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G-EUNA waits to line up at London City Airport for another departure to New York (Image: TransportMedia UK)

BA Baby Bus retires to the Netherlands

18/02/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) last remaining ‘baby bus’, Airbus A318 G-EUNA has been officially retired to its final resting place at Twente Airport in the Netherlands. November Alpha used to ply her trade across the Altantic between London City and New York together with sister ship November Bravo using the infamous [read more]

Beluga XL arrives in the UK (Image: Airbus)

Beluga XL marks 2 year anniversary at Broughton

14/02/2021 2 minute read
Written by: UK Aviation News

The Airbus Super-Sized Transport aircraft, the Beluga XL marks the 2nd anniversary of its first-ever arrival into the Airbus Wing facility at Broughton, North Wales today. There was certainly love in the air for new type on valentines day two years ago as crowds gathered to watch its arrival as [read more]

Caerdav has signed an exclusive agreement with aviation manpower and engineering specialists, JMC Group

Caerdav partners with JMC for on-demand contractors

14/02/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

St Athan based MRO provider Caerdav (formerly Cardiff Aviation) has signed an exclusive agreement with Aviation manpower specialist JMC Group to provide it with engineers as required to deal with increases in demand and its move into the cargo conversion market. JMC’s role will primarily be to supply skilled engineers [read more]

Bombardier to cease production of Learjet

11/02/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Learjet, once the go to private jet for the rich and famous, will no longer be produced from the end of 2021 after Bombardier announced it was pulling the plug on the bizjet with the loss of 1,600 jobs. Learjet saw strong sales throughout its history with clients including [read more]

Atlantic Aviation Group takes over former Flybe facility at Brize Norton

09/02/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Irish aviation specialists Atlantic Aviation Group has acquired the former Flybe Aviation Maintenance Services facility at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. The site will be used for AAGs contract for Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO) services to the Royal Air Forces fleet of Airbus A400M aircraft which are based at Brize [read more]

Rolls-Royce to close Jet Engine factories this summer

07/02/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Aero engine manafacturer Rolls-Royce has said that it will be closing its jet engine factories at Derby, Solihuill, Tyne & Wear and Glasgow in order to preserve cash this summer. The temporary closure will last two to three weeks and will help the manafactureer save cash during as it deals [read more]

Boeing commits to ‘ready to fly’ sustainable aircraft by 2030

23/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

US airframer Boeing has committed to producing aircraft by 2030 that are ready to fly on 100% sustainable fuel to address aviation role in the challenge of climate change. Boeing is pioneering making sustainable jet fuels and has already conducted test flights using 100% sustainable fuels. According to studies, using [read more]

Boeing 737 Max 7 (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

Boeing sees massive net order loss for 2020

19/01/2021 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Boeing has ended 2020 with a torrid looking order book that saw it have net orders for -1,026 aircraft, no, the minus is not a typo! The Seattle based airframer was impacted largely loss of orders for the Boeing 737 Max which over the year saw a net loss of [read more]

An Airbus A350-1000XWB touches down at Farnborough (Image: Max Thrust Digital)

Airbus e-delivery system boosts 2020 deliveries

13/01/2021 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Due to the global pandemic Airbus found it had a problem with delivering aircraft dipping to just 14 deliveries in April 2020 so in a bid to keep deliveries flowing, Airbus developed an e-delivery system to help speed up aircraft deliveries. The system, which allows customers to receive their aircraft [read more]

PIA reaches agreement with Irish Lessor ABRIC to return one ATR early

17/12/2020 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Dublin based Aircraft Leasing specialist ABRIC has reached a conditional agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) which allows the airline to return one of its leased ATR aircraft. The agreement will see PIA return an ATR72-500 to ABRIC with the contract being terminated provided PIA meets certain undisclosed conditions. The [read more]