British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that is retiring the Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet with immediate effect. The airline was the world’s largest operator of the type and has operated the Boeing 747-100, -200 and -400 variants. In a communication to staff British Airways said: “With much regret, we are proposing, [read more]
European airframer Airbus showed a small increase in deliveries for June 2020 compared to the previous month according to its half-year (H1) commercial aircraft orders & deliveries report. June saw 36 new aircraft being delivered compared to 24 in May and overall in the first half of 2020, Airbus delivered [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]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has signalled the possible end of its Boeing 747-400 operations as it cancels all further training and recency on the type. The airline is the worlds largest operator of the Boeing 747-400 but with the fleet being modernised with incoming aircraft such as the Airbus A350, Boeing [read more]
Spanish flag carrier Iberia (IB/IBE) has confirmed the retirement of its remaining Airbus A340 fleet. The news that that the airline would bring forward the retirement its final 14 Airbus A340-600 aircraft was given to staff in an internal memo and later confirmed by the airline. Iberia is the only [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has said it will resume passenger flights from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to five destinations across the globe from 20th July following the grounding imposed by the Coronavirus Pandemic. The airline will start back with flights to Orlando (MCO/KMCO) and Hong Kong (HKG/VHHH) on the Saturday before being [read more]
Aerospace engineering giant Rolls-Royce has confirmed that it is cutting 3,000 jobs across 11 UK sites as it deals with a slowdown in the aviation industry due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. The majority of the losses will come at the companies UK headquarters in Derby where Jet engines are designed [read more]
In what appears to be a growing list of ‘aircraft we’re unlikely to see in the sky after Coronavirus’ the A380 is seemingly cementing its place as Air France (AF/AFR) becomes the latest airline to retire its fleet of Super Jumbos. In a statement to investors, Air France-KLM said: “In [read more]
Delta Airlines (DL/DAL) has said that it plans to retire all of its Boeing 777 aircraft by the end of 2020. The Atlanta Hartsfield based airline currently has 18 Boeing 777-200 aircraft in its fleet. 10 of which are the Long-Range (200LR) variant. Delta says that decision is a strategic [read more]
Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) has released details of its planned flying programme for Summer 2021 with a total of 31 routes planned. The majority of the flights (24) will operate from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) while the rest will operate from Belfast (BFS/EGAA), Glasgow (GLA/EGPF) and Manchester (MAN/EGCC). As previously announced, Virgin [read more]
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