Virgin Atlantic farewells Sydney!
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- May 5, 2014
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ALITALIA likely to resume Australian services0
- Airline News, Alitalia, British Airways, Emirates, Etihad, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia
- December 1, 2014
ALITALIA (AZ) is tipped to return to Australian skies from late 2015. Etihad Airways (EY), which holds a 49% stake in the Italy’s national airline, will like use ALITALIA as the platform with to expand services to Australia in order to overcome capacity limitations under present bi-laterals. AZ last regularly served Australia until 1998 –
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British Airways refreshes 747 cabins0
- Airline News, British Airways
- September 5, 2014
British Airways is set to refresh up to 18 of its fleet of 46 strong 747-400s. Apart from a refresh to the cabin, these 747s will have the latest generation Panasonic eX3 inflight entertainment system installed. The new system will provide more than 130 movies and 400 TV programmes on larger, hi-resolution screens, capable of touch
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787 declared a 777 variant by EASA for crew licensing0
- Airline News, Airline Safety, Boeing, British Airways, Uncategorized
- May 20, 2014
On Friday, 16 May 2014, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) declared the Boeing 787 to be a 777 variant for crew licensing purposes. The EASA Operational Evaluation Board recently met to discuss this 787/777 issue and agreed the 787 can be classified as a variant of the 777. For carriers like British Airways which
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Virgin Atlantic farewells Sydney!0
- Airline News, British Airways, QANTAS, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Australia
- May 5, 2014
After almost ten years of service to Sydney, Australia, Virgin Atlantic operated its final flight today, 05 May 2014 from Sydney to Hong Kong. The carrier, which commenced flying to Sydney on 08 December 2004, offered daily flight A340-600s flights from London Heathrow to Sydney via Hong Kong. In February this year the carrier announced
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British Airways announces new First Class for its 787-9 Dreamliners0
- Airline News, British Airways
- March 12, 2014
British Airways has announced that its new 787-9 Dreamliners, the first of which is set to arrive later in 2015 will offer four classes of services with First, Club World, World Traveller Plus and World Traveller cabins. The airline also confirmed the aircraft will offer a next generation “evolved” First product. Frank van der Post, BA
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British Airways obtains EASA approval for 787 and A3800
- Airline News, Boeing, British Airways
- September 12, 2013
British Airways is the first airline in the world to gain European Aviation Safety (EASA) Part M and Part 145 approvals for both the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380. What this means is that BA has the required management structure in terms of effectively managing and resourcing the maintenance to keep these aircraft airworthy as
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