Yesterday, a variant of the Airbus A350 family took off for the first time on test flights. To majority of people, it would mean nothing.,.. except for the three letters on the end of the designation ULR - Ultra Long Range So what does ULR mean in terms of range? How about 9,700 nautical miles (Or 17964.4 Milometers/11162.56 miles), with ability to fly a 20 hour missions … [Read more...]

It seems Ryanair's addition to the Boeing 737 MAX 200 is still in place, with the airline signing for an additional 25 aircraft. Ryanair Boeing 737 MAX 8 200 - Image, The Boeing Company This brings the total amount of Boeing 737 MAX 200 planes on order up to 135 - with 75 options still to take if needed by Ryanair (made up of the orignal order for 100, and a follow-on … [Read more...]

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...]