Cheaper Flights Alert and BBC Show

Hi again everyone!

Today I want to start by sharing with you the news that Monarch have cut prices on flights departing from Birmingham and East Midlands airports bound for the sunny destinations of southern Europe. Head on over to their site for seats under £40, offer ends at the end of June so hurry folks!



In aviation news, Airbus will be letting the new A350 into the skies for the aircraft's first scheduled flight tomorrow 14 June at 10 a.m from Airbus HQ, Toulouse-Blagnac Airport. With a crew of 6 on-board including Peter Chandler the chief test pilot, they hope to take the A350 up to an altitude of 25,000ft and unleash the Rolls-Royce engines to reach the higher end of the aircraft's available speed. Further information can be found here.

image credit: Airbus & aviationweek.com

Also some exciting news for aviation lovers, the BBC are starting a 4 part live show from inside Heathrow Control Tower on Monday 17 June at 8 p.m on BBC 2. The programme has its own site with further information. Make sure this set to record! The BBC site describes the show as;

In one of BBC Two's most ambitious live broadcasts, Dan Snow, Dallas Campbell and Anita Rani go airside at Heathrow, the world's busiest international hub airport. More than 200,000 passengers travel through Heathrow each day. Everything and everyone is on a deadline. Unprecedented behind-the-scenes access allows viewers to witness this daily relay race first-hand. The programme shows air traffic control in action and explains the extraordinary science and logistics behind every flight.

Dan is based at the heart of the airport, the air traffic control tower, giving an eagle's eye view of the complex choreography of landings, departures and ground movements. He finds out how Heathrow went from a row of tents to an international powerhouse welcoming 70 million passengers a year. Anita discovers how weather affects the airport each day, not just when it snows. And Dallas looks at first class on the A380, the world's largest passenger jet.

I am very excited to see this next week.



Thanks again for reading today's short post.

Mark