Based in Paris, Helen Massy-Beresford covers European and Middle Eastern airlines, the European Commission’s air transport policy and the air cargo industry for Aviation Week & Space Technology and Aviation Daily.
Helen combines a deep knowledge of the aviation industry with years of experience in journalism. She was a business reporter at Flight International in London before moving to Paris to work for Reuters as European Automotive Correspondent. She has written for a variety of publications including the Guardian, the Observer, the Telegraph, Airline Business and Aircraft Cabin Management.
British LCC easyJet opened its 30th base, at France’s Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport in the south west of the country, underlining the importance of France, its largest market in Europe, and celebrating the milestone with a special grape-liveried aircraft in a nod to the region’s famous wines.
Ryanair said some flights were cancelled and others disrupted on March 29 after members of the SNPVAC cabin crew union went on the first of three planned one-day strikes over working conditions, a move the Irish LCC called “unnecessary and unjustified.”
