Whilst winter is here, Qatar Airways is in the process of strengthening services to Europe from December 2019. Qatar Airways Boeing 777-300ER arriving at Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  Three services are getting upgrades (or downgrades depending on your view) Stockholm (Sweden) - Scales from an Airbus A350-900 to a Boeing 777-300ER Manchester … [Read more...]

It seems that the cat is finally out of the bag, with the announcement that Royal Air Maroc is to join the oneworld alliance. This will be oneworld's first airline based in African continent that will be a full member of the alliance (South African airline Comair is a oneworld affiliate for the franchised British Airways services). The airline is due to formally join … [Read more...]

Norwegian has been busy today, with the launch of a new route to Rio de Janeiro, whilst changing some of its US long haul destinations - introducing San Francisco and Miami. Let's look a the Rio de Janeiro service first, which will be launching in Northern Summer 2019 (Northern Hemisphere). The route is planned to operate four times a week, with a rather complex … [Read more...]

Wizz Air continues its push to grow its network, with the announcement the airline is to establish a base at Krakow airport in Poland. Wizz Air Airbus A321 Birmingham Airport, Image, Economy Class and Beyond This will be Wizz Air's 26th base, which will have two Airbus A321 aircraft based at it (delivered in May and September 2019). The Route list and lead-in prices have … [Read more...]

It seems Frankfurt is still a busy destination for Qatar Airways - busy enough for the airline to covert one of its daily operations to use an Airbus A380. Qatar Airways Airbus A380 at Heathrow Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The airline will be converting its  QR067/068 pair (operating the morning Doha-Frankfurt / evening Frankfurt-Doha service) from a Boeing … [Read more...]

It's been a while since an airline has chosen to dump itself out of an alliance - but China Southern Airlines has chosen to leave SkyTeam China Southern Boeing 787 climbing out of Chicago O'Hare at Night - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The announcement was made on China Southern's Weibo, followed by an announcement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. It seems the airline … [Read more...]

IAG subsidiary LEVEL is continuing to expand it's Barcelona operation, with an expansion of routes and frequencies. Level Airbus A330-200 taking off - Image, LEVEL This time New York JFK and Santiago de Chile are earmarked to join the LEVEL network, with New York JFK to get a three times a week service, and Santiago de Chile to get up to four services a week Let's … [Read more...]

For those travelling with Ryanair in the next 24-48 hours, there is a major bit of work going on with their site and services. As a result, the airline is shuttering their site for 12 hours for technical updates to their Reservation Systems Reservation Systems will be down between 17:00GMT on the 7th November to 05:00GMT on the 8th November. If you are planning to … [Read more...]

Whilst Alitalia continues to muddles though its financial future, its network arm is planning a new route for 2019 - and that's by adding Washington Dulles to its long haul network. Alitalia Airbus A330-200 at Boston Logan Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The new service will operate five times a week between Rome Fiumicino and Washington Dulles from 2nd May … [Read more...]