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Air Canada joins the 10 across club – Introducing the 458 seater 777-300ER…

07/02/2013 by Kevincm

How many people can you cram into a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft? Air Canada have found a new answer - 458 people. Air Canada will have 5 of these units - which will feature the following 36 Executive First Seats configured in a staggered configuration 24 Premium Economy Seats (a new feature for Air Canada) in 2-4-2 398 Economy seats in the squeezing 3-4-3 … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific increases frequency from Hong Kong to Heathrow

06/02/2013 by Kevincm

Cathay Pacific is increasing its lions share of services between Hong Kong and London, with the addition of a FIFTH daily rotation between the two centres. Service CX239/CX238 will form the 5th rotation, using slots vacated by Air New Zealand who are throwing in the towel between Hong Kong and London. For what is turning almost into a shuttle service between the two … [Read more...]

United to go three times daily on Houston to London route

06/02/2013 by Kevincm

United is going to expand its Houston Intercontinental to London Heathrow route to 3 times a day. The new combined timetable looks something like this: Houston IAH to London LHR UA920 DEPART IAH 15:40 ARRIVE LHR 06:50+1 UA984 DEPART IAH 18:30 ARRIVE LHR 09:40+1 UA970 DEPART IAH 20:30 ARRIVE LHR 12:05+1 London LHR to Houston IAH UA921 DEPART LHR 09:30 ARRIVE IAH … [Read more...]

Gaurda Indonesia to connect Indonesia and London Gatwick together

05/02/2013 by Kevincm

Flag carrier Gaurda Indonesia will be returning to the United Kingdom in the Winter 2013 timetable, and will be flying from Jakarta to London Gatwick. The service will be commencing in the forth quarter 2013, with the exact timetable and schedules to be confirmed. What is known is that Garuda Indonesia will operate the a 6 times a week service between Jakarta and London … [Read more...]

787 Update: Boeing requests to fly test flights

04/02/2013 by Kevincm

3 weeks into the grounding, and we have fresh news today from the manufacture of the 787 - Boeing - who wish to conduct test flights. The airframer is seeking permission from the US Federal Aviation Administration to take the bird back into the skies. According to CNBC: Through the testing of batteries and review of data, Boeing believes it now is to the point where … [Read more...]

Qantas to axe Frankfurt – Singapore route early, annouces changes to Asia routes

04/02/2013 by Kevincm

a screenshot of a white sheet

Qantas has announced it is preparing to make changes to its Asia routings, as well as one European route as it moves towards the deep codesharing agreement between Emirates and themselves. First up for European passengers - and quite unsurprising - is that Qantas will be pulling its Singapore - Frankfurt service (a continuation of the Sydney to Singapore service). Flight … [Read more...]

Japan Airlines delays Tokyo – Helsinki route due to 787 groundings

04/02/2013 by Kevincm

As we go into week 3 of the grounding of Boeing 787's, Japan Airlines has confirmed it will not be operating its Tokyo Narita - Helsinki route. The route which announced way before the 787 groundings and due to commence on the 25th February was to be operated 4 times a week. Since the grounding of the fleet since the 16th January, a lot of airlines have managed to cover … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Southwest Boeing 737-700

03/02/2013 by Kevincm

Southwest Boeing 737-700 taxing at Newark International Airport - Image ,Economy Class and Beyond

It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week taxing in the December sun is a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700 taxing at Newark International Airport in New Jersey The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]

Video Saturday – Come Fly with me: The Story of Pan Am

02/02/2013 by Kevincm

It's Saturday, and its time for something different as its the end of the month. I've been scouring the interwebs for interesting things, and found another great documentary that was broadcast on the BBC shortly before the Pan Am series played for its one season. This is the story of Pan American Airways, telling the start with the story on Juan Tripp -from the highs of … [Read more...]

Ryanair loses Volcano ash case – more fare rises on the way

01/02/2013 by Kevincm

Everyone's favourite airline - Ryanair - has a case at European Court of Justice, where they should had compensated a passenger who's flight was cancelled due to the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupting and spewing ash into the sky. During that time, planes that had to traverse through the ash cloud had their services scrubbed, with major cancellations. Ryanair argued at … [Read more...]

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