Airline news

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Vueling (VY/VLG) is the worst-performing airline from UK airports in terms of delays according to a study of Civil Aviation Authority data. According to CAA data, Vueling flights suffered an average delay of 31 minutes per flight with UK airline Thomas Cook coming second with an average delay of 24 [read more]