For the duration of the winter timetable (until the end of March 2021) Lufthansa will be deploying four of the currently parked Airbus A350-900s to its hub in Frankfurt. The A350-900 will be serving Chicago and Los Angeles from Frankfurt over the next few months, by temporarily replacing the Boeing 747-8 on this route. From…
Scandinavian carrier SAS has taken delivery of its first of three A321neoLR on 15th October 2021, owned by Air Lease and leased to the Nordic flag-carrier, becoming the newest operator of the long-haul single aisle aircraft. The aircraft is powered by CFM’s Leap-1A engines. SAS’s A321 will be utilised between the Nordic countries on the…
In May 2020 Ostend-headquartered NHV Group secured a new long-term contract to provide passenger transport services to Spirit Energy’s East Irish Sea operation. Due to start in December 2020 the first NHV AgustaWestland (now Leonardo Helicopters) AW169 helicopter has been seen operating crew familiarisation flights at both Aberdeen and Humberside, where NHV have bases. The…
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace and his Qatari counterpart His Excellency Dr Khalid bin Mohamed Al Attiyah, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Affairs have committed to strengthening the relationship between the two countries. During a visit to RAF Coningsby on Tuesday 13th. During a tour of RAF Coningsby, the two men signed a…
NHIndustries have today delivered the first NH90 to the Spanish Air Force, the first of twelve aircraft for search-and-rescue (SAR) and combat search-and-rescue (CSAR) missions. Spain has ordered 45 NH90s broken down in to Ground SPain Army (GSPA) and Maritime SPain TTH (MSPT) aircraft variants. The aircraft is locally named the HT-29 Caimán and operated…
Work to resurface the runways at RAF Lossiemouth has reached a major milestone with the return of aircraft to the Moray station. Having started back in May 2020, VolkerFitzpatrick have worked to resurface both runways and rebuild the northern taxiway structure to support based P-8 Poseidon MRA1 operations from the station, as well as allowing…
Czech airline Smartwings and the Budapest-located Aeropark Repülőmúzeum are joining together for a European first – a flight from Budapest to Budapest at low altitudes, to allow passengers to view the Hungary’s scenery; including the Danube Bed, Balaton and the City of Budapest itself. In addition to the pleasure flight, the experience package includes free…
Frankly we’ve lost track of how many times Alitalia has been bought, sold, nationalised, privatised, renamed and renamed again however we’re at that stage where the airline we all know as Alitalia has again got a new name. Since January 2015 Alitalia has legally been called Alitalia – Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A, following a large…
Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) and World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE) announce they will bring the industry together in Hamburg in September 2021. Reed Exhibitions, the organiser of the leading events for the global cabin interiors and inflight services industry, has today announced new dates for 2021. Both AIX and WTCE will return…
Former British Airways (BA) Boeing 747-436 G-CIVB (c/n 25811 built 1994) is reported to be entering preservation at Kemble-Cotswold Airport when it arrives there tomorrow 8 October 2020. In a tweet by @Speedbird_TV, who appear to have no formal connection with the airline but have accurately predicted a number of British Airways related news recently,…
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