News from the world of Civil aviation and air travel. Including UK airlines and airports.
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]
Boeing was set to unveil its latest airliner, the Boeing 777X to a hail of fanfare and publicity yesterdat but the recent events regarding the Boeing 737 Max led to the company scaling back the event. They did, however, continue with the reveal of the aircraft, and what an amazing [read more]
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally joined the rest of the world and grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 following last weeks crash which killed 157 people. The FAA said that it was clear that the track of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 “was very close and behaved very [read more]
Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) has today put its new ‘Sleeper Seat’ on sale on its long haul flights giving passengers the chance to sleep their way across the atlantic. The innovative solution is a mattress that fits across a row of three seats at the rear of the aircraft which provides [read more]
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has issued a notice grounding all UK Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft and barring any from entering UK airspace. The move means the UK is the latest aviation authority to ground the type following two fatal crashes of the type in 6 months. The [read more]
A growing list of Airlines and Aviation Authorities are grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8 in the wake of yesterdays fatal crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 which killed 157 people including nine Britons. China was the first to act with the Chinese aviation authority grounding the type. This was [read more]
An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft (ET-AVJ) has crashed shortly after take off from Addis Ababa airport (ADD/HAAB) killing all onboard. The aircraft, which was delivered to the airline in November 2018, was operating flight ET302 to Nairobi and data from Flight Tracking site, FlightRadar24 showed the aircraft [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has unveiled its 3rd retro jet to celebrate its 100th anniversary and this one is perhaps the people’s favourite British Airways livery, the famous Landor. Following hot on the heels of a BOAC Boeing 747-400 (G-BYGC) and a BEA Airbus A319 (G-EUPJ) comes another Boeing 747-400, G-BNLY. [read more]
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