It seems Virgin Atlantic are once again embracing "Atlantic" in their name, with the launch of a new route between London Heathrow and São Paulo Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at London Heathrow  - Image, Economy Class and Beyond This will be Virgin Atlantic's first adventure to South America. They plan to use a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on this service, … [Read more...]

Ryanair Sun (the Ryanair Polish-based fleet operating under its own certificate) will find themselves going in the paint shop soon - as the operation is being named Buzz Buzz Boeing 737-800 - Image, Ryanair The re-brand will occur in autumn 2019. Ryanair Sun is a standalone business unit of Ryanair Group (much like Laudamotion is) and  has obtained its own Air … [Read more...]

Emirates is adding a second daily flight from Dubai to London Stansted- increasing their London coverage to 11 flights a day. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER taxing at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The additional flight will commence on the 1st July. The combined operation looks like this: Dubai to London Stansted EK65 DEPART DXB 09:00 ARRIVE STN … [Read more...]

It seems that information is finally breaking about Japan Airlines new long haul Low Cost Carrier - and we have a name at last. Welcome ZipAir Tokyo! With that name in hand, the company will change the operating subsidiary - called T.B.L Co, Limited into a proper company. To the marketing geniuses  I'll let ZipAir's branding people explain this one. 'ZIPAIR Tokyo' is … [Read more...]

Good news for those of you who have been watching Air Belgium - and has been doing a lot of heavy lift for other airlines (Most notably - British Airways). The airline is resuming its own operations for Summer 2019, with a three days a week service between Brussels Charleroi and Hong Kong International. Air Belgium Airbus A340-300 At Brussels National - Image, Economy … [Read more...]

With half-term upon us (and the roads a little quieter), it's obviously time to consider the Easter Holidays. Yes - the Easter Holidays are not far away. Etihad is increasing the frequency of services between Abu Dhabi and London Heathrow during April, with an additional 20 services operating from the 5th April on specific dates. Etihad Airways Boeing 787-9 … [Read more...]

Another day, another Ryanair base is to  open - this time in Toulouse, France. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 on final approach at Dublin - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The base will open in October 2019 as part of the winter timetable. It will host two Boeing 737-800 at the base, and open 11 destinations - adding a total of 20 routes from Toulouse. The new routes are … [Read more...]

Emirates continues its network expansion - this time targeting Porto in Portugal as a new destination. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  This will be Emirates second destination in Portugal, and will be served four times a week from the 2nd July 2019, Planned operation of the route is as follows EK197 DEPART DXB 09:15 … [Read more...]

Loganair of Scotland will be picking up some of the routes that have been left behind after the failure of BMI Regional during the weekend. The airline will pick up the following routes out of Aberdeen and Newcastle: Aberdeen to Bristol (commences 4th March) Aberdeen to Oslo (commences 4th March) Aberdeen to Esbjerg (commences 4th March) Newcastle to … [Read more...]

It seems Virgin Atlantic is continue to grow, and is growing eastwards, with the announcement of a daily service between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300 at London Heathrow  - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The service will be a daily service that will fly the five hours between London and Tel Aviv. The plane will be configured with a three … [Read more...]