[ Commercial aviation is a near-duopoly between Boeing – headquartered in Virginia, in the US, and founded in Seattle in 1916 – and Europe’s Airbus, founded in 1970 by France, West Germany and the UK. Pilots train on, and fly, either one or the other – and it will be for a specific aircraft, such … Read more
[ The Home Office has sacked its chief immigration inspector after he claimed that high-risk aircraft are landing in Britain without security checks on passengers. David Neal “breached” the terms of his appointment and had “lost the confidence of the Home Secretary”, the department said. Mr Neal, who was independent chief inspector of borders and … Read more
[ RAF military aircraft flew between Israel and an RAF airbase in Cyprus more than 50 times since the start of the war in Gaza, raising questions about the UK’s military links to the conflict. Using flight tracking tool Radarbox, an i investigation can reveal that since the Hamas attack on Israel that killed 1,200 … Read more
