With wind gusts up to 90 mph, missed landings, damages, cancellations & diversions to other countries, I was not confident that we would make it to @HeathrowAirport. The Iberia A340 greased the 1st attempt. Love the Rolls-Royce Trent 500 wet impact on the tarmac on touchdown ๐ฌ
It's official: British Airways, the largest B747 operator, is scrapping their entire Jumbo fleet withย immediate effect. 1st major hint was the ending of crew training earlier this year. Boeing stopped production & Virgin has already retired their B747s. Good night Jumbo Jet ๐๐
While Air France is terminating its A380 fleet, Lufthansa removing it from Frankfurt & Emirates seeking to scrap orders - British Airways sent G-XLEH to Manila for heavy maintenance. That indicates that at least BA will keep the quad-jet around for a 'whale' longer ๐