The international aviation industry is keeping a close eye on the move by Singapore Airlines (SIA) to increase the maximum length of service of people working in their cabin crew jobs, which is likely to allow many air stewardesses to fly well into their 50s. [more]

German airline, Lufthansa, has expressed interest in purchasing Portuguese flag-carrying airline, Transportes Aéreos Portugueses (TAP), in a bid to develop its ties to the fast-growing Latin American aviation market. [more]

Budget airline Jet2 is creating 100 new aviation jobs at East Midlands Airport in a move that is likely to help people affected by the redundancies at bmibaby. [more]

More than 300 aviation jobs in the UK have been secured at bmi Regional, after the BMI subsidiary operation was sold to Aberdeen consortium, Sector Aviation Holdings (SAH). [more]

Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) is to welcome its 700th young apprentice on its aviation jobs training scheme this summer. [more]

Up to 500 airline jobs could be at risk as BMI Baby is set to close, it has been reported. [more]

Bruce Dickinson, lead singer of Iron Maiden, is set to open an aviation firm in South Wales. [more]

The launch of the 787 Dreamliner in the UK is set to create aviation jobs. [more]

Etihad Airways succeeded in drawing hundreds of aviation job seekers to a recruitment fair in Dublin this week. [more]

Planning permission has been granted for London Southend Airport to extend its recently opened ‘Fly Through’ passenger terminal, in a project that will create around 300 aviation jobs. [more]