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WOW Air Airbus A320 TF-BRO (Image: Nick Harding / Aviation Wales)

WOW Air ceases operations leaving thousands stranded

28/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Icelandic budget carrier WOW Air (WW/WOW) has ceased operations this morning after failing to secure a cash injection. The airline has been heavily in debt and was desperately seeking a cash injection but talks with possible saviours Icelandair and Indigo Partners broke down recently leaving the airline unable to continue. [read more]

Ryanair mocks BA but forgets its own history!

26/03/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

It emerged yesterday that a WDL Aviation aircraft, operating for British Airways subsidiary BA Cityflyer, landed in Edinburgh instead of flying to Dusseldorf thanks to the incorrect flight plan being sent from WDL Aviation’s operations team. Irish budget airline Ryanair’s twitter team were quick to jump on the embarrassing mistake [read more]

A Boeing E7 Wedgetail in use with the RAAF (Image: UK Aviation Media)

UK signs deal for 5 E-7 Wedgetail Early Warning aircraft

23/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced it has signed a deal to purchase five Boeing E-7 Wedgetail Airborne Early Warning & Control Aircraft (AEW&C). The E-7 Wedgetail will replace the Boeing E-3 Sentry Aircraft, known as AWACS, in the Airborne Early Warning & Control for UK airspace and operations [read more]

British Airways Boeing 747-400 NEGUS (Image: Stuart Bailey/British Airways)

British Airways NEGUS livery arrives at Heathrow

21/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) final heritage livery, NEGUS, has touched down at London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR/EGLL) today. Fresh from the paint shop in Dublin, Boeing 747-400 G-CIVB arrived at Heathrow to complete the line up of four heritage jets celebrating British Airways 100th Anniversary. NEGUS joins BOAC, Boeing 747-400 G-BYGC; BEA, [read more]

Virgin Atlantic (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Brazil set to become latest Virgin territory

21/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Virgin Atlantic (VS/VIR) is set to launch flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil next year as it expands its network into South America. The flight from London Heathrow (LHR/EGLL) to Sao Paulo International Airport (GRU/SBGR) will take 11hrs 55 minutes and will be operated by a Boeing 787 Dreamliner. Brazil sees [read more]

A Boeing B-52H lands at RAF Fairford (Image: UK Aviation Media)

US Bombers back in UK in show of force to Russia

20/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

US Air Force heavy bombers are back in the UK for a training operation that is designed to reassure NATO members in the wake of growing Russian aggression. The deployment of Six Boeing B-52H Stratofortress aircraft to RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire began last week and is expected to last for [read more]

British Airways A350 will be first to have new Club Suite

19/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Lisa Parkes

British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that its Airbus A350 will be the first aircraft to be fitted with the new Business Class “Club Suite”. The A350 joins the British Airways fleet in July and will initially fly some short haul routes including London to Madrid giving the crews the chance [read more]

British Airways confirms NEGUS to complete BA100 line up

15/03/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

British Airways (BA/BAW) has confirmed that the final BA100 retro livery will be NEGUS, used by the airline from 1974 to 1980. In what was probably the worst kept secret in aviation, Boeing 747-400 G-CIVB flew off to Dublin last saturday to be repainted into the famous livery which like [read more]

Boeing unveils 777X in a scaled down event

14/03/2019 < 1 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

Boeing was set to unveil its latest airliner, the Boeing 777X to a hail of fanfare and publicity yesterdat but the recent events regarding the Boeing 737 Max led to the company scaling back the event. They did, however, continue with the reveal of the aircraft, and what an amazing [read more]

LEAP engines on a Boeing 737 Max (Image: Nick Harding/TransportMedia UK)

FAA finally grounds Boeing 737 Max 8 after crash discovery

14/03/2019 2 minute read
Written by: Nick Harding

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has finally joined the rest of the world and grounded the Boeing 737 Max 8 following last weeks crash which killed 157 people. The FAA said that it was clear that the track of the Ethiopian Airlines flight ET302 “was very close and behaved very [read more]