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A330neo takes to the skies for its maiden flight

20/10/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Airbus A330neo has taken to the skies for its maiden flight from Toulouse, France. Departing from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport on Thursday 19th October, No. 1 A330neo was put through its paces during a four hour and 13-minute flight to evaluate the basic handling and operation of the aircraft. Airbus employees [read more]

Students get experience at British Airways Cardiff base

19/10/2017 4 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

A group of students got some valuable experience of working in engineering when they visited British Airways’ Cardiff maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport and Aviation Wales were invited along to see how they got on. British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) carries out repairs and maintenance on the British Airways long-haul [read more]

FAA issues airworthiness directive for A380 engines

17/10/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive for the immediate inspection of Airbus A380 engines. The airworthiness directive (AD) 2017-21-51 relates to the uncontained engine failure of an Air France Airbus A380 engine over Greenland. It affects Engine Alliance (EA) GP7270, GP7272 and GP7277 engines types. [read more]

British Airways to welcome 1000 students for Work Experience Month

13/10/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) has announced that it is to welcome 1000 students into the company for Work Experience Month 2017. The airline says that students will get to experience the airline’s world-class facilities and speak to colleagues at its engineering bases at Heathrow, Cardiff and Glasgow, along with its Global [read more]

Aerfin’s new acquisitions bring major revenue boost

11/10/2017 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Caerphilly-based aircraft end-of-life management company AerFin has seen its turnover boosted thanks to acquisitions made over the last 2 years. AerFin specialises in aircraft end of life services, offering leasing, technical consulting, trading and supply of equipment from entire aircraft through to piece part components. In the last 12 months, [read more]

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Airbus flies Laminar-flow BLADE testbed

06/10/2017 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Airbus’ A340 laminar-flow BLADE test demonstrator aircraft has made its successful maiden flight for Clean Sky project on the 26th September. The aircraft, dubbed “Flight Lab”, took off from Tarbes in southern France at local time 11:00, and after a series of tests, it landed at Airbus’ facilities in [read more]

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Monarch Aircraft Engineering separates from collapsed holiday group

02/10/2017 3 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

When the Monarch Travel Group collapsed in the early hours of this morning and while the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) put its rescue plan into effect another plan was being put into motion, to separate the profitable engineering arm based at Birmingham Airport. Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL), which has been [read more]

Morson Projects recruits former Marshall Aviation staff at Broughton

21/09/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Engineering company Morson Projects has today announced it has recruited 14 experienced aviation engineers who previously worked for Marshall Aviation Services. Marshall Aviation Services closed their operation at Broughton in Flintshire earlier this year caused the loss of around 140 jobs at the North Wales site. The announcement by Morson Projects [read more]

Bruce Dickinson dreams of Djibouti as St Athan struggles

15/09/2017 4 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Cardiff Aviation Chairman Bruce Dickinson has told an African logistics magazine that Air Djibouti will operate freight in the “near future” as he aims to deflect attention from his struggling St Athan business. Air Djibouti began 737 operations with the help of Cardiff Aviation but those aircraft have since been [read more]

Airbus Blade laminar wing section (Airbus)

Airbus readies A340 Blade for first laminar flow tests

05/09/2017 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Airbus is preparing the A340 Blade aircraft for its first flights to test a breakthrough new wing with a laminar profile to help reduce fuel usage and increase efficiency. The Blade (Breakthrough Laminar Aircraft Demonstrator in Europe) is no stranger to testing as it is the 25-year-old A340-300 prototype MSN0001, registered as F-WWAI. [read more]