Economy Class & Beyond

Evelop Airlines take delivery of their first A350

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Evelop Airlines is the latest airline to join the Airbus A350 family - with the airline taking delivery of its first frame. Evelop Airbus A350 - Image Airbus Evelop Airlines is a subsidiary of Barceló Group’s Ávoris travel division. The aircraft have been leased from Air Lease Corporation - and will be based out of Madrid Barajas. It is planned to use the plane … [Read more...]

Celebrating the Return of Negus – British Airways 100

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British Airways today unveiled the last of four liveries, celebrating 100 years of British Airways - with the return of the Negus livery   The introduction of Negus With the British Overseas Airline Corporation (BOAC) and British European Airways (BEA) merging under a movement in parliament in 1971, the combined entity - British Airways emerged (and indeed - what was … [Read more...]

Lufthansa orders Boeing 787s and A350s

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Lufthansa Group has been rather busy today, putting in an order for new aircraft with both Boeing and Airbus. Lufthansa Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Image - Lufthansa  Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 - Image, Lufthansa The group will be swapping four-engined aircraft out for twin-engined aircraft, with theorder is split down the middle - with 20 Airbus A350-900 and 20 … [Read more...]

Welcome back Landor! The next British Airways Retrojet arrives

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For a lot of people, this is the British Airways livery they've been waiting for - and it's the one designed by Landor Associates. G-BNLY fresh out of the paint shop in Dublin G-BNLY in Landor livery Images, British Airways. The plane flew in from Dublin Airport this morning (9th March), where it was repainted. This aircraft regains a lot of things from a … [Read more...]

Wizz Air take delivery of their first Airbus A321neo

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Wizz Air takes another big step forward in fleet operations, with the airline taking delivery of the first of many Airbus A320neo family aircraft - with the first one being an A321neo First Wizz Air Airbus A321neo - Image, Airbus The aircraft was delivered at the Airbus facility in Hamburg This is the first of 184 Airbus A321neo aircraft that Wizz Air has on order, … [Read more...]

British Airways reintroduces the Landor retrojet

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British Airways has been painting planes in retro colours to celebrate its 100th Anniversary - with BOAC, BEA announced so far. The third British Airways Retrojet has been confirmed as The Landor Associates design. The BA 100 version of Landor - Rendering, British Airways.   The Landor livery first entered service in 1984 - replacing the Negus … [Read more...]

British Airways opts for the Boeing 777-9

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IAG and British Airways have committed to order new aircraft from the Boeing Company for up to 42 Boeing 777-9 aircraft in an announcement today. British Airways Boeing 777-9 - Rendering, The Boeing Company The order is built up of: 18 firm orders of the Boeing 777-9 24 options for further aircraft. British Airways has been modernising it's fleet, with the … [Read more...]

Air Vanuatu to add four Airbus A220 aircraft

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Air Vanuatu is to add four new aircraft to its fleet - four Airbus A220 family aircraft. The airline will add two A220-100s and two A220-300s to its fleet. It marks the first order of the A220 family in the Pacific region. Air Vanuatu Airbus A220-100 - Rendering, Airbus. Air Vanuatu Airbus A220-300 - Rendering, Airbus. The airline currently operates to 26 … [Read more...]

airBaltic moves to remove Boeing 737 from its fleet

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airBaltic of Latvia is pushing ahead with its fleet rationalisation plan, with it the airline planning to end its Boeing 737 operations in Autumn 2019 - one year ahead of the initial withdrawal plan. airBaltic Airbus A220-300 - Imge, airBaltic. Currently, airBaltic is operating six Boeing 737-300 and two Boeing 737-500 aircraft, with the airline removing three Boeing … [Read more...]