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,…
510FS deploy to RAF Lakenheath On 28th August 2020, sixteen F-16s belonging to the 31st Fighter Wing based at Aviano Air Base in Italy, deployed to RAF Lakenheath, England to take part in an FTD (Flying Training Deployment) with the F-15s of the based 48th Fighter Wing and other NATO members. Airmen of the USAFE…
“New viewing location opens at Londons Heathrow Airport” That’s not something we hear much these days, especially at an international hub such as Heathrow. The Novotel on the Bath Road (A4) at London Heathrow has opened a viewing area for plane spotting and photography. Open to the public and located on its fourth floor and…
After 178 years of continuous operation, the Thomas Cook group collapsed on 23 September 2019. A long and winding history As with most UK airlines Thomas Cook has a history that could be explained in several tomes. To keep things simple we’ll skip over the histories of Caledonian Airways and Flying Colours Airlines – merged…
The First Air Festival held in Menorca After four successful Red Arrows displays on the island of Menorca, in 2011, 2012, 2014 and 2018, a committee was set up and it was decided that 2019 would see the very first air show take place on the Island. This coincided with the 50th Anniversary of Mahon…
XX154 arrival at Boscombe Down Aviation Collection Wednesday 21st August 2019 saw the latest addition to arrive at The Boscombe Down Aviation Collection, located at Old Sarum Airfield, the first Hawker-Siddeley (BAe) Hawk to leave the production line at their Kingston-upon-Thames factory. Hawker-Siddeley HS.1182 XX154 was the prototype Hawk but was soon classified as a…
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