March 2019 | UK Aviation News

2019 April Fools: Love is in the air with new on-board dating app

Published 31/03/2019 Written by: UK Aviation News < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute A new dating app has been launched specifically with a view to finding love in the air, quite literally! Launched today, Flying Hearts is designed to allow you to connect …

Ethiopian 737 Max 8 crash: MCAS was activated

Published 29/03/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Air crash investigators probing the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 have concluded that Boeing’s MCAS system was active in the moments before it crashed killing 157 people according to …

WOW Air Airbus A320 TF-BRO (Image: Nick Harding / Aviation Wales)

WOW Air ceases operations leaving thousands stranded

Published 28/03/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Icelandic budget carrier WOW Air (WW/WOW) has ceased operations this morning after failing to secure a cash injection. The airline has been heavily in debt and was desperately seeking a …

Ryanair mocks BA but forgets its own history!

Published 26/03/2019 Written by: Lisa Parkes < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute It emerged yesterday that a WDL Aviation aircraft, operating for British Airways subsidiary BA Cityflyer, landed in Edinburgh instead of flying to Dusseldorf thanks to the incorrect flight plan being …

UK signs deal for 5 E-7 Wedgetail Early Warning aircraft

Published 23/03/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced it has signed a deal to purchase five Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft (AEW&C). The E-7 Wedgetail will replace …

British Airways Boeing 747-400 NEGUS (Image: Stuart Bailey/British Airways)

British Airways NEGUS livery arrives at Heathrow

Published 21/03/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes British Airways (BA/BAW) final heritage livery, NEGUS, has touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) today. Fresh from the paint shop in Dublin, Boeing 747-400 G-CIVB arrived at Heathrow to …

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Brazil set to become latest Virgin territory

Published 21/03/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is set to launch flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil next year as it expands its network into South America. The flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Sao …

A Boeing B-52H lands at RAF Fairford (Image: The Aviation Media Agency.)

US Bombers back in UK in show of force to Russia

Published 20/03/2019 Written by: Nick Harding 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes US Air Force heavy bombers are back in the UK for a training operation that is designed to reassure NATO members in the wake of growing Russian aggression. The deployment …

British Airways A350 will be first to have new Club Suite

Published 19/03/2019 Written by: Lisa Parkes 2 minute read

Read Time: 2 minutes British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that its Airbus A350 will be the first aircraft to be fitted with the new Business Class “Club Suite”. The A350 joins the British Airways …

British Airways confirms NEGUS to complete BA100 line up

Published 15/03/2019 Written by: Nick Harding < 1 minute read

Read Time: minute British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that the final BA100 retro livery will be NEGUS, used by the airline from 1974 to 1980. In what was probably the worst kept secret …