Well, another day, another new aircraft takes to the skies. The A400M is almost as troubled as the B787, but has today taken a great step forward in it's programme by taking off over 20 months late, and heading into the sky at 10:15 from San Pablo airport near Seville, Spain Frame MSN001 had a 3 hour and 45 minute flight, before landing back successfully, with … [Read more...]
Welcome to Star Alliance Brussels Airlines!
Today, Star Alliance has taken another growth, and has added Brussels Airlines into the Alliance. But who are they? A Boeing 737-400 in Brussels Airlines livery. The IATA identifier might provide a clue: SN. SN was the original identifier of Sabena, which went bankrupt in 2001. SN Brussels Airlines was reorganised to take over as the national carrier. With the merger of … [Read more...]
Breaking apart the order – United orders 25 A350’s and 25 B787’s
Ok, now I'm not working on real work, its time to do an analysis. With a mixed order of 25 of each type of aircraft (with options for 50 more of each - so a possible 75 aircraft of each class), what is United trying to achive? Fleet Replacement- The 747's and 767's are up for the chop in this case. The 747's are being replaced with Airbus A350-900's (with 11% more … [Read more...]
** BREAKING – United orders 25 A350’s and 25 B787’s ***
Well it seems United seems to be as good at taking a descsion as most major organisatons with the order of intent for 25 Boeing 787-8's and 25 Airbus A350XWB-900's. Yes - it's a 50/50 split for both Boeing and Airbus. More analysis later with a few pictures if you're good! … [Read more...]
Airplane p0rn – Air France Boeing 777-200ER
And it's time of the week again - time for some Airplane p0rn! This week - an Air France Boeing 777-200ER about to take off from LAX on the long route back to Paris (along with an interloping US Airways Express (Mesa) CRJ in the background). More airplane p0rn of course next week! … [Read more...]
What’s in the Matching pack from Continental?
In the last waning days of Continental in SkyTeam, I found out that status matches were still being offered to all commers. As a BMI Gold with a slim chance of NOT re-qualifying for BMI Gold (it was very close at one point), I decided to make contingency plans "just in case" Taking a punt (and in some seriousness, I am thinking to switching to Continental - least of all … [Read more...]
Korean Air goes for 747-8I – who else to follow(?)
The 747-8I project received a very small boost today with Korean Air plumping for a grand total of 5 frames. You read that correct. Five. This actually takes KAL up to 12 747-8's (as they have 7 747-8F's on order) KAL say this is to plug the hole between the 777 and the A380, and it's a logical fit for the between the 300 to 500 seat market. I'm not overly convinced … [Read more...]
JAL… will it be Bachelor number 1 or Bachelor Number 2?
The Battle for JAL's heart is well and truly joined, with Delta offering $1 Billon and now American offering $1.1 Billion. Its fast turning into one heck of a battle for the Far East (as whoever wins gets a very big chuck of the network out there to integrate into their own airline or alliance) American is part of OneWorld (which JAL is part of) whilst Delta would take … [Read more...]
** BREAKING – Airplane Geeks Rejoice – 787 Flight Targeted for 14/12/2009 (14 Dec)
It seems that Boeing has declared its fixes to the wing good - and that first flight for the 787 has been pushed forward from 22nd December to 14th December. As those who have been paying some sort of attention to this ongoing mess-up that's making the A380 project look like light work - the 787 has had wing re-enforcement in the wingbox and side of the box, passing … [Read more...]
On other Kevin sites…
... yes I do have a minor web empire. And minor, it's very small - but hey - lets do some shameless self promotion. On Photoblog (you can access the most recent entries on the left hand bar), It's the Christmas season, so it's time for the Advent Calendar that'll be running all December. Have a look - it might put you into the semi festive spirit. On Raven Imaging (It's … [Read more...]
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