It seems the saga of WOW Air continues, with the airline announcing it is to further trim its Airbus narrow body fleet, with four Airbus A321 aircraft to leave the fleet and find new homes with Air Canada. WOW Air Airbus A321 According to the airline, they have signed a sale and purchase agreement to sell Air Canada four Airbus A321 aircraft that WOW air has had on … [Read more...]

British Airways are planning a return to an old destination - with Islamabad, Pakistan being added back to the network. British Airway Boeing 787-8 landing at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The airline is planning a three times a week service to Islamabad, from June 2019. The timetable looks like this: DEPART LHR 09:15 ARRIVE ISB 09:55 Tuesdays, … [Read more...]

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 … [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 … [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...]