Qatar Airways A350-900 arrives into Cardiff Airport
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Qatar Airways: biggest presence ever at Farnborough

Doha based Qatar Airways has said it will be having its biggest presence ever at the Farnborough International Airshow 2018 later this month. The airline will be showcasing its Q-Suite cabin on by exhibiting one of the airlines A350-1000 aircraft and a Boeing 777. The Qatari flag carrier will also treat visitors [read more]

BelugaXL roll out (Image: JV Reymonden/Airbus)
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First BelugaXL shows off its true colours

The first BelugaXL, Airbus’ latest oversized transport aircraft, has come out of the paint shop today in full livery. Wearing a “smile” livery that was chosen by employees the Airbus A330OST Beluga XL will now undergo ground testing ahead of its first flight in a few weeks. The livery was chosen [read more]

A330-900-TAP (Image: G.Housse/Airbus)
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A330neo begins route proving world tour

Airbus’ latest widebody aircraft the A330neo has begun a world tour designed to prove the aircraft’s viability on typical routes it will fly. The A330-900neo F-WWKM, which is in the colours of launch customer TAP Air Portugal, will visit 15 cities across the globe flying over 150 hours as it [read more]

Air Transat A330 (Image: MAEL/Air Transat)
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Air Transat signs new MRO deal with Monarch Engineering

Canadian airline Air Transat has signed a deal with Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) for maintenance on its Airbus fleet. The contract will see Monarch Aircraft Engineering carrying out full line maintenance on Air Transats A310 and A330 aircraft at Glasgow Airport. Monarch Aircraft Engineering, which has its main engineering base at Birmingham [read more]

Farnborough Airshow (image: TransportMedia UK)
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Countdown to Farnborough Air Show 2018

With just 4 weeks to go until the bi-annual Farnborough Airshow, we take a look at the top exhibitors and events for both trade and public. The Farnborough Airshow alternates with Paris as Europes premier aviation trade event. Its held on even years (the next one will be 2020) and [read more]

Easyjet A320neo (Image: UK Aviation Media)
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Easyjet eyes an expanded Heathrow as opportunity

British low-cost airliner Easyjet (U2/EZY) has said it sees an opportunity for low-cost flights from Heathrow if the expansion goes ahead. Easyjet says that if the expansion goes ahead then passengers could see fares reduce by up to 30% as low-cost carriers compete against Heathrow’s legacy carriers. The Government has approved [read more]

Thomas Cook G-OMYT (Image: The Aviation Media Co.)
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Thomas Cook expands A330 operations at Manchester

Thomas Cook (MT/TCX) has increased its wide-body operation at Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) with additional A330 services over the summer. The UK holiday airline, which recently launched a direct service from Manchester to Seattle (SEA/KSEA) will use its wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft on 8 additional services across Europe and Turkey. Thomas [read more]

Cosford Air Show (Image: Pete Harrison)
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2018 Cosford Airshow review

Sunday 10th June 2018 marked the day of the only official RAF Airshow this year and the first big airshow of 2018. Held at RAF Cosford near Wolverhampton in the Midlands. RAF Cosford is home to the Defense College of Aeronautical Engineering and a large branch of the RAF Museum. [read more]