Airline news

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has officially taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000XWB at the Airbus factory in Toulouse, France. The aircraft, G-VLUX “Red Velvet”, is the first of 12 Airbus A350XWB aircraft for the long-haul airline. Virgin’s Airbus A350-1000XWB is expected to begin a crew training programme with the airline [read more]

Low-cost carrier Norwegian.com reported increased load factors for July as it carried over 3.7 million passengers to destinations across the globe. The airliner, which operates short-haul and long-haul flights from UK airports including London-Gatwick, Edinburgh and Manchester, had an overall load factor of 93.5% in July, up from 93% in [read more]

Planned strikes by ground staff at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) have been suspended to allow workers to vote on a new pay deal. Talks continued between the Unite Union and Heathrow Airport throughout Monday with a new deal being offered to workers. Staff will now vote on whether to accept the [read more]

Talks are resuming between the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) and British Airways (BA/BAW) in a bid to avert strikes later this month. British Airways had sought a court injunction to block potential strikes but courts rejected their case and declined an appeal confirming the legality of BALPA’s ballot, where [read more]

Ryanair Holdings, the parent group of Ryanair (FR/RYR), is to cut Chief Executive Officer Micheal O’Leary’s salary in half according to the airline’s annual report. The outspoken CEO was paid a basic salary of just over €1m in 2018 as well as a bonus of nearly €800,000. The airline is [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has welcomed its first Airbus A350-100XWB into the fleet after its first aircraft arrived at Heathrow at the weekend. G-XWBA is the first of 18 A350’s for the airline, 4 of which will be delivered in 2019. The aircraft is the first to introduce British Airways new [read more]

The first Airbus A350-1000XWB for British Airways (BA/BAW) will arrive at London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) this Friday ahead of its entry into service with the airline. G-XWBA is the first of 18 A350-1000XWB aircraft the airline has on order and the airline will formally accept the aircraft in Toulouse before the [read more]

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]