UR-DWF AN12 Departs BHX
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G-SHAL CRJ200 850 TAG
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OE-INE CL605 parked on Elmdon apron
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N125TM CL30 + BHX TODAY
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Aviation News- Guide to spotting at Bristol Airport May 23, 2013Simon Fewkes from the new Bristol Airport Spotting website recently got in touch to see if I could let people know about his webiste. In return, he’s agreed to give us an overview of where to spot aircraft at Bristol Airport. Here goes… Bristol airport has a few spotting locations to spot and photograph both […]
- Flybe sells Gatwick slots to easyJet May 23, 2013Flybe has sold its 25 slot pairs at London Gatwick Airport to easyJet for £20 million. The regional airline has been working on ways to reduce its costs, including pilot salary cuts, deferring deliveries on new Embraer jets, and now this cull of Gatwick flights. Flybe currently operates seven routes from Gatwick, and carries around […]
- Aviation incident reports at your fingertips May 22, 2013A new app has launched which gives you the opportunity to monitor aviation incidents around the world. Air365 offers fully interactive route mapping of accidents and incidents plus aircraft, flight and airline information – and includes an easy-to-search archive of over 72,000 aviation incidents spanning over 30 years. The app is aimed at aviation enthusiast […]
- Skywest orders up to 200 Embraer jets May 22, 2013Skywest Airlines has signed a deal with Embraer to order 40 E-175 jets. These will be operated on behalf of United Airlines. The deal also includes another 60 firm orders which are reconfirmable, and subject to Skywest being awarded Capacity Purchase Agreements (CPA) to operate them on behalf of other US airlines. Skywest has also taken […]
- Ethiopian Dreamliners to Brazil May 18, 2013Ethiopian Airlines will commence Boeing 787 Dreamliner service to Brazil from July. The fairly complex service will route Addis Ababa – Lome – Rio de Janeiro – Sao Paulo This will be the first Dreamliner service to Brazil, and operates 3x weekly from 1st July. […]
- Southwest will be 737MAX 7 launch customer May 16, 2013Southwest Airlines has converted an order for Boeing 737NG aircraft into an order for 30 737MAX 7 aircraft. This shows Southwest’s ongoing commitment to the 737, which is the sole aircraft type in its fleet (split across classic and NG models), and also makes the airline the launch customer for the MAX 7 variant. Southwest […]
- Painted Airbus A350 emerges May 13, 2013Airbus today unveiled its A350 aircraft fully painted. The aircraft emerged from the paint facility at Toulouse in the white and blue scheme of Airbus, with its smart blended winglets adorned with ‘A350 XWB’ titles. As reported earlier, the aircraft is expected to fly on 11 June, though this has not been confirmed officially yet. […]
- UPDATED: Boeing 787 Airline Route List May 12, 2013Given that the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is now back in the air, I thought it best to update you on the routes airlines operating the type are flying/planning to fly. Therefore I’ve updated the Boeing 787 Routes page with the latest information available from the airlines through a number of excellent routes websites. You can […]
- Unusual follow-me car at Bologna Airport May 9, 2013Bologna Airport has recruited the services of an unusual car for its follow-me drivers to direct pilots to their parking positions after landing. Since 6th May, a Lamborghini Aventador LP has been in use. It is painted with a red and white chequered livery, and furnished with Follow Me signs. Drivers have been trained to […]
- Mumbai Airports in Airports of the World magazine May 8, 2013Our new book title, Mumbai Airports Through Time gets a nice feature in the current Airports of the World magazine (probably the best enthusiast magazine on the subjects of airport spotting!) The feature shows a snapshot of pictures from Mumbai’s airports, and gives a taste for the book (copies available here). There’s also the chance […]
- Guide to spotting at Bristol Airport May 23, 2013
