British Airways (BA/BAW) has failed in its bid to get an injunction from the high court blocking its pilots from striking. Pilots that are members of the BALPA union have voted to strike over a pay deal after talks broke down between BALPA and British Airways. Pilots had been offered [read more]
Visitors to one of the UK’s leading aerospace museums are in for a treat this summer as Aerospace Bristol reveals its summer programme. The museum celebrates the history of aviation in Bristol and is home to the last Concorde to ever fly. G-BOAF, known as Alpha Foxtrot, forms the centrepiece [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) pilots that are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have voted to back a series of strikes in a dispute over a pay deal. BALPA represents around 90% of British Airways pilots and the union says that 93% of them voted in favour of industrial [read more]
The Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has confirmed it is sending a team to the scene of a light aircraft crash in Kent. The aircraft came down in a field in the village of Postling near Hythe around 2 pm this afternoon. Fire and Ambulance crews attended the scene which [read more]
Operators of the Airbus A321neo have been issued with an airworthiness directive by the European Aviation and Space Agency (EASA) alerting it to a problem that could cause the nose to pitch up. According to EASA Airworthiness Directive 2019-0171, the behaviour of the Elevator Aileron Computer unit installed on A321neo [read more]
Visitors to the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford today were treated to a one-off flypast by the Red Arrows and the British Airways “BOAC” Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet. The flypast saw a special British Airways flight, BA100, leading the nine red jets across the skies over the Gloucestershire [read more]
Jet2 (LS/EXS) has billed a disruptive passenger £85,000 for causing the flight to Dalaman she was on to divert to London Stansted last month. Chloe Haines (25) from Maidenhead, Berkshire caused the flight to be intercepted by RAF Typhoon jets after she attempted to open the door of the aircraft [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has warned that the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max will cause it to cut around 30,000 routes next year as well as culling some bases and closing others. The Boeing 737 Max has been grounded following two fatal crashes of the type linked to its new systems [read more]
Easyjet (U2/EZY) has updated its schedule from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) to include two services operated by their latest fleet addition, the Airbus A321neo. The first A321neo entered the Easyjet fleet in July 2018 and the low-cost operator (Bristol Airports largest airline) now has 6 of the type in service. From [read more]
The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon for the Royal Air Force has taken its first flight from Renton, Washington. The maritime poatrol aircraft, designated ZP801, took off and underwent a 90-minute test flight from the Boeing factory at Renton during which the aircraft underwent key testing. The aircraft has now moved [read more]
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