Croatia Airlines (OU/CTN) has announced it has signed a deal for six brand new Airbus A220 airliners to enhance its regional and international network needs. They also plan to lease a further nine A220s taking the total A220 commitment to 15. The new aircraft will replace the ageing Airbus A319 [read more]
Rolls-Royce has successfully tested a jet engine powered by hydrogen making it a world-first for a modern jet engine. The Rolls-Royce AE2100 gas turbine engine usually powers military transport aircraft such as the C130 Hercules or Saab 2000 regional airliners but this test was carried out on the ground at [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has confirmed it is launching a new connection between Southampton Airport (SOU/EGHI) and Belfast International (BFS/EGAA) from the 9th of February next year. A 72-seat ATR72 turboprop will operate the new daily route which will provide a connection to the UK’s south coast including Hampshire, Dorset and [read more]
The Royal Air Force (RAF) has completed a flight on an RAF Voyager (A330 MRTT) aircraft fuelled with 100% sustainable aircraft fuel (SAF) from RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The flight, which happened on Wednesday, was a joint venture between the RAF and Airbus and paves the way for non-fossil [read more]
The UK’s leading regional airline Loganair (LM/LOG) has confirmed it is relaunching its Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) service 1 month and a half ahead of schedule. Originally planned to return on 26th March 2023 as part of the summer schedule, high demand has meant Loganair will [read more]
Two Russian men and one Ukrainian have been found guilty of murdering 298 people by downing Malayasian Flight MH17 with a surface-to-air missile over Ukraine in 2014. The Boeing 777-200 was carrying 283 passengers and 15 crew when it was blown out of the sky by a Russian Buk missile, [read more]
Eastern Airways (T3/EZE) has said it will launch two new routes to Cornwall Airport Newquay (NQY/EGHQ) in 2023 from the midlands and north of England. The first of the routes launch on the 10th of February 2023 as a daily service from East Midlands Airport (EMA/EGNX) to Newquay using an [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is launching flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Cincinnati (CVG/KCVG) from June 2023. The airline had been teasing for a few weeks about a new North American destination, but this can now be confirmed as a service to the city in Ohio state operating five times per [read more]
European airframer Airbus delivered 60 aircraft to 38 customers in October 2022 making the net year-to-date delivery figure 495 aircraft to 72 customers. Single-aisle deliveries included 26 A321neo, 21 A320neo, 4 A220-300 and one A220-100. Widebody deliveries consisted of 4 A350-900, 1 A350-1000, 2 A330-900neo and one A330-300. The airframe [read more]
For the first time since World War II Supermarine Spitfires will be mass-produced in the UK again, albeit in 1/24 scale, as Airfix launches a premium model of the MK.IXc. As one of the world’s oldest and most well-known manufacturers of model kits, Airfix will launch the premium model kit [read more]
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