The long-awaited order for A330MRTT tankers for the British RAF has finally been signed.
The Royal Air Force will receive the Trent 700 powered aircraft from 2011 in a lease deal which replaces TriStar and VC-10 based tankers. Including support and spares the deal is worth £13bn over 27 years.
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London’s Heathrow Airport finally saw the opening of services into Terminal 5 this morning, with the arrival of a flight from Hong Kong.
The operations of BA will gradually change to the new terminal, with shorthaul flights and some longhaul initially being transferred over. The bulk of BA’s services will transfer across to T5 during a ramp-up period of about a month during April.
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Update: BA encounter technical difficulties with baggage systems and are forced to cancel flights, story here
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The Malaysian startup booked another 10 A330-300 aircraft and confirmed it is in talks to source longer range A340 aircraft for nonstop UK services
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