Virgin Atlantic today announced they would relaunch a route - this time adding Cape Town, South Africa as a direct option from London Heathrow. Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 coming in to land at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The airline will return to Cape Town after an absence of some years, starting up their new service from 25th October … [Read more...]

It seems out the goodness of British Airways heart, the airline is re-starting it's London Heathrow to Newquay UK Domestic route. British Airways Airbus A320 at London Heathrow Terminal 3 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  The route will run five times a week, on Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 2 July and 7 September 2020. Planned … [Read more...]

It seems the attraction of a shorter connection into Tokyo is appealing to more airlines - with Aeroflot the latest to move its services from Tokyo Narita International Airport to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda). Aeroflot Boeing 777-300ER - Image, The Boeing Company The move will take place during the start of the Spring/Summer 2020 timetable, on the 29th March … [Read more...]

The outbreak of the Coronavirus has been forcing airlines to consider their operations to China. British Airways "East Meets West" Livery, Image - Economy Class and Beyond On Tuesday, Finnair suspended operations to Nanjing and Beijing Daxing due to the group travel being banned from travelling by the Chinese Government - whilst leaving other operations to China … [Read more...]

Another day, another new destination for Emirates, with the airline planning to launch a daily service to Penang in Malaysia. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER "Year of Zayed" departing Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The new service will be operated a daily service - as a one-stop service via Singapore from April 2020 onwards and will be the second Malaysian … [Read more...]

WestJet is continuing their expansion, this time offering a new route between Halifax, Nova Scotia in Eastern Canada (Not to be confused with Halifax in West Yorkshire) to Manchester UK WestJet 737-700 at Toronto Pearson - Image, Economy Class and Beyond (from the GhettoIFE archive). The Canadian carrier will operate four flights a week in the summer months. Planned … [Read more...]

Whilst some airlines have been focusing on joint business venture agreements, others such as Royal Air Maroc are focusing on alliance ties. The airline will formally join the oneworld alliance on 1st April 2020. In doing so, it will be the first full member of oneworld in the African continent. Royal Air Maroc Boeing 787 - Image, oneworld/Royal Air Maroc It’s been … [Read more...]

Hi everyone. It seems I made a but of a hash of this post - mainly due to the fact that my reading skills were more then impared by my recent illness and lack of organsied sleep. The content was indeed related to last years work, ratehr than this year. Whilst I do try to check things before I hit post button - it seems this time, I failed in that. For that, I apolgise. … [Read more...]

LOT Polish Airlines target growth at Washington Dulles with a new service from Summer 2020. LOT Polish Airlines Boeing 787 landing - Image , LOT. Earlier this week, Washington Dulles Airport announced that it would nave a new connection to Warsaw, with LOT Polish Airlines planning to launch a non-stop service between IAD and Warsaw. The new service is planned as a … [Read more...]