Emirates is planning to re-introduce its Dubai - Warsaw route, making it the 25th European destination to rejoin the Emirates network Emirates Boeing 777-300ER arriving at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  The route will initially fly twice a week from the 4th September, scaling up to three times a week from the 7th October. Planned operation is as … [Read more...]

It seems I haven't written about an aircraft delivery for some time - thanks to the pandemic. However, it seems that Volga-Dnepr Group is happy to take delivery of a Boeing 777F (the freighter version of the Boeing 777), operating for AirBridgeCargo. AirBridgeCargo 777F - Image, The Boeing Company AirBridgeCargo will operate the airplane via a sale-leaseback agreement with … [Read more...]

It seems that Ryanair is having trouble weathering the current storm, with the airline planning to cut into its planned operation for September and October.  Ryanair Boeing 737-800 coming into land at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The cuts will see a drop in flights by about 20%. The airline notes that forward bookings have notably weakened over the last … [Read more...]

For some, this day is unwelcome, as British Airways start formally withdrawing and retiring its Boeing 747-400 fleet. The beginning of the end - British Airways Boeing 747-400 at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The first to depart will be G-CIVD, which will depart the British Airways fleet on Tuesday. Originally, the Boeing 747-400 fleet was due to be … [Read more...]

One of the things that Lufthansa did last year, was to upcycle an Airbus A340-600. Well, this year - they're deciding to upcycle an Airbus A320 to create exclusive lifestyle furniture. Your home too can be filled with parts of an upcyled A320 - Image. Lufthansa World Shop The Airbus A320 - D-AIPA "Papa Alpha" or "Buxtehude" was selected for this project. This aircraft … [Read more...]

Heathrow Airport has released its latest numbers - with the headline figure of traffic being down 88% compared to the previous year Over 860,000 passengers travelled through Heathrow in July, an increase on May - driven by Her Majesties Government’s creation of the first ‘travel corridors’ on July 4th. In terms of splits over 480,000 (over half) went to … [Read more...]

For those of you excited for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, there were some interesting announcements today for the product. We'll come back to this in a bit. First up, Flight Simulator 2020 will be available through Steam at https://store.steampowered.com/app/1250410/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator/. It will be available on the platform from the 18th … [Read more...]

TAP Air Portugal continues to find its way through the current crisis, as it plans to scale up its network over the next few months. TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-900neo arriving at Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond In August, the airline will aim to operate 500 round-trip flights a week on a total of 65 routes. It will offer 18 weekly flights to Brazil, … [Read more...]

Korean Air is adjusting its network capacity over August and September, with additional flights added to the network. Korean Air Boeing 777-300ER arriving into Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Let's see what routes the airline is operating, as well as the frequency of operations. North America Seoul Incheon - Atlanta - 7 x a week Seoul Incheon … [Read more...]