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Ryanair reports record profits as O’Leary gets richer

By cabincrew.com, Wed 23rd May, 2012 at 11:04
It’s hoped that an impressive financial performance from Ryanair signals job security for thousands of cabin crew, pilots and airline support staff at the budget airline over the next few years. Ryanair currently employs 8,500 people and is hoping to add 1,000 staff this year.
Ryanair has reported a record €503m profit for the year to the end of March 2012, which is a 25% increase on last year. This news comes despite higher fuel costs hitting the airline. However the low-frills airline has forecast lower annual profits of between €400m and € 440m for the next trading
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British Airways jets in with Olympic Flame
By cabincrew.com, Mon 21st May, 2012 at 11:46
The Olympic flame flew into the UK from Greece on board BA Flight 2012 on Friday, marking the countdown to the start of London 2012.
A gold-liveried British Airways Airbus 319 named ‘The Firefly’ touched down on Friday evening at Royal Naval Air Station Culdrose in Cornwall, and HRH The Princess
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Pilot arrested over 'loaded gun' incident
By cabincrew.com, Mon 21st May, 2012 at 11:10
A US airline pilot has been arrested after trying to board a plane bound for New York with a loaded gun in his bag.
In an incredibly unusual incident a member of the flight crew, Brett Dieter, 52, was charged with possessing a concealed firearm, which was discovered as he went through security at Buffalo Niagara International Airport, according to the
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Failed Russian SuperJet demo flight kills 44 in Indonesia

By cabincrew.com, Mon 14th May, 2012 at 11:02
A Russian Sukhoi SuperJet with 44 people on board crashed into a volcano in Indonesia last Wednesday, with all those on board now presumed dead. Foggy weather conditions and the dense jungle environment meant it has been difficult to examine the crash site and retrieve the remains of those on board. The 44 people on board included flight crew, as well as businessmen and Russian envoys.
Aviation investigators are searching for the black box recorder that might reveal how the new Sukhoi Superjet-100 crashed into Mount Salak during a 50-minute flight, according to the
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Asian airports best for customer service

By cabincrew.com, Tue 8th May, 2012 at 10:33
The world’s best airports have been named in the annual World Airport Awards, with Incheon Airport in South Korea voted number one. Cabin crew will be interested to see that Asian airports dominate the top ten list, with no UK airports making the grade.
Passengers in the Skytrax awards said customer service tends to be better in Asian airports. "Aside from the inherent benefit that many of these airports have in the most
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Flying squads to ease passport queues at Heathrow

By cabincrew.com, Tue 1st May, 2012 at 13:50
Heathrow's queues will be cut by 'flying squads' of border staff, the immigration minister Damian Green said in the Commons yesterday. Cabin crew working out of UK airports, particularly Heathrow, will be aware of the queues that have formed at border control points in recent weeks. Non-EU nationals were waiting up to 90 minutes at Heathrow's Terminal 5 on Friday night, according to the BBC.
While the government has been quick to blame the weather, saying severe conditions had held up flights and caused the queues, customers and airport staff are saying that cuts to jobs in the UK Border Agency could be the problem. Other factors include
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Twitter gives Gatwick Airport its seal of approval
By cabincrew.com, Tue 1st May, 2012 at 12:15
Gatwick Airport has been recognised by Twitter as a great customer service provider. The social media giant has awarded Gatwick a ‘blue tick’ of authority because it says the airport uses Twitter so effectively for customer service purposes.
Cabin crew benefit indirectly as customers arrive for their flight in a better frame of mind, if they have had help from the airport;s Twitter feed. Gatwick’s Twitter feed now has over 30,700 followers, has also proved popular with cabin crew members
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Most popular seat on the plane? It's 6A says a new survey
By cabincrew.com, Wed 25th Apr, 2012 at 16:58
The ‘perfect seat’ and the ‘worst seat’ on a typical passenger plane have been identified, thanks to a new survey by Skyscanner, the travel search site. This fact could give cabin crew insights into what makes passengers happy, or otherwise.
The poll of over a thousand airline passengers examined their seat preferences, asking which section was most popular and whether they prefer to sit in the window, middle or aisle seats.

The survey revealed that the front six rows of
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Airlines say UK passport control needs better resourcing
By cabincrew.com, Wed 4th Apr, 2012 at 17:33
Despite the airlines' best efforts to keep passengers happy during the busy Easter rush, there are worries in the industry that a shortage of staff to carry out passport checks will cause long queues this weekend.
According to Travel Weekly, 11 airlines have joined with the British Air Transport Association to
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Dublin most popular Easter destination for Gatwick fliers
By cabincrew.com, Wed 4th Apr, 2012 at 17:26
Dublin is the favourite Easter destination for passengers flying from Garwick Airport this Easter Bank Holiday weekend. Cabin crew working out of Gatwick will be busy ensuring holidaymakers arrive safely in Malaga, Milan, Madrid and Geneva too – these destinations proving the next most popular after Dublin. In sixth place is Orlando, US so long-haul cabin crew to this destination could find themselves grabbing some Florida sun over the Easter break if shedules allow.
New destinations on the Gatwick Easter Getaway Top Ten include Milan and Barcelona and this is the first time they've appeared on the list for Easter trips, says Guy Stephenson, chief commercial officer at Gatwick Airport. This change is because
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