Economy Class & Beyond

Garuda Indonesia orders 18 CRJ-1000’s

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This will sort of please Rene at DeltaPoints as someone has brought some CRJ-1000's. Not Delta sadly, but Garuda Indonesia. The order is one of those mixes that the aviation market seems to like - some leased, some brought, and a pile of options. 6 CRJ-1000's to be purchased outright by Garuda 12 CRJ-1000's  to be leased via Nordic Aviation An additional 18 options … [Read more...]

JAL orders more 787’s, tinkers with its orders with Boeing….

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JAL seem to be slowly getting back on their feet after the financial disaster they had a year or so back. They have announced they are to order 10 Boeing 787-9 series aircraft, whilst converting 10 existing orders for 787-8s into the 787-9 model. In addition, more options to purchase have been secured. The magic number then for JAL for the 787 series is: 25 Firm … [Read more...]

1000th Boeing 777 enters the build shop

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What? 1000 of the things? It seems that way. Boeing is still forging ahead with building 777's even as they start going to production output on the 787, whilst keeping the flow of 737's going. The 1000th 777, a 777-300ER is being built for Emirates, and has entered the final join phase. Images - The Boeing Company - … [Read more...]

Lion Air confirms itself as the 737-9MAX launch customer

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Well it seems Lion Air is on the march, with another order lodged at Boeing's front door at the Singapore Air Show. Lion Air of Indonesia has confirmed with Boeing and placed a firm order for 201 of the re-engineered Boeing 737-9 (MAX) series, with an additional order 29 Boeing 737-900ER's. Lion Air were first to launch the 737-900ER, so it seems fitting they're first to … [Read more...]

British Airways launch a new Ad Campaign.. and I like it…

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Well, here's the new advert from British Airways in the run-up to London 2012, telling the stories of 5 bags and who gets to the luggage collection belt first. Now if we can put aside the luggage issues that Heathrow T5 suffered on opening (and lets hope they don't suffer the same), it's not a bad advert, with the sentimental build-up for the London 2012 Olympics - least … [Read more...]

Emirates to go daily to Lisbon

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That small and retiring carrier - Emirates - is expanding its sphere of influence and flights, this time expanding operations to Lisbon in Portugal. Operating as below: EK191  DEPART DXB  09:15 ARRIVE LIS 14:45 EK192 DEPART LIS 17:55  ARRIVE DXB 04:35+1 Commences 09/07/2012 Equipment Booked: Boeing 777-200ER The interesting thing is the launch of this … [Read more...]

Peach Aviation confirms first international routes

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Remember I said that the Low Cost Carrier market is hotting up in Japan? Well Peach Aviation (ANA's "sort of by itself" offshoot) has announced it's first international routes. Based in Osaka, Peach will offer International services to Seoul, Hong Kong and Taipei shortly after launching domestic services to Sapporo and Fukuoka. The aggressive rollout seems to be rather … [Read more...]

The fall of Malev – Good for… Shannon Airport?

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As we all know, Malev spectacularly collapsed last week. As a result, people have been moving quickly to recover assets - such as aircraft. International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC) was quick to repossess their equipment. But then a question appears... where to park it? Keeping it on Hungarian soil was not an option due to a possibility that the Hungarian Government may … [Read more...]

If you’ve been converting Clubcard vouchers into Avios…

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... it could be worth checking your accounts. The first round of bonus Avios has turned up in my account, taking me to a healthy start in Avios points. It'll look something like this in your Executive Account statement: The promotion of £2.50 of Tesco Clubcard Vouchers to 600 Avios + 400 Bonus Avios runs from the 26th January to 31st March - and lets put it … [Read more...]

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