Brazillian aircraft manufacturer Embraer turned 50 yesterday and the company celebrated with a special event bringing together employees, authorities and commercial partners at company’s São José dos Campos headquarters in Brazil. From humble beginnings, the company has grown to become the third-largest aircraft manufacturer after Boeing and Airbus and has [read more]
Easyjet is to begin Airbus A321neo operations at Bristol Airport this winter and now we have the full picture of what routes Easyjet’s lastest fleet addition will be operating. Easyjet received its first A321neo, G-UZMA, in July 2018 and currently has six in service. The A321neo has many enhancements over [read more]
UK Charter Airline Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) has changed the route of its one-off charter to Cairns, Australia in 2020. The flight leaves the London Gatwick (LGW/EGKK) on 8th January 2020 and was originally due to operate via Goa, India (GOI/VOGO) but a change to the scheduling now means it will [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) is preparing its Airbus A350-1000XWB aircraft for its first long-haul service next month. G-XWBA, which recently joined the British Airways fleet, is due to fly its first long haul service to Dubai (DXB/OMDB) on the 2nd September 2019 and the airline is busy putting the aircraft through [read more]
Spanish carrier Vueling (VY/VLG) will no longer operate between Amsterdam and London Luton Airport (LTN/EGGW) from 15th August 2019 as sister airline Level (VK/FOO) adds a second daily service on the route. Both airlines are owned by International Airlines Group (IAG) and the change completes the transfer of Vueling routes [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has welcomed its first Airbus A350-100XWB into the fleet after its first aircraft arrived at Heathrow at the weekend. G-XWBA is the first of 18 A350’s for the airline, 4 of which will be delivered in 2019. The aircraft is the first to introduce British Airways new [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) pilots that are members of the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) have voted to back a series of strikes in a dispute over a pay deal. BALPA represents around 90% of British Airways pilots and the union says that 93% of them voted in favour of industrial [read more]
Operators of the Airbus A321neo have been issued with an airworthiness directive by the European Aviation and Space Agency (EASA) alerting it to a problem that could cause the nose to pitch up. According to EASA Airworthiness Directive 2019-0171, the behaviour of the Elevator Aileron Computer unit installed on A321neo [read more]
Easyjet (U2/EZY) has updated its schedule from Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) to include two services operated by their latest fleet addition, the Airbus A321neo. The first A321neo entered the Easyjet fleet in July 2018 and the low-cost operator (Bristol Airports largest airline) now has 6 of the type in service. From [read more]
An Easyjet Airbus A320 and a KLM Boeing 737-800 have collided during a pushback at Amsterdams Schiphol Airport (AMS/EHAM). The incident which happened yesterday saw the left wing of the A320 hit by the elevator of the 737. No injuries were reported but both aircraft suffered damage. A spokesperson for [read more]
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