Victoria Moores joined Air Transport World as our London-based European Editor/Bureau Chief on 18 June 2012. Victoria has nearly 20 years’ aviation industry experience, spanning airline ground operations, analytical, journalism and communications roles.
Victoria began her aviation career in 1997, working in airline ground operations in the UK and Belgium for British Midland International. She returned to the UK in late 2001 and took on the role of operations analyst for Bombardier Flexjet Europe, gaining experience in the business aviation sector.
In 2003, she joined Reed Business Information as an aviation journalist for its Flightglobal titles. After six years writing for newswire Air Transport Intelligence, Victoria became Features Editor of Airline Business magazine in spring 2009.
Most recently Victoria was General Manager Communications for the Association of European Airlines (AEA), an industry body which represents the interests of 34 major European network carriers. In this role, she was responsible for directing the association’s media relations strategy.
Victoria holds an Air Transport MSc from Cranfield University and a business degree from The University of Derby.
Virgin Atlantic is seeking to lease two sets of Heathrow slots freed up by the demise of its U.K. short-haul arm, Little Red, until it has the aircraft it needs to operate them itself.
Virgin Atlantic may be forced to give up nine of the 12 London Heathrow slots it is using for its U.K. short-haul arm, Little Red, when the operation closes next year. Little Red launched services in March 2014, using remedy slots from British Airways’ (BA) acquisition of bmi, an airline Virgin itself had been courting for years for its short-haul feed potential. Little Red’s flights are operated by Irish carrier Aer Lingus, on behalf of Virgin Atlantic, which does not have its own short-haul fleet.
Dutch air accident investigators started moving the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 to the Netherlands, where a section of the Boeing 777-200ER will be reconstructed. The Dutch Safety Board began recovery of the mangled aircraft on Sunday. The process is subject to “safety conditions and other factors,” but could finish in about five days. According to the latest update, the recovery is going according to plan and will resume on Tuesday.
