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British Airways is embarking on a multi-million-pound investment programme to overhaul its ground support equipment at Heathrow Airport © British Airways

British Airways overhauls airport equipment at Heathrow to reduce emissions

British Airways is embarking on a multi-million-pound investment programme to overhaul its ground support equipment at Heathrow Airport, as part of its commitment to reducing emissions both in the air and on the ground. The airline will gradually be replacing its ground vehicles at Heathrow, such as vans and cars, cargo transporters and passenger steps, […]

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BA moves to predictive, automated maintenance reporting system

Information Technology

A cutting-edge engineering system that uses real-time data to predict aircraft maintenance issues is helping British Airways (BA) reduce delays and save the use of more than 900,000 pieces of paper a year. The E-Logs platform will provide live performance information about all of the airline’s 270 jets, allowing the airline to immediately spot potential

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Project Speedbird has secured new funding totalling £9 million from the Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition

‘Project Speedbird’ wins £9 million Government funding

Financial

Project Speedbird – a joint partnership between Nova Pangaea Technologies (NPT), LanzaJet and British Airways (BA) – has secured new funding totalling £9 million from the Government’s Advanced Fuels Fund (AFF) competition. NPT, a Teesside-based cleantech company developing advanced biofuels used to produce SAF, was awarded £7.5 million as part of the partnership and LanzaJet,

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British Airways to fund training costs for 60 prospective pilots

Other News, Top Stories

British Airways has announced that prospective pilots can, from September 19, apply for a place on a new British Airways scheme that will see the £100,000 cost of their training covered entirely by the airline. The national flag carrier’s Speedbird Pilot Academy programme will lift the previously prohibitive cost barrier of training to become an

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Griffin announces purchase-and-leaseback agreement with BA

Aircraft & Engines

Griffin Global Asset Management (Griffin) has announced the purchase-and-leaseback of two new Boeing 787-10 aircraft and two new A350-1000 aircraft on long-term lease to British Airways. “Griffin is extremely pleased to welcome British Airways as a new customer with the deliveries of these two 787-10s and two A350-1000s. Our management team has a relationship with

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British Airways overhauls airport equipment at Heathrow to reduce emissions

BA moves to predictive, automated maintenance reporting system

‘Project Speedbird’ wins £9 million Government funding

British Airways to fund training costs for 60 prospective pilots

Griffin announces purchase-and-leaseback agreement with BA

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