Austrian Airlines is seemingly following its owners group, and is adapting its livery and tail for 2018 and beyond. Firstly - here's the new paintwork The new Austrian Airlines paintwork - Image, Austrian Airlines via Facebook And now for the best bit of PR guff I've seen in a few days. According to the airline, the changes in the logo are due to the digital world … [Read more...]

Time to look away from aircraft interiors, and look at the aircraft themselves, with SAS ordering 35 Airbus A320neo family aircraft, and one A330-300. Let's look at the A320neo order first, which be made of the 35 SAS are ordering directly from Airbus and leasing an additional 15 aircraft - taking the total order up to 50 A320neo aircraft. SAS Airbus A320neo  Image - … [Read more...]

On this blog, we don't pay that much attention to cargo aircraft - normally because they're either: Too bland Too boring Or just plain dull - however useful they are at taking cargo from A to B Figure 1: An Atlas Air Boeing 747 that has practically no markings on it... at all. It doesn’t beat this Atlas Air 747… pic.twitter.com/FmEQZ1mroM — … [Read more...]

Air Belgium has finally commenced sales for its first route - Brussels South Charleroi to Hong Kong international airport. The airline will use an Airbus A340-300 on the route Air Belgium Airbus A340-300 - Image, Air Belgium Seating is pretty standard for an A340, with: Business Class in 2-2-1/1-2-2 formation (5 across formation), 79” seat pitch, 21.5" … [Read more...]

As the Boeing 737 MAX programme continues to evolve, Thai Lion Air because the first customer to receive their 737 MAX 9 aircraft. Thai Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX 9 - Image, The Boeing Company The Boeing 737 MAX 9 joins the Thai Lion Air (and Lion Air Group fleet), where it is planned the type is to be used to add capacity and launch new routes. On the launch ,Capt. … [Read more...]

With Laudamotion coming into existence, it seems to have attracted the interests of Ryanair - who are purchasing 75% of the airline in a deal announced today. Laudamotion site header The value of the transaction is worth €50 million. In the first instance, the Ryanair will buy 24.9%, and plans to increase its shareholding subject to EU competition approval. In … [Read more...]

Whilst a lot of us dream of flat beds in the sky, a lot of the time we're travelling in seats in a narrow-bodied tube, on a short-haul flight from A to B. One of those enablers of that style of flying is the Boeing 737 - which today celebrates the 10,000th unit being rolled out of the production line, and on target for delivery. The 10,000th Boeing 737 rolled out - A … [Read more...]

With the Embraer E2-190 certified by multiple authorities on the same day for serial production and passenger service, we now turn our eyes to the first customer of the type - Widerøe (of Norway) - and their first of the type. This broke cover with the paintwork adorning the aircraft. Almost ready to fly! Our first production E190-E2 moves off the assembly line … [Read more...]

In news that can be filed under "why did that take so long", Hawaiian Airlines have chosen to switch their wide-body replacement programme from the Airbus A330-800neo to the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. Hawaiian Airlines has signed for ten Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, with purchase rights for another 10. Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 787-9 - Rendering, The Boeing Company. … [Read more...]