If there have been casualties in aviation fleets thanks to COVID-19, the Airbus A380 has taken a large hit. However, Emirates seems happy enough to return the giant aircraft to its rightful place - back in the sky. Emirates A380 taking off from London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The Airbus A380 will operate between Dubai International … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic has added 17 more destinations to its flying programme, as the airline prepares to take to the sky once again.  Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 arriving at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline is due to restart operations at London Heathrow from the 20th of July - however, it seems that the airline is ready to share where they are … [Read more...]

Ten more cities are to rejoin the Emirates network, being gradually added back in over the next month.  Emirates Boeing 777-300ER departing Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The destinations being returned to the network include: Colombo - Sri Lanka (from 20 June) Sialkot - Pakistan (from 24 June) Istanbul - Turkey (from 25 June) Auckland - New Zealand … [Read more...]

Early during the pandemic, London City Airport closed its doors to the public. It seems the time has come for those doors to be reopened, with the airport reopening to commercial traffic from 21st June.   London City Airport - ready to welcome back passengers - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airport recently polled some of its users, with some interesting numbers … [Read more...]

Norwegian Air Shuttle is to move forward with a network return, that will see the airline return to 76 destinations - including the United Kingdom. Norwegian Boeing 737-800 at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  The airline will add the following routes back to the UK from the 1st of July. London Gatwick - Oslo - seven times a week. … [Read more...]

Etihad Airways is ramping up from its network restart, with the airline planning to return to more destinations in July.   Etihad Boeing 777-300ER arriving at Manchester Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Initially, the airline reconnected 20 destinations. It will now increase that to 40 destinations between its base at Abu Dhabi back to the world. The new … [Read more...]

With traffic beginning to pick up after the past four months, Air France is preparing to scale up its network back up to 80% of destinations. Air France Airbus A330 at Chicago O'Hare International - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Capacity will be limited, however, with 20% of capacity returning in June, 35% in July and 40% in August. This - of course- is subject to the … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Group is plotting ahead with its network restart, with the initial network coming to life shortly. By September, the airline is aiming to bring 70% of its long haul network back, and 90% of its short-medium haul routes. Lets look at the breakdowns. Lufthansa Lufthansa itself will aim to fly more than 100 times a week between North American and … [Read more...]