British Airways has been painting planes in retro colours to celebrate its 100th Anniversary - with BOAC, BEA announced so far. The third British Airways Retrojet has been confirmed as The Landor Associates design. The BA 100 version of Landor - Rendering, British Airways.   The Landor livery first entered service in 1984 - replacing the Negus … [Read more...]

Comair of South Africa took delivery of their first Boeing 737 MAX 8 - in British Airways colours. Comair British Airways Boeing 737 MAX 8 - Image, The Boeing Company Comair is a British Airways franchisee that operates services out of OR Tambo International Airport near Johannesburg, They will be taking delivery of eight Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft in total - some will … [Read more...]

IAG and British Airways have committed to order new aircraft from the Boeing Company for up to 42 Boeing 777-9 aircraft in an announcement today. British Airways Boeing 777-9 - Rendering, The Boeing Company The order is built up of: 18 firm orders of the Boeing 777-9 24 options for further aircraft. British Airways has been modernising it's fleet, with the … [Read more...]

Air Vanuatu is to add four new aircraft to its fleet - four Airbus A220 family aircraft. The airline will add two A220-100s and two A220-300s to its fleet. It marks the first order of the A220 family in the Pacific region. Air Vanuatu Airbus A220-100 - Rendering, Airbus. Air Vanuatu Airbus A220-300 - Rendering, Airbus. The airline currently operates to 26 … [Read more...]

airBaltic of Latvia is pushing ahead with its fleet rationalisation plan, with it the airline planning to end its Boeing 737 operations in Autumn 2019 - one year ahead of the initial withdrawal plan. airBaltic Airbus A220-300 - Imge, airBaltic. Currently, airBaltic is operating six Boeing 737-300 and two Boeing 737-500 aircraft, with the airline removing three Boeing … [Read more...]

In news that should come in no shock, Airbus will cease the manufacturing of the A380 during 2021. Singapore Airlines - one of the first customers of the Airbus A380 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Why?Simply put - orders are drying up for it, and no one wants to order a plane that large. Qantas recently dropped their last order for eight aircraft, whilst Emirates want to … [Read more...]

Yesterday Bombardier launched a new variant of its CRJ family - the CRJ-550. Bombardier CRJ-550 - Rendering, Bombardier. So. CRJ-550  The CRJ550 is a "new" CRJ Series aircraft model, with a new type certificate based on the CRJ700 - so yes - it's based on an existing aircraft. The plane is targeted at airlines who need to keep 50 seater aircraft flying, but need … [Read more...]

From the company that brought you the close down of Joon, Air France is making changes to its regional operation - HOP! with a re-brand. Welcome Air France HOP The new Air France HOP scheme - Image, Air France.  Notice that the airline has actually added its name at the front of the current name, added the Air France tail at the back, and deleted … [Read more...]

For those out of the loop, British Airways is celebrating its 100 year anniversary - and its chosen to kick off it's celebration with fare sale offering 1000 long haul fares for £100 each way - but also with re-painting planes. The first to have a celebratory repaint is G-BYGC, which is being painted into one of the predecessor liveries of British Airways - "British Overseas … [Read more...]