A plane that has been designed for Ultra-Long Range Missions has taken off, landed and taken off again (if we were working on the simple headline terms). Yes. Singapore Airlines took its Airbus A350-900ULR (Ultra Long Range) out for a spin - with the airline resuming its flagship Singapore to Newark International Airport route. Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900ULR - … [Read more...]

As some of you might be aware, Dubai International Airport is closing on of its runways in the low season next year for resurfacing work. flydubai will be moving some of its services to Dubai World Central (DWC) during the works. 39 routes in total will move, with 10 routes being dual-hub based.  The remainder of the flydubai network will continue to operate from Dubai … [Read more...]

In this world of airlines working across alliance lines, it seems Qantas and KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines) are next in the list to announce codeshares between the Nederlands and Australia. KLM and Qantas together - Image, via KLM. The new codeshare will involve Qantas placing its code on KLM flights between Amsterdam and Singapore, whilst KLM will add their code on Qantas … [Read more...]

SAS (Scandinavian Airline System) has been busy, with its plans for Summer 2019, with the airline planning to add six new destinations and 17 new direct routes. SAS Boeing 737-700 at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The network additions are far and wide across the SAS networks: Sweden From Stockholm: Marseille, Catania, Naples, Reykjavik … [Read more...]

Honk Kong's Cathay Pacific continues to increase frequencies on its network, with the airline increasing services to Adelaide, Frankfurt, Madrid and Tokyo during Autumn 2018 and Summer 2019. Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Let's have a look at this ambitious growth plan Frankfurt Hong Kong to Frankfurt will go 10 … [Read more...]

News is leaking out that British Airways is filing some changes on to its London to Dubai route - as Dubai airport prepares to close a runway for repair work. British Airways Airbus A380 at London Heathrow Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline is putting on its super-sized plane to add additional capacity, whilst the airline reduces its operational … [Read more...]

Austrian Airlines is expanding its operation, with the announcement they are to add Montreal to its long haul network Austrian Airlines Boeing 767-300ER climbing out of Chicago O'Hare - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The airline is adding a daily service between Vienna and Montreal from 29th April 2019. The planned operation looks like this: OS073 DEPART VIE 10:30 … [Read more...]

Everyone's favourite airline that that is also a Roof-Top bar earlier this week gained a six more routes off Air France, with four short-haul and two long haul routes switching to Joon. Joon Airbus A320 - Image, Joon via Twitter Joon will operate four new short-haul routes including: Prague ( Czech Republic) with 3 flights a day Madrid (Spain) with 6 flights a … [Read more...]

In a thawing of relationship between Qantas and Cathay Pacific, have decided to offer codeshares on each others airlines. Qantas and Cathay Pacific Together - Image, Economy Class and Beyond 2018 Qantas will add is code onto Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon on 12 routes from Hong Kong, connecting Asia and India, whilst Cathay Pacific will add their code on 13 Australian … [Read more...]