Economy Class & Beyond

100th Airbus A350-900 – Delivered

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It seems in a blink of an eye that the A350 entered service. Yesterday, Airbus delivered their 100th A350-900 aircraft to China Airlines. 100th Airbus A350 delivered to China Airlines with Airbus and China Airlines staff - Image, Airbus It's been around 30 months since the first A350 was delivered to Qatar Airways - and since then, Airbus has been ramping up its … [Read more...]

LEVEL to add three more A330s to its fleet

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Earlier this year, LEVEL commenced operations from Barcelona El Prat Airport with two Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Well, it seems that LEVEL appears to be doing well enough to assign another three aircraft over to it. According to the airline, they will be taking delivery of three Airbus A330-200 aircraft commencing Summer 2018. IAG has placed firm orders for three Airbus … [Read more...]

TAP Portugal’s first Airbus A330neo enters final assembly

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The Airbus A330neo has flown as a test frame for some time now. However, the first operator to get the A330neo will be happy - as their plane as entered the final assembly area at Airbus Toulouse. Airbus revealed this in a tweet "Bom dia!" Say hello to @taportugal's first #A330neo currently taking shape at our Toulouse Final Assembly Line. … [Read more...]

Introducing Joon by Air France…

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Sometimes I wonder about the airline industry. Today is one of those days, with the Air France launching a new brand called "Joon". Joon Logo - Image, Air France. I'm honestly not making this up. Here's the promo line: Joon is especially aimed at a young working clientele, the millennials (18 to 35 year-olds), whose lifestyles revolve around digital technology. This … [Read more...]

Air Transat to become first North American A321LR operator

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The first planned operator of the long-range variant of the Airbus A321neo - the A321LR has been announced today - and Air Transat of Canada will be the North American launch customer. Air Transat Airbus A321LR - Rendering, Airbus The airline will taking delivery of 10 A321LR aircraft. These aircraft will be leased through AerCap (as opposed to the airline buying them). … [Read more...]

The case of the vanishing Swiss Avro RJ100

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With CSeries Aircraft starting to come on stream with Swiss International Airlines, it's time for the venerable Avro RJ100 to start bowing out one by one. Swiss Avro RJ100 at Zurich Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond So far, 15 Swiss have retired Avro RJ100 (or BAe146-300 who want to use that term), with a mixture of fates appearing to the fleet. Some of the … [Read more...]

It’s a Kind of Magic: Freddie Mercury to join Norwegian Air Shuttle famous tails

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When I was growing up (as I've matured badly) one of the bands I loved was Queen, and of course its flamboyant (and very difficult to reproduce vocally) lead singer - Freddie Mercury. Well, it seems fitting for an airline that allows people to experience the joy of travel cheaply, Norwegian Air Shuttle are to paint Freddie Mercury on the tail of two of their Boeing aircraft … [Read more...]

Paris Air Show 2017: Day 4 Digest

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As we come to the end of the commercial part of the Paris Air Show 2017, and turn into the public display days, it's time to see who managed to scrape a few more orders in Boeing Tassili Airlines of Algeria announced an order for three 737-800 airplanes Tassili Airlines Boeing 737-800 - Rendering, The Boeing Company Ruili Airlines of Kunming, China signed a MoU … [Read more...]