Airline news

A statement released by Boeing shows that the airframer was aware of a software issue with MCAS on the Boeing 737 Max in 2017 but chose not to act. Manoeuvring Characteristics Augmentation System (MCAS) has been implicated in two fatal Boeing 737 Max 8 crashes a Lion Air Crash in [read more]

British Airways is now using biometric boarding on flights from the US to the UK with over 250,000 people already having used the system following a successful introduction of the technology on UK domestic flights. Biometric data allows passengers to confirm their identity with their face, in similar way to [read more]

Boeing CEO, Dennis A. Muilenburg‏, has released a video statement saying he was “sorry for the deaths” following two fatal Boeing 737 Max accidents that have been linked to Boeing’s MCAS system. The statement came after the preliminary report into the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET302 in March which [read more]

Flybe is to close its ejet bases at Cardiff (CWL/EGFF), Doncaster (DSA/EGCN) Airports and end ejet flights from Exeter (EXT/EGTE) and Norwich Airports (NWI/EGSH) at the end of Summer 2019. In documents seen by us, the airline has told its pilots that the decision follows a “critical review of the [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]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that its Airbus A350 will be the first aircraft to be fitted with the new Business Class “Club Suite”. The A350 joins the British Airways fleet in July and will initially fly some short haul routes including London to Madrid giving the crews the chance [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]