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The United Kingdom’s VIP transport RAF Voyager was unveiled today in its new livery that is designed to promote the UK in the same as as other countries VIP jets do. The Airbus A330 based Voyager ZZ336 carried out the short flight from Cambridge, where it was painted to its [read more]

The United Kingdom liveried RAF Voyager has finally broken cover at Cambridge Airport as it left the hangar with its freshly painted United Kingdom livery. The aircraft, ZZ336, serves as a VIP transport aircraft and ferries dignitaries and senior government officials to official overseas engagements. The new livery takes it [read more]

A Royal Air Force (RAF) Airbus A400M had had its flight deck ‘punctured’ by a bird strike whilst on operations Getafe Air Base in Spain. Images shared on the internet show blood & feathers both outside and inside the flightdeck area and a a large hole in the fuselage. Royal [read more]

Pakistan International Airlines (PK/PIA) is grounding around 150 pilots who hold ‘dubious’ licences. The move comes after Pakistan’s Aviation Minister, Ghulam Sarwar Khan, revealed that almost a third of all pilots in the country have fake licences and are not qualified to fly. An initial enquiry into the crash of [read more]

Singapore Airlines (SQ/SIA) has clarified its planned flight schedule for July 2020 but it only includes one UK airport. Pre-pandemic Singapore Airlines operated daily to London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) and Manchester (MAN/EGCC), the latter also continuing on to Houston in the U.S. The post-pandemic schedule though looks very different with just [read more]

Norwegian airline Wideroe (WF/WIF) are to start a twice-weekly flight from Bergen (BGO/ENBR) to London Southend (SEN/EGMC) from August. The new service will begin on 31st August 2020 and the airline will be using an Embraer E190-E2. London Southend Airport will be the third UK destination for Wideroe from Bergen. [read more]

A helicopter with two people onboard has crash-landed in a field and burst into flames after the pilot attempted to make an emergency landing. The aircraft came down near the Masons Arms Pub, Long Marston, Warwickshire just after midday. Local reports say both the pilot and passenger were able to [read more]

Candian firm Magellan Aerospace, which provides complex assemblies and systems solutions to aircraft and engine manufacturers including Airbus, is to lat off staff at its site in North Wales. According to the Unite Union, the company is looking to shrink its workforce by 240 which is around half of the [read more]