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 the Boeing E-3 Sentry Aircraft, known as AWACS, in the Airborne Early Warning & Control for UK airspace and operations [read more]
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 complete the line up of four heritage jets celebrating British Airways 100th Anniversary. NEGUS joins BOAC, Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC; BEA, [read more]
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 Paulo International Airport (GRU/SBGR) will take 11hrs 55 minutes and will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Brazil sees [read more]
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 of Six Boeing B-52H Stratofortress aircraft to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire began last week and is expected to last for [read more]
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 in aviation, Boeing 747-400 G-CIVB flew off to Dublin last saturday to be repainted into the famous livery which like [read more]
Boeing was set to unveil its latest airliner, the Boeing 777X to a hail of fanfare and publicity yesterdat but the recent events regarding the Boeing 737 Max led to the company scaling back the event. They did, however, continue with the reveal of the aircraft, and what an amazing [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally joined the rest of the world and grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 following last weeks crash which killed 157 people. The FAA said that it was clear that the track of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 “was very close and behaved very [read more]
Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) has today put its new ‘Sleeper Seat’ on sale on its long haul flights giving passengers the chance to sleep their way across the atlantic. The innovative solution is a mattress that fits across a row of three seats at the rear of the aircraft which provides [read more]
Pressure is growing on the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to follow the rest of the world and ground the Boeing 737 Max 8 fleet following sundays second fatal accident of the type in 6 months. US Senators and Flight Crew Unions are among those who have called on the [read more]
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a notice grounding all UK Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft and barring any from entering UK airspace. The move means the UK is the latest aviation authority to ground the type following two fatal crashes of the type in 6 months. The [read more]
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