The new Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) route from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC) to Islamabad, Pakistan has got underway today with the first departure earlier today. Islamabad is the capital of Pakistan and is a popular destination for the Pakistani diaspora living in the North of England as well for tourists to the [read more]
Orders for Boeing’s beleaguered 737 Max family have continued to disappear as Boeing saw 88 orders cancelled last month. Despite the type being cleared to return to service airlines including Virgin Australia and Air Lease cancelled aircraft. Boeing did disclose though that Virgin Australia offset 25 of those cancellations with [read more]
Troubled Scandinavian budget airline Norwegian Air Shuttle (DY/NAX) (Norwegian.com) has begun a supplementary reconstruction process under Norwegian law in an effort to prevent the company collapsing. The move comes shortly after the airline’s Irish subsidiary Norwegian Air International (D8/IBK) recently claimed protection from creditors under the Irish examinership rules. Norwegian [read more]
Tickets for Virgin Atlantic’s unique Boeing 747 pop-up dining experience will go on sale at 9am tomorrow morning. The event, which takes place on the 12th December at Heathrow Airport, will see guests enjoy a three-course dinner on the upper class deck a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400, known as the [read more]
Ryanair (FR/RYR) has given Boeing a boost with an order for 75 more Boeing 737 Max 8 200s as part of a deal with the planemaker over compensation for the delay of its original Max order. The deal will bring Ryanair’s 737 Max order up to around 210 units with [read more]
Tomorrow (3rd December) will see the last ever departure of a Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) Boeing 747-400 from Manchester Airport (MAN/EGCC). The moment will come when G-VXLG departs at around 9 am (local) to start its new life in Tel Aviv. The 22-year-old aircraft is the last 747 to leave the [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed it has found homes for its two remaining BA100 retro liveried Boeing 747s. The airline has been working hard to ensure the preservation of the three heritage jets since the retirement of the Boeing 747s was announced by British Airways earlier this year. It has [read more]
So you’ve done it. Well done. You’ve gone ahead, raised your £300k and somehow convinced an airline to sell you one of their retired 747s. Now what. Where do you put it? It’s not exactly small enough to fit in your backyard like that Harrier you bought on eBay or [read more]
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has clarified its requirements in clearing the Boeing 737 Max to return to European skies. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) cleared the type weeks ago but EASA carried out its own independent review of the aircraft type which was grounded in 2019 following two [read more]
British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed to UK Aviation News that no decision on the future of Boeing 747-400 G-BNLY has been made. The internet rumour mill has recently been awash with rumours initially saying the aircraft, which carries the iconic Landor livery, would be preserved. Most recently Speedbird TV ‘confirmed’ [read more]
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