I understand a lot of their heavy maintenance gets done by Binter Air
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"I think you're in the realms on fantasy here Jones"
The last page of the report lists the total IAG operational fleet by type as at end 2016 together with outstanding orders and options. These are the order and option numbers: A320: 89 orders, 128 options A321: 17 orders A332: 3 orders, 5 options A333: 2 orders A350: 43 orders, 57 options A380: 7 op...
Jump to postNot sure. But at EDI there are only a few stands that can be used for flights to NI or ROI. These gates have cameras and use specific security procedures due to the history of "the troubles" etc. All arrivals also go through a specific door for the same reason. I'd imagine it's for this r...
Jump to postPrestwick is not a bad idea, I believe Spirit Aerosystems already has a facility there. How about Newquay Cornwall Airport? The area around the airport has an established enterprise zone already called AeroHub. It has a relatively long runway with room for expansion, a large area within the airport ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/LSZH34" class="quote" target="_blank">LSZH34</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Question regarding this: Is lights operation n...
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Jump to postI believe it's one of Titan's Boeing 757s (G-POWH) <a href="http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/g-powh/" target="_blank">http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/g-powh/</a> Couple of shots of he outside and inside in the following articles/videos <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-336...
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Jump to postWillie Walsh has said for years that he'll believe runway expansion exists when he sees it.
It actually has a pretty good joke about it ( I couldn't do it justice)
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/winterlight" class="quote" target="_blank">winterlight</a> (<a href="#53" class="quote">Reply 53</a>):<br/><i>You're correct about the shares bu...
Jump to postA connection with <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> through <acronym title="Cape Town - International (D.F. Malan) (CPT / FACT), South Africa">CPT</acronym> or <acronym title="Johannesburg - OR Tambo International (Jan Smuts) (JNB / FAOR), South Africa">JNB</acronym> courtesy of Comair m...
Jump to postSounds like positive news, plenty of growth for British Airways especially as the B787 should open up plenty of new routes/destinations for <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym>. Can't wait to find out which destinations are being launched. I would like to see: <acronym title="Charlotte - Do...
Jump to postVarsity Express ran (operated by Linksair) flights between London Oxford Airport (<acronym title="Oxford - Kidlington (OXF / EGTK), United Kingdom">OXF</acronym>) and Edinburgh Airport (<acronym title="Edinburgh - Turnhouse (EDI / EGPH), United Kingdom">EDI</acronym>) which were supposed to take 90m...
Jump to postThe Prime Minister David Cameron Arriving at BFS in a BAE 146 of the No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron
http://youtu.be/uEP81ru58yk
<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/mainMAN" class="quote" target="_blank">mainMAN</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>Regardless of what anyone else may think, ...
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Jump to postAnnounced on Facebook: "We are proud to announce American & US Airways are coming together to create the new American Airlines. The combined network will offer more than 6,700 daily flights to 336 destinations in 56 countries around the world under the iconic American Airlines brand. For more in...
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<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/BD338" class="quote" target="_blank">BD338</a> (<a href="#54" class="quote">Reply 54</a>):<br/><i> Sigh, a sign of the times we live in. We can'...
Jump to postLondon Metropolitan University
Loughborough University
Buckinghamshire New University
Coventry University
University of Huddersfield
University of West London
all provide an Air Transport Management or Aviation Management degree. Good luck!
I like the Idea of favourite cocktail etc. but I'm not sure about Google-ing a persons photo. They must have some speacialist software or something cause I just Googled my full name and came up with George Bush, George Romney, some minister and George Clooney (thank you Google!) Some people have com...
Jump to postThis video from CNN was posted by Airbus on their Facebook page about how the parts of the A380 are transported by road through the village of Levignac <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/video/#/video/business/2012/11/15/business-traveller-levignac-a380.cnn" target="_blank">http://edition.cnn.com/video...
Jump to postA report commissioned by Heathrow Airport (Formerly BAA) says that the UK is losing £14bn in lost trade because of lack of extra capacity at <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> this is set to rise to £26bn. Heathrow Airport said "It said only one airport cou...
Jump to postDon't forget that the West of Ireland has a large <acronym title="Kingfisher Airlines (India) AND Irtysh-Avia (Kazakhstan)">IT</acronym> sector including Intel, Dell (logistics not manufacturing) , Analog Devices, Veritas Software, RSA as well as other US companies: - <acronym title="Trans Asia Airw...
Jump to postHi, My Family and I are travelling to the USA in December with US Airways <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym>-<acronym title="Philadelphia - International (PHL / KPHL), USA - Pennsylvania">PHL</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United ...
Jump to postBA has a "secret club" too its called Premier I believe several of the British Royals are card holders. The program is limited to 1000 members who are selected and approved by the board. <a href="http://img450.imageshack.us/img450/1904/bapremiercardpg4.jpg" target="_blank">http://img450.imageshack.u...
Jump to postThe owners of Gatwick Airport (and Edinbugh Airport ) Global Infrastructure Partners have submitted a plan to the UK government inquiry on expansion of airport capacity despite the fact that Gatwick signed a legal agreement that no runway would be built until after 2019. The plan would double from 3...
Jump to postand there's a picture: <a href="http://www.businesstraveller.com/news/the-big-picture-airbus-fits-engines-to-baa-s-fi" target="_blank">http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...re-airbus-fits-engines-to-baa-s-fi</a> "Airbus has fitted the four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines onto <acronym title="British ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/speedbird9" class="quote" target="_blank">speedbird9</a> (<a href="#11" class="quote">Reply 11</a>):<br/><i>I know everyone's already said it bu...
Jump to postI know everyone's already said it but here's the oneworld press release:
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It seems that <acronym title="Niagara Falls - International (IAG / KIAG), USA - New York">IAG</acronym>'s Willie Walsh believes that "we will never see another runway at Heathrow. We will never see [a Thames estuary airport]." and that "the future of the UK economy is being damaged as a result of th...
Jump to postpossibly not LATAM according to this Reuters report from the 21st of September 2012 the group will decide on an airline alliance in the first half of 2013 <a href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/09/21/chile-latam-alliance-idUKL1E8KL5WB20120921" target="_blank">http://uk.reuters.com/article/2012/...
Jump to postRead in the Evening Standard that the Lib Dems are planning to vote on moving non-hub activities or point-to-point routes which only serve tourists to other airports. I haven't been able to find a link for the article but found the Policy Motion on the Lib Dem site: Sunday 23rd. Motion 5a (line 57) ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote" ><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/imiakhtar" class="quote" target="_blank">imiakhtar</a> (<a href="#14" class="quote">Reply 14</a>):<br/><i>Not really. BA (IAG) is a plc. If th...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Braniff747SP" class="quote" target="_blank">Braniff747SP</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i> Airline Mogul? ......</i></font><...
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Jump to postapparently <acronym title="Niagara Falls - International (IAG / KIAG), USA - New York">IAG</acronym> and US Airways have signed a non-disclosure agreement with AMR. US Airways have obviously done so in order to value AMR, in order to: make a bid, decide on whether to merge or make a merger bid. <acr...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/g500" class="quote" target="_blank">g500</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>bigger is not always better </i></font></td></tr><...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/vikkyvik" class="quote" target="_blank">vikkyvik</a> (<a href="#3" class="quote">Reply 3</a>):<br/><i>Quoting baexecutive (Thread starter): I mo...
Jump to postIt's not confirmed but according to these images it seems as if they do transport them by air from <acronym title="Nottingham / Leicester / Derby - East Midlands (Castle Donington) (EMA / EGNX), United Kingdom">EMA</acronym>. (see image remarks) <br/><table align="center" border="0" width="500"><tr>...
Jump to postQuite credible actually! A first for Daily Mail the draft policy framework issued by the DfT points 2.36-2.39 (pages 21-22) show that the UK Gov would like pre-border clearance at UK airports <a href="http://assets.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2012-35/draft-aviation-policy-framework.pdf" target="_bl...
Jump to postBritish Airways Plc is preparing to launch a financial package which will raise £454 million ($704 million) secured on its <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> slots, the debt will then be transferred to British Airways Limited, which operates the <acronym ti...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/readytotaxi" class="quote" target="_blank">readytotaxi</a> (<a href="#13" class="quote">Reply 13</a>):<br/><i>Quoting gilesdavies (Reply 11): &n...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/Birdwatching" class="quote" target="_blank">Birdwatching</a> (<a href="#23" class="quote">Reply 23</a>):<br/><i> The 747 doesn't fit on Westmins...
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Jump to postaccording to a politcal editor from the sun( yes i know but bear with me) Prime Minister David Cameron flew Business Class or Upper Class with Virgin Atlantic........ darn I wish it was <acronym title="British Airways">BA</acronym> or even better a G550, BBJ or a Bombardier Challenger 600..............
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