Gatwick Airport has formally initiated the planning process to use the facility’s existing northern (standby) runway for regular operations. Management at the London hub have proposed bringing it into routine use by submitting a notice to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS)…
The High Court in London has today (May 1) ruled in favour of the government’s plan for a £14bn expansion of Heathrow airport, rejecting five legal challenges to construction of a third runway at the UK’s largest aviation hub. Handing…
Emirates has announced it is introducing a second daily service from Dubai to London/Stansted. The new rotation is due to begin on July 1, and will bring the total number of daily Emirates flights serving London to 11. In line with…
Emirates is celebrating 10 years of Airbus A380 operations at London’s Heathrow Airport. The first scheduled service from Dubai by the superjumbo was on December 1, 2008. Since then, the airline says it was carried more than 12.3 million passengers…
Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has made the clearest indication yet that the airline is serious about non-stop travel from Sydney to London. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme, Joyce said the carrier could place an order for an…
Qantas launched the first ever non-stop flight from Australia to the UK on March 24. Flight QF9 departed Perth, Western Australia, on Saturday evening, touching down in London at 5am on Sunday morning, covering the 9,000+ miles (15,000km+) in just…
Qatar Airways will return to Gatwick on May 22 with the launch of a new double-daily service from Doha. The oneworld carrier will use a two class Boeing 787 Dreamliner on the route, fitted with 22 seats in Business Class…
Australian flag carrier Qantas has unveiled a special scheme honouring Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians on its fourth Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, VH-ZND (c/n 63390). The stunning design is based on the 1991 painting Yam Dreaming, created by late Northern…
South African Airways (SAA) will introduce its Airbus A330-300 fleet on flights to London from March 25. As part of the changes, the carrier is reducing the frequency of flights from Johannesburg to Heathrow to a single daily rotation. “We…
Virgin Atlantic has expanded its codeshare agreement with Jet Airways. The enhanced deal, introduced on April 19, is intended to improve connectivity between India and the US via London/Heathrow and increases co-operation between the two carriers to nine Virgin-operated routes…
April 2020We start the April issue of Airliner World in Seattle as the Boeing 777X completes its maiden flight. We examine the prospects for the new widebody, check out the technical specifications and ask if a successful launch campaign will be enough to revive the fortunes of the US aerospace giant. Across the pond, we’re also in Copenhagen as SAS Scandinavian Airlines enters an exciting new era with the arrival of its first Airbus A350. We speak to the key decision makers and learn more about the flag carrier’s ambitions for the jet as part of a wider sustainability push. Elsewhere, we have the first of a two-part retrospective examining the fascinating history of British Airtours, complete with rare archive imagery and first-hand accounts. We also travel to Montreal to welcome the first of Air Canada’s Airbus A220-300s, venture to Russia’s remote White Sea coast in search of rare Soviet relics, and warm things up in Dubai with an exclusive behind-the-scenes tour around the Emirates Flight Training Academy. Finally, we bring you our comprehensive coverage of worldwide news, including all the news and analysis from a rather subdued Singapore Airshow, a new Senegalese service for Stansted and Aegean Airlines reveals its slick new livery. We also have all our regular sections covering the latest commercial aircraft acquisitions, up-to-date accident reports and developments from the world of aviation training and MROs.
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