EADS finally lands tanker deal for RAF

The long-awaited order for A330MRTT tankers for the British RAF has finally been signed.

The Royal Air Force will receive the Trent 700 powered aircraft from 2011 in a lease deal which replaces TriStar and VC-10 based tankers. Including support and spares the deal is worth £13bn over 27 years.

New Ryanair MAN routes and more bases

Ryanair have announced yet another tickets blitz campaign to coincide with their new Manchester routes to Girona, Bremen, Marseille and Milan. Over a million tickets are to be sold for £10 including charges, with new bases at Angouleme (France) Arad and Constanta (Romania).

Other locations will benefit from route expansion. Ryanair have also announced a sharp drop in profits which is attributable to increasing fuel costs, but stress that the airline is still trading firmly in the black.

Emirates to launch low-cost division as a standalone unit

The hugely successful Emirates Group is to set up a lowcost division to operate in the Gulf and surrounding area.

Previous entrants to the market have been Jazeera, NAS and others. The Dubai based group will operate the “Emirates Lite” style carrier as a standalone business unit within the group but not as a division of the airline itself. Other carriers such as Qatar Airways and Etihad will operate regional services themselves, with Gulf Air having already launched their Gulf Traveller brand using 767-300ER aircraft to lower yield destinations.

More details here

MAG plans Gatwick raid

The Manchester Airports Group may be preparing an audacious bid for London Gatwick if airports operator BAA is forced to divest some of its operating sites.

Details here

 http://www.uk-airport-news.info/manchester-airport-news-180308.htm

PIA grounds 747s, Adam Air grounded by regulators

Two stories which relate to photos.aero as we carry many pictures of both operators.

PIA are to ground their 747-200 and -300 fleet due to high fuel costs, and following another accident Adam Air have been grounded by the Indonesian regulators.

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