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NEWSairways.news@bavirtual.co.ukUK2000 London HeathrowV2 ReleasedOn the 25th of August 2010, theUK2000 Scenery design teamreleased Heathrow Xtreme V2. So,what‘s new in version two?Terminal 5C with all stands(including the A380 ones!) havebeen added, some modificationshave been made to Terminal 5 A andB. The BA hangar has beendemolished, as well as Terminal 2.A new front has been added toTerminal 4, the ex-home of BritishAirways, and that’s just to mention afew!The UK2000 team has suggested100 FPS (!) is possible on modernPC’s with Microsoft Flight Simulator9 installed. With over half a millionpolygons, it’s surely one of the finestand most detailed sceneries forFlight Simulator.There’s one little contra (at thetime of writing): at the moment,there’s no AES support.Owners of the previous version areoffered a £5 upgrade to version two.The scenery is available throughtheir website here: http://www.uk2000scenery.com/newsite/default.htm, or through Simmarkethttp://secure.simmarket.comBA Welcomes the Boeing777-300EROn 10th of July 2010, the first of sixBoeing 777-300ER’s landed atCardiff - where British Airways hasits main maintenance facility.The aircraft arrived at 09:51 localtime. The aircraft was fitted withseats until it was ferried over to LHR(Heathrow) where the problems withthe new Thales IFE (In flightentertainment system) were fixed.On 31st of August, the first flightas BA139 took off to Mumbai/Bombay.The aircraft is being used onflights to Dubai, Mumbai/Bombay,Chicago and Delhi. The aircraft isfitted with 14 First Class seats, 56Club World (Business) seats, 44World Traveller Plus (PremiumEconomy) seats and 183 WorldTraveller (Economy) seats.At the time of writing, the sisteraircraft (G-STBB) was at Cardiff tobe fitted with the seats, IFE etc.,.Once G-STBC enters service, theaircraft will be solely used on theDubai and Delhi routes. The other 3aircraft are due to arrive in 2012.The next issue of Airways Magazine will be available in December 20106 Airways magazine October/November 2010
NEWSBritish Airways’ Share PriceRisingMicrosoft Flight...SecondVideo ReleasedIn August 2010, Microsoftannounced a new addition to theirflight simulator franchise, MicrosoftFlight.Microsoft released a short videoof the new product along with apress release stating the new versionwould be catering for "everyone" andwould be incorporating MicrosoftLive for "interactive onlineexperiences."Since then, a new video has beenreleased, which is available on theirwebsite. The video features somesky and pans down to some treesand the light, yellow aircraft passingoverhead. It looks good; however,so did FSX.Many community members havebeen speculating on what this newoffering will include, and whether ornot this version would be for serious"simmers." On a YouTube channel,FSProductions2010, they state that,"...it runs all FSX planes as well isDX11 and amazing on frames,"allegedly sourced from "a website;"although, the website wasn't stated.Whether this is true or not has yetto be seen. Emailing Microsoft, wegot this response, "Please refer to thewebsite for further information."Microsoft are clearly keeping a tightlid on this release with more teaservideos to come in the interim period.Watch the videos at: http://www.microsoft.com/games/flightBetween 2nd September and 1stOctober, investors have seen anincrease in the value of BA shares.Despite strike action, BA was ableto announce a profit and has sinceseen a positive step forward toward2011.The rise has been from 220.9p to242.4p over the period, which is a9.73% increase.The past month’s performance hasbeen continuing since 10th July. Thelast three month increase has beenfrom 188p to 242.4p. This is a28.94% increase over the last 3months.The transatlantic ticketing andrevenue sharing agreement withAmerican Airlines has finally beensigned, having been rejected twice,which should mean cost savings forthe group, which also includes Iberia.As 2011 looks promising, Brokersare reporting that BA shares may notbe for the “faint-hearted” but maystart to see a good return in 12months time.Airways magazine October/November 2010 7
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