Aviation authorities in Ukraine have revoked the operating licence of Ukraine Air Alliance (UAA), following the fatal crash of An-12 (UR-CAH) in Lviv on Friday 4th October 2019. Ukraine Air Alliance is no longer listed on the state administration’s register of operators, which was recently revised on 7th October 2019. European Union Aviation Safety Agency…
Primera Air Ceases Operation After 14 years of operation, Primera Air today announced it would cease operations with immediate effect on the 2nd October 2018. This closure applies to both arms of the Primera Air business, Primera Air Scandinavia (IATA:PF, ICAO:PRI) and PrimeraAir Nordic (IATA:6F, ICAO:PRW). Over the years Primera Air had established themselves as…
Lion Air of Indonesia have recently recommenced Boeing 747-400 operations. The last remaining aircraft in their fleet is PK-LHG. This aircraft entered storage at Kualanamu International Airport (KNO/WIMM), Indonesia in March 2017. In November 2017 PK-LHG was transferred to Soekarno–Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII) until May 2018 when the airframe returned to the sky operating to…
On May 2nd 2018 an explosion and following fire caused a combined $8m of damage at the Meridian Magnesium Products of America plant in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. Meridian Magnesium Products of America produce components for one of the most profitable cars manufactured in the USA by the Ford Motor Company, the Ford F-150. In 2017, Ford…
Air Belgium Air Belgium is a new airline which aims to launch commercial flights out of Charleroi Airport in Belgium. Once dubbed ‘South’ Brussels by Ryanair the airport has seen significant expansion and growth over the years and Air Belgium are looking to capitalise on this within such close proximity to the capital Brussels. Hong…
Saal Digital recently gave the team here at v1images the opportunity to test one of their Photobook products. We opted for a 26 Page Photobook for this product review. Design Software We were very impressed with the design software Saal Digital enables its customers to download and use to create the design and layout of…
New Saudia Arabian Airlines Riyadh to Manchester service is due to begin on the 23rd June 2017. We understand that the aircraft type assigned to the route will be the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Introduction will bring Saudia operations at Manchester to daily, in addition to the existing Jeddah to Manchester sectors. Saudia only recently increased the frequency of the JED-MAN route…
A350 flights begin into Manchester Airport in the UK. Singapore Airlines scheduled equipment change on the SIN-MAN-IAH route from a 77W to the A350 began earlier this week. The first service to MAN was operated on the 17th January 2017. The v1images team paid a visit to Manchester on the 21st January 2017 to check the new…