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The Beluga XL, Airbus’ latest special transporter aircraft is to make its first visit to the UK today as it heads from Tolouse to the wing factory at Airbus Broughton in North Wales. En-route the aircraft is exspected to do a flypast of the Airbus facility at Filton, Bristol giving [read more]

Airbus is expected to officially cancel the Airbus A380 project as early as tomorrow after a run of cancellations for the superjumbo. Qantas recently cancelled an order for 8 aircraft and sources have indicated that Emirates, the largest user of the A380, is to convert the order for 36 aircraft [read more]

Argyle and Bute Council has announced that it has failed to secure a new operator for an island hopping air service which ends on the 15th May. Hebridean Air Services currently operate the routes linking Oban to Coll, Colonsay and Tiree under a Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract with the [read more]

Work is underway at Aerospace Bristol to get the nose of Concorde “Alpha Foxtrot” dropping again, reviving one of Concorde’s most iconic features. The hydraulic nose drooping system is a feature of concorde designed to improve ground visibility for the crew when during take-off and landing. The crew was able [read more]

Budget airline Ryanair (FR/RYR) has won a court of appeal ruling that means it can communicate directly with customers bypassing what it describes as ‘claims chasers’. Ryanair policy is that it will always communicate and directly pay any EU261 compensation directly to the claimant rather than to a company acting [read more]

British Airways (BA/BAW) has launched a new initiative to help customers change their bookings, or find the right help if there is a problem with their flight. The new section of its website – ba.com/helpme – will assist customers to manage their bookings as well as carrying out re-bookings, requesting [read more]

The Royal Air Force (RAF) will be carrying out a farewell tour of the UK next week as it marks the end of service for the Tornado fast jet. The times have been announced! Full timetable here The Panavia Tornado, affectionately known as “Tonka”, has been in service with the [read more]

The season got off to a disappointing start for Britain’s Ben Murphy in the first Air Race of 2019. Blades Racing Team Pilot Ben was hoping to better his 2018 7th place but after qualifying 7th, he went out in the “Round of 14” losing out to Australian Matt Hall. [read more]