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Airliner World June 2024

Frankfurt Airport Viewing Guide

14th May 2024

With four official locations to choose from, Frankfurt is a spotter’s paradise. Martyn Cartledge and Spencer Bennett offer a guide to the best sites

Manchester Airport

First UK airport gaming site opened at Manchester

14th May 2024

Manchester has become the first UK airport to introduce a Gaming Point.

Airbus

Emirates announce first A350 routes

14th May 2024

Emirates has announced its first Airbus A350-900 routes.

Airshows

Abingdon air show postponed

13th May 2024

The annual Abingdon Air & Country Show, which was scheduled for Saturday, May 18 at Abingdon Airfield in Oxfordshire, has been postponed due to exceptional circumstances beyond the control of the organisers.

Brazil

Embraer E190-E2 enters service with Scoot

13th May 2024

Scoot, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, started revenue flights with the Embraer E190-E2 on May 2, 2024.

Aeroplane June 2024

Last Blackburn Beverley saved

10th May 2024

On 3 April, the Carlisle Airport-based Solway Aviation Museum announced it had passed its £60,000 fundraising target for the move of Blackburn Beverley C1 XB259.

Boeing

First visit of a KC-135 to the Mach Loop

10th May 2024

A US Air Force 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotanker undertook a low-level training sortie yesterday evening (May 9, 2024), which for the first time included the Mach Loop in Wales.

Argentina

DC-3 taxies in return to the sky project

9th May 2024

Douglas DC-3 LV-BEH completed a series of taxi runs on March 9 and 10 at an EAA convention in Argentina. It’s the latest step in the project to return the 1943-built aircraft to the skies.

Spain

Vueling adds six new UK routes for the summer

8th May 2024

Vueling has launched six new routes from the UK as part of its summer schedule.

Boeing

Plans to restore Newark Chinook gather pace

8th May 2024

Volunteers at Newark Air Museum have started to fabricate missing and damaged items for Chinook HC.1 ZA717, which arrived at the Nottinghamshire attraction in 2018.

Rockwell

The return of B-1B ‘Lancelot’

8th May 2024

The USAF’s 7th Bomb Wing (BW) – a component of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) – at Dyess AFB is preparing to receive a replacement for B-1B Lancer (85-0089/‘DY’), which was severely damaged after suffering a catastrophic engine fire at the Texan base in April 2022, writes Tom Kaminski.

Airbus

IndiGo places large A350-900 order

7th May 2024

Indian low-cost carrier IndiGo has placed a firm order for 30 Airbus A350-900s.

Lockheed

Rare ‘Silver Dragon’ TU-2S sighted

7th May 2024

After almost three years of extensive maintenance by the USAF’s 9th Maintenance Group in collaboration with Lockheed Martin, TU-2S Dragon Lady, (80-1078/‘BB’), graced the skies once more.

Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB)

AAIB releases eVTOL VA-1X Kemble accident report

7th May 2024

On May 2, 2024 the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) published a report into the August 9, 2023 accident involving Vertical Aerospace VA-1X G-EVTL at Cotswold Airport (Kemble) in Gloucestershire.

Doncaster Sheffield Airport

Doncaster Sheffield Airport reopening moves a step closer

7th May 2024

The battle to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport to commercial operations has moved a step closer after the council signed a 125-year lease for the site.

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