Saturday 22nd October saw the first Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787 Dreamliner arrive at British Airways Maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport (BAMC). The aircraft touched down early this afternoon after a flying in from Oslo (OSL/ENGM) for a “Base Check” at the facility which also maintains British Airways fleet of [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is to cut 66 jobs at its engineering facility at Cardiff Airport. The facility, known as British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) was opened in 1993 and employs over 700 skilled people. It carries out maintenance on British Airways fleet of Boeing 767, 747, 777 and 787 aircraft. [read more]
Monarch Airlines (ZB/MON) has had its ATOL certificate renewed for 1 year following a last minute rescue package from Owners Greybull. The low-cost airline and holiday company had until midnight tonight to secure the funds needed to sure up its finances before the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) pulled the plug [read more]
Monarch Airlines (MON/ZB) has denied rumours that it is about to cease operations using their social media accounts despite the fact that the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) have been chartering aircraft from Omni Air, Air Transat and United Airlines to cover routes served by Monarch as their operating licence [read more]
Regarded as the Father of the 747 Jumbo Jet, former Boeing engineer Joe Sutter has sadly passed away aged 95. Joe led the engineering team responsible for the Boeing 747, arguably the most important passenger aircraft ever made, along with the being involved in the design of the Boeing 707 [read more]
British Airways (BA) has unveiled the aircraft that will fly Team GB back from the 2016 Olympics in Rio, and its got a golden nose! The Boeing 747-400 G-CIVA, which is maintained at British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC), was unveiled by BA yesterday and bears the name “victoRIOus” following a [read more]
Britain could lose £530m as sales slump on the Airbus A380 super jumbo and production is cut. The money was given to Airbus in 2000 under a scheme known as “Repayable Launch Investment” or RLI which means the repayment comes in the form of a royalty payment each time one [read more]
The Welsh football team returned home to Wales yesterday to a heroes welcome at Cardiff Airport on-board a charted Boeing 737. The team was met by Wales First Minister Carwyn Jones and hundreds of fans who had packed the airport to greet the men in red before being driven to [read more]
In February this year the aviation communities eyes turned to Iron Maidens Ed Force One, The Boeing 747-400 (TF-AAK) that would be used to carry the band on their world tour. First stop for this jumbo jet was Cardiff International Airport (CWL/EGFF) where it would pick up the band and [read more]
British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC) has successfully completed the first “B” check of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The long haul maintenance facility at Cardiff Airport maintains British Airway’s (BA) long haul fleet including Boeing 747, Boeing 777, Boeing 767 and now Boeing 787 aircraft. The first 787 Dreamliner (G-ZBJA) arrived [read more]
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