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British Airways will phase out older aircraft such as the Boeing 747-400 over the next few years

British Airways Pilots announce September strike dates

23/08/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways Pilots have said they will begin a series of strikes on September 9th 2019. The British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) has given the airline formal notice that its members will strike on September 9th, 10th and 27th after an agreement could not be reached on a pay deal. [read more]

BEA Airbus A319 to fly at Jersey airshow

22/08/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways has announced that its baby retro jet, the BEA Airbus A319, will fly at the Jersey Airshow this September. The specially painted Airbus A319 G-EUPJ has been painted in the British European Airways (BEA) livery as part of the airlines 100 year anniversary, BA100. BEA was was one [read more]

Embraer – 50 Years of Brazillian Aircraft

20/08/2019 4 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Brazillian aircraft manufacturer Embraer turned 50 yesterday and the company celebrated with a special event bringing together employees, authorities and commercial partners at company’s São José dos Campos headquarters in Brazil. From humble beginnings, the company has grown to become the third-largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus and has [read more]

All Seoul and no Goa for Thomas Cook’s Cairns charter

19/08/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

UK Charter Airline Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) has changed the route of its one-off charter to Cairns, Australia in 2020. The flight leaves the London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) on 8th January 2020 and was originally due to operate via Goa, India (GOI/VOGO) but a change to the scheduling now means it will [read more]

Delta to return to Manchester, and they’re bringing a 757

17/08/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

Delta Airlines (DL/DAL) is set to return to Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) next year as it starts to share the Manchester to Boston Route (BOS/KBOS) with Virgin Atlantic. Delta is set to begin flying the route from 21st May 2020 and it has now been confirmed that the route will be [read more]

Iceland Calling – Land of Fire and Ice

17/08/2019 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Iceland is known as the land of fire and ice thanks to its location within the arctic circle and its geothermal activity making it one of the most contrasting places you can visit and that’s perhaps why its become so popular with Brits looking for an adventurous break. The Icelandic [read more]

Red Arrows to fly over New York with US Display Teams

17/08/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (RAFAT) ‘The Red Arrows’ are to fly alongside 3 other American display teams to fly over New York on Thursday 22nd August. The nine iconic red BAe Hawk T1’s will fly with the US Navy (USN) display team, the Blue Angels, FA/18 Hornets, The [read more]

Loganair teams up with Wideroe to open up Norway

16/08/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Loganair (LM/LOG) has entered into an agreement with Norwegian regional airline Widerøe to offer seamless connectivity across Norway for Loganair passengers. Passengers arriving into Bergen or Stavanger from Edinburgh (EDI/EGPH) will be able to interline onward to Alesund, Floro, Kristiansund, Tromso, Bodo and Molde with Kristiansand and Sandefjord-Torp. While passengers [read more]

British Airways preparing A350 for first long-haul service

15/08/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) is preparing its Airbus A350-1000XWB aircraft for its first long-haul service next month. G-XWBA, which recently joined the British Airways fleet, is due to fly its first long haul service to Dubai (DXB/OMDB) on the 2nd September 2019 and the airline is busy putting the aircraft through [read more]

Virgin Atlantic unveils new Flying Icon on its Airbus A350

14/08/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has unveiled its new “Flying Icon” nose art on its brand new Airbus A350-1000XWB G-VLUX ‘Red Velvet’. Virgin aircraft have always carried the companies famous Flying Lady which is based on the pin-up girls made famous in the 1930s and 1940s by Peruvian artist Alberto Vargas. The new [read more]