With Heathrow Airport last week shuttering Terminals 3 and 4 - more airlines are moving to new homes in the complex. Heathrow Airport from above – Image, Economy Class and Beyond Three more airlines are moving to different terminals in the complex: Finnair - Moves from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2 Qantas - Moves from Terminal 3 to Terminal 2 Beijing Capital … [Read more...]

Earlier this week, Heathrow Airport has begun to mothball terminals, with Terminal 3 (in the central terminal area) and Terminal 4 (on the South Western side of the airport) closing to passenger traffic. Heathrow Airport from above - Image, Economy Class and Beyond For now, all traffic will either be handled in Terminal 2 (in the central terminal area) or Terminal 5 … [Read more...]

The long boy of the sky - the Airbus A340-600 - faces an uncertain future with Lufthansa, as the airline chooses to park and decommission the type. Lufthansa Airbus A340-600 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond At the moment, Three A340-600 aircraft have been flown to Teruel Airport in north-eastern Spain where they'll be parked. The entire … [Read more...]

Emirates has introduced COVID-19 screening in coordination with Dubai Health Authority. The first passengers to be processed this way were flying to Tunisia. All were tested for COVID-19 before departing from Dubai. It marks Emirates as the first airline to conduct on-site rapid COVID-19 tests for passengers. Testing at Dubai International Airport - Image, … [Read more...]

Emirates continues to its mini-ramp up of services to allow visitors and residents of certain countries to return home from Dubai and the United Arab Emirates. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER "Year of Zayed" preparing to take off from Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline will operate limited services to Jakarta (Indonesia) Manilla … [Read more...]

American Airlines joins Delta, United, Air Canada and Alaska Airlines in offering status extensions for their elite customers. American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Climbing out of O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond For those with Elite status, AAdvantage members will automatically receive an extension of their current status, which will now last until 31st January 2022. … [Read more...]

Whilst the passengers might be staying at home for, Air Canada is making use of some of its Boeing 777-300ER fleet for cargo purposes. But to make space on the main deck of the aircraft, the seating has been what Air Canada called "reconfigured" I would call it removing the the seating from the main deck. When you take out the seats from a Boeing 777-300ER, there's a … [Read more...]

If you think parking an aircraft, or a fleet of aircraft is a simple matter - Brussels Airlines would like you to think again. Brussels Airlines Airbus aircraft parked up - Image, Brussels Airlines. With their grounding extended until 15th May 2020, the Brussels Airlines fleet is mostly parked at Brussels Airport (except for a few that are being used to assist in … [Read more...]

airBatic wrote to its customers outlining its future - and there's some pretty interesting things in the communication. Let's have a look. airBaltic Airbus A220-300 - Image, Airbus. For the airline, its three-weeks have been on the ground, with no date when the scheduled service is due to be resumed. The airline has had to make cuts, with 700 employees being removed … [Read more...]

With COVID-19 in full stream, Airbus is preparing to cut its production rates from its factories. The Airbus Family - Image, Airbus. The manufacturer managed to deliver 36 aircraft in March, down from the 55 in February 2020, with customers requesting deferrals due to the current pandemic. As such, Airbus is reducing the outputs per month - these are now: A320 … [Read more...]