DHL Supply Chain has signed a new five-year contract to handle easyJet's ground handling operations at Liverpool John Lennon Airport, it was announced last week. The new contract expands the long-standing partnership between DHL and easyJet, which launched in 2017 when DHL was appointed to manage...

UK-based ground support equipment manufacturer Newbow Aerospace has launched the first solar-powered wheel and brake change trailer. The company has introduced the new trailer in a move to support its "quest towards more sustainable ramp operations". Designed and manufactured for Aer Lingus to...

Members of the trade union Unite employed by DHL Aviation at East Midlands Airport will "dramatically escalate" the industrial action set to begin tomorrow with a further 14 days of strikes. Unite announced on 31 January that its members would walk out on the airport over a pay dispute with DHL A...

Members of the trade union Unite employed by DHL Aviation at East Midlands Airport have announced strike action in February over a low pay offer. Industrial action was called after 180 workers who undertake ramp duties, provide aircraft handling and oversee the tower at the airport rejected a pay...

DHL Express has announced plans to invest in electric ground support equipment over three years for its operations at East Midlands Airport. The logistics company has committed £16mn towards electric GSE (e-GSE) vehicles as it aims to make its airport ground handling operation fully electric by ...

The UK's East Midlands Airport (EMA) has announced a new investment programme to "improve all aspects of the passenger experience". £120mn has been earmarked for the infrastructure project set to take place over the next five years. The airport's four million annual passengers are set to feel...

The sustainable aviation fuel industry would have to increase by 1,600 times its current size to meet the aviation sector's 2050 net zero carbon emissions target, according to one UK-based SAF producer. James Hygate, founder and CEO of Firefly, which makes SAF from sewage, claimed that for the in...

The UK government says it has helped lead the aviation industry to an agreement to reduce emissions from aviation fuel by 5 per cent by 2030. It says the UK continues to be a leader in the transition towards cleaner flying and that the agreement, made at ICAO's third Conference on Aviation Altern...

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has launched a challenge for the aviation industry to help leverage the potential of hydrogen as a zero carbon emissions aviation fuel. As hydrogen as an aviation fuel is at an early stage of development, the regulator says the sector does not yet have a comprehens...

The UK government has announced £53 million in funding to boost the UK's sustainable aviation fuel industry. From utilising forest waste to transforming power to liquid fuel, nine "pioneering" projects helping to create a "brighter, cleaner future" have been awarded a share of funding in the lat...

The UK Civil Aviation Authority has issued Virgin Atlantic with a permit to fly a world-first transatlantic 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) flight. Virgin Atlantic plans to fly across the Atlantic from London Heathrow to New York JFK on 28 November 2023 to test and showcase the feasi...

With the global aviation industry focusing increasingly on climate consciousness and looking at ways to fly more sustainably, companies are keen to show they're doing their bit - from the airlines and airports to the manufacturers and major fuel companies. But in spite of the international indust...

A new study into airlines and "drip pricing" has found that Ryanair is the worst for hidden fees compared to other European carriers. NetVoucherCodes produced a report last week that shows the airline's hidden fees make its base fare 344 per cent more expensive. "Drip pricing" is term used to ...

A new system has been introduced by the UK Civil Aviation Authority to simplify the process of creating airspace notifications for construction activities. As with any tall structure, the presence of a single crane or number of cranes has the potential to affect aviation activities. The new Ai...

RAAC has been found onsite at Gatwick and Heathrow airports, amid the school concrete crisis. Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC), which is estimated to have a lifespan around 30 years, is less durable than traditional concrete and has been used in the construction of public sector buil...