UP FR ONT Jobs in travel
NORWEGIAN IS ADDING A THIRD DAILY London Gatwick to New York service in October, and has also rejected a takeover bid from British Airways owner IAG. Te new launch is on October 29, 2018, and will increase the number of flights taking this route up to 20 each way. Meanwhile, the takeover bid was “unanimously rejected on the basis that they undervalued NAS and its prospects”, according to Norwegian.
Lucy Tardrew, pilot
CAPTAIN LUCY TARDREW HAS BEEN FLYING with Virgin for 23 years, yet some passengers still do a double-take as she makes her way to the cockpit. Especially if she’s accompanied by a female first officer. “That creates a bit more of a stir, and we
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might get stopped because people want selfies,” she says. “But if I’m with a male first officer, I think they assume: ‘Oh, that’s alright. There’s a guy up there too.’” Before joining Virgin in 1995, Tardrew
flew smaller aircraft loaded with cargo, night mail, motor parts for private clients or RAF ordnance. She now takes the helm on Boeing 747-400s, flying the Caribbean and US routes from Gatwick and Manchester. In charge of up to 450 passengers on
each flight, Tardrew has faced her fair share of challenges during her career – from blizzards and ice to disruptive passengers and medical emergencies. Last year a passenger suffered a heart attack on arrival at Gatwick Airport. “One of my cabin crew saved his life right there on the jet bridge,” she remembers. The biggest challenge of all, though, is
the final few minutes before take-off when the slightest interference can be a veritable spanner in the works. Nevertheless, Tardrew still loves her job after all these years. “It’s a very people-orientated job, and very sociable. You have your colleagues on the flight deck and up to 15 cabin crew, plus all the passengers. You have up to four nights away somewhere. Plus there’s complete pay equality between male and female pilots. It’s an amazing career.”
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EUROPE’S FIVE FASTEST GROWING
AIRPORTS OF 2017
Istanbul New Airport (see p32) is set to become Europe’s largest in size, but among existing large European airports, these yielded the highest
growth rates in passenger numbers from 2016 to 2017.
1. Moscow Sheremetyevo (SVO) Passengers:
Growth: 17.8% ETHIOPIAN
AIRLINES TO FLY TO MANCHESTER
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES will launch a four times weekly service to Manchester starting on December 1. Flights will be operated by a two-class B787 Dreamliner aircraſt, departing Addis Ababa at 0045, arriving into Manchester at 0655, before returning at 1900, arriving back into the Ethiopian capital at 0600 the following day. Te carrier says that the new route, which will transit via Brussels, “will unlock connections to more than 58 countries across the African continent”.
ethiopianairlines.com
Growth: 30,443,846 2. Manchester (MAN)
Passengers: 27,901,040 8.6%
3. Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) Passengers:
Growth: 7.7% Growth: 7.6% 68,515,425
4. Moscow Domodedovo (DME) Passengers:
30,657,854 5. Barcelona (BCN)
Passengers: 47,262,826 Growth: 7.1%
Data gathered in a 2017 report from Airports Council International Europe, a non-profit organisation representing more than 500 airports in 45 European countries.
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