LONDON, April 18 (Reuters) - A British Airways test flight, carrying five people including BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh, encountered no difficulties, the airline said on Sunday.
The Boeing 737 took off from London's Heathrow airport shortly before 1700 GMT and stayed at 40,000 feet for an hour, before flying over Ireland and landing in Cardiff at 1941 GMT after volcanic ash turned much of Europe into a no-fly zone.
'The conditions were perfect and the aircraft encountered no difficulties. It will now undergo a full technical analysis at British Airways' engineering base at Cardiff,' the airline said in a statement.
(Reporting by Caroline Copley; Editing by Alison Williams) Keywords: EUROPE AIR/BRITISH AIRWAYS (caroline.copley@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 7717) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
The Boeing 737 took off from London's Heathrow airport shortly before 1700 GMT and stayed at 40,000 feet for an hour, before flying over Ireland and landing in Cardiff at 1941 GMT after volcanic ash turned much of Europe into a no-fly zone.
'The conditions were perfect and the aircraft encountered no difficulties. It will now undergo a full technical analysis at British Airways' engineering base at Cardiff,' the airline said in a statement.
(Reporting by Caroline Copley; Editing by Alison Williams) Keywords: EUROPE AIR/BRITISH AIRWAYS (caroline.copley@thomsonreuters.com; +44 20 7542 7717) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2010. All rights reserved. The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.