Lufthansa has revealed the "upgrade" of it A320 fleet, and it's named it 'Neue Europa Kabine' - Or in English - New European Cabin. (Slight definition matter - A320 fleet refers to family aircraft based on the A320 model, inculding the A319, A320 and A321)  And the bad news is - more seats are going in the aircraft. The semi good news is howeverm these will be slimline … [Read more...]

Aeroflot is gearing up to purchase 11 new A330-300 frames, all to be delivered in 2011-13.This will increase their A330 series fleet to 20 (a mix of A330-200 and A330-300 series aircraft), which will hopefully tide them over until the A350XWB's begin delivery. For those who are still asleep, the A330 is a twin-engined widebody aircraft capable of 335 seats (2-class) or 295 … [Read more...]

It seems Alitalia is slowly getting back into gear after ceeding into new ownership, with it joining the Air France, KLM and Delta Transatlantic Joint Venutre programme where airlines share transatlantic revenues and costs to run Trans Atlantic flights (or TATL flights)Alitalia being late to the party of course will have it's membership of this Joint Venture backdated to 1st … [Read more...]

Whilst the BBC laughably calls this "How to build a Jumbo Jet Engine" (and they feature no 747's - the traditional jumbo jet), it actually gives a very geeky insight and the sheer work that goes into the construction of a Rolls Royce Trent Engine, some peeks at the 787 and some of the first engine parts of the A350XWB.Worth the 60 minutes it's on for.UK Users can access it from … [Read more...]

Now you're thinking "why the hell am I talking about Google buying yet another company?"Well this is important - as it's the engine a lot us use to get the base fares, tax breakdowns and fare comparison tools. In addition from a commercial viewpoint, it's the software that drives some airlines booking  engines (Alaska Airlines, Alitalia, Continental and US Airways) as well … [Read more...]