Poland, Moldova and the Czech Republic
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26.02.2022 | Estonia and Romania ban Russian airlines from their airspace, following the UK, Poland, Moldova and Czech Republic | Aeroflot.
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Estonia and Romania have barred Russia from their airspace, officials announced Saturday.
The move comes after other countries, including the UK and Poland, did the same this week.
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06.08.2021 | Govt to invest Rs 25k cr to develop civil aviation sector | AVIATION & AIRPORTS Govt to invest Rs 25k cr to develop civil aviation sector
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The Government of India has announced an investment of around Rs 25,000 crore on the development and enhancement of the Civil Aviation sec... |
20.04.2021 | UK drone startup sees.ai gets go ahead to trial beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flights | The U.K.’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has given the go ahead to local startup sees.ai, which is developing a beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) command & control solution to aid data capture for industrial use-cases, to trial a con... |
27.03.2020 | A major UK airport is being converted into a morgue for thousands as the country prepares for COVID-19-related deaths to rise | David Davies/PA Images/Getty
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05.03.2020 | Flybe passenger Q&A: What should I do if I was due to travel with Flybe? | Any Flybe passenger will not be able to fly after the budget airline collapsed into administration in the early hours of this morning. |
05.12.2019 | Drone Owners in the UK Could Be Flying Illegally | 2 shares
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Data from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) suggests that as many as 80,000 people in the UK could be flying their drones illegally, due to a change in legislation that came into force on the 30th of ... |
08.09.2019 | Volocopter raises $55M led by Volvo owner Geely, sets 3-year timeline for its flying taxi service | The promise of flying cars has become an idea more synonymous with the tech world’s shortcomings than its exciting potential, but today one of the startups that has been focused on actually trying to make small, airborne vehicles a reality ... |
19.06.2019 | Edinburgh Airport to Trial Drone Tracking Technology | Edinburgh Airport, the busiest airport in Scotland, is trialling technology to track drones following police probe into ‘illegal use’ nearby.
Software tests will allow officials to ‘triangulate’ the precise location of drones invading the s... |
10.08.2018 | How to become a pilot | 0 shares
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30.07.2018 | PSA: Drone flight restrictions are in force in the UK from today | Consumers using drones in the UK have new safety restrictions they must obey starting today, with a change to the law prohibiting drones from being flown above 400ft or within 1km of an airport boundary.
Anyone caught flouting the new restr... |
28.11.2017 | UK Starts Drone Clampdown | The UK Government is to regulate drone aircraft more heavily, it has been revealed. Under the planned legislation, drone enthusiasts could be forced to take safety awareness tests, while drones weighing more than 250g could be restricted fr... |
16.10.2017 | Drone ‘Put Lives at Risk’ in July Near-Miss | A near-miss involving a drone back in July put 130 lives at risk, according to the UK Airprox Board (UKAB). According to the UKAB, the gadget passed directly over the right wing of an Airbus A319 when the passenger aircraft was on landing a... |
03.05.2017 | Amazon and the UK CAA invite schoolchildren across the UK to ‘Design a Drone' | Amazon and the UK CAA invite schoolchildren across the UK to ‘Design a Drone'
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Contest aims to raise awareness of how to fly drones safely and the potential benefits of the technology. National winner will tour the Amazon Prime Ai... |
28.02.2017 | Droning on: How drones are transforming marketing | |
04.10.2016 | Ex-UK air traffic boss recruited by Californian drone startup—report | Dave Stock reader comments 0 with 0 posters participating
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25.05.2016 | Canada Once Again Politely Asks People to Stop Shooting Lasers at Planes | Shining laser pointers at airplanes is apparently a big enough problem in Canada that the government is taking swift action, and it thinks a new social media campaign will make culprits stop — even though it hasn't really worked before.
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19.04.2016 | Hacking the drone code: UK needs decisive UAV policy | Kevin Baird reader comments 3 with 3 posters participating
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17.04.2016 | British Airways flight hits possible drone during landing at Heathrow | A British Airways A320 like this one reportedly struck a possible drone today at Heathrow, again raising concerns about consumer drone operators flouting regulations and endangering aircraft.
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02.03.2016 | Drones Keep Nearly Hitting Aircraft and We Have No Idea What Would Happen if One Did | British pilots are calling for urgent research into what would happen if a drone hit an aircraft, following 23 near misses in just six months.
They also say stricter rules governing where drones can be flown, compulsory insurance and regist... |
14.09.2015 | The age of drones has arrived quicker than the laws that govern them | Just because you may not have seen a drone overhead doesn’t mean it hasn’t seen you. And, as was demonstrated by the killing of two British jihadis in Syria recently, these unmanned aerial vehicles are increasingly deployed by the West as f... |
25.07.2015 | В Британии опубликовали «кодекс дронов»: не выше 120 м, вне зданий и людей | Отдел новостей 25 июля 2015, 12:40 В Британии опубликовали «кодекс дронов»: не выше 120 м, вне зданий и людей
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22.07.2015 | Drone comes within 20 feet of passenger jet at Heathrow, prompts “Drone Safety Awareness Day” | Flickr reader comments 15 with 13 posters participating
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02.06.2015 | WaveFX launches video drones over Cambridge | Undoubtedly DSLR cameras have revolutionised the video production industry over the last few years, creating cinematic videography for a relatively small outlay.Couple that with miniature Go-Pro cameras that you stick on to anyone and anyth... |
02.06.2015 | WaveFX launches video drones over Cambridge | WaveFX launches video drones over Cambridge
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Undoubtedly DSLR cameras have revolutionised the video production industry over the last few years, creating cinematic videography for a relatively small outlay.Couple that with miniat... |
15.04.2015 | In-flight Wi-Fi is “direct link” to hackers | Airplane manufacturing is subject to strict federal regulation.
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18.03.2015 | Man is summoned to court after flying drones over Buckingham Palace and football stadiums | A man has been summoned to Westminster Magistrates’ Court after illegally flying drones over famous London landmarks and football stadiums across the country. The Met Police released a statement on Wednesday, listing 17 offences under the A... |
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10.02.2015 | Software design error caused UK air traffic control failure | An interim report into the failure of the UK National Air Traffic Services (NATS) flight control systems has pinpointed the root cause of the mishap as a server failure caused by incorrect software programming.
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25.05.2012 | Sorry, you can't mail your iPhone or iPad overseas 'til next year | The United States Postal Service has put a ban the international shipment of lithium-based batteries (Lithium Metal, Lithium Alloy, and Lithium ion.) This ban includes electronic equipment with lithium batteries permanently installed such a... |
- | 8 of the 10 worst airports in the world are in Europe — see the list | Lisbon International Airport Terminal 1. Contributor/iStock/Gett Images
Air-travel website AirHelp releases an annual ranking of the world's major airports.
Eight of the 10 worst airports in the world on this year's list are located in Euro... |
- | Airport urges passengers not to show up 5 hours early because it's causing overcrowding | Travelers at Stansted Airport. Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
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Some passengers at Stansted Airport are arriving five hours before their flights, the airport said.
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- | A major UK airport is being converted into a morgue for thousands as the country prepares for COVID-19-related deaths to rise | An aircraft hangar at Birmingham Airport slated for conversion to a temporary morgue. David Davies/PA Images/Getty
The UK's Birmingham Airport will be used for temporary mortuary facilities, West Midlands Police announced, as COVID-19-relat... |
- | The UK has banned all flights by Russia flag carrier Aeroflot from its airspace | Aeroflot aircraft. Media_works/Shutterstock
The UK has banned all flights from Russia's state-owned airline, Aeroflot.
Further restrictions from UK's Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, ban all Russian airlines from flying in UK airspace.
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