It seems in the battle of Boeing vs Airbus, Boeing has scored a hit with Malaysia Airlines. The airline has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for 16 Boeing Aircraft. Malaysia Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and Boeing 737 MAX  - Rendering, The Boeing Company. The planned split of the order will be for 8 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners (converting eight … [Read more...]

I wondered earlier this year when Ryanair would begin a full assault at Frankfurt Airport... and it seems that question has been answered at last, with the airline to launch 35 new routes from the airport. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond So, get ready - here's the list of the planned Summer 2018 operation from Frankfurt-am-Main. … [Read more...]

It seems United Airlines is adding more routes faster than I can type them up at the moment, with announcement to launch four summer only routes. United Airlines Boeing 757-200 departing Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline is adding new routes to: Reykjavik, Iceland Porto, Portugal Edinburgh, Scotland Zurich, Switzerland Let's … [Read more...]

There have been promises and glimpses of what the Bombardier CSeries can do. Well it seem airBaltic is to put this to the test, with a planned service between Riga and Abu Dhabi. airBaltic Bombardier CSeires - Image, airBaltic The airline  will launch a four-times-a-week service between Riga (Latvia) and Abu Dhabi (UAE). The service is planned to commence on the 29th … [Read more...]

Long haul remains the name of the game, with United Airlines announcing it is to start a service between Houston Intercontinental to Sydney Australia in the new year. United Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner departing Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The route will be one of the second longest that the airline operates - with a Great Circle Distance of 8,596 … [Read more...]

In "list of services I never expected to see", it seems that Delta Air Lines will be spinning up a service between Indianapolis to Paris in 2018. The daily service will commence on the 24th May 2018. A timetable has been published: DL500 DEPART IND 18:20 ARRIVE CDG 08:45+1 DL501 DEPART CDG 13:15 ARRIVE IND 16:35 Commences 24th May 2018 Booked Equipment: Boeing … [Read more...]

British Airways yesterday announced two services yesterday - the launch of a three times a week service from London Gatwick to Toronto, and the resumption of a Gatwick to Las Vegas route The new routes will be summer-only routes.  Let's look at Toronto first BA2271 DEPART LGW 11:55  ARRIVE YYZ 14:45 Tuesdays, Fridays, Sundays BA2270 DEPART YYZ 19:45 ARRIVE … [Read more...]

It seems Cathay Pacific is going to be adding a new route - one that has interesting possibilities - with the addition of Dublin, Copenhagen and Brussels to its network. Cathay Pacific Airbus A350  - Image, Cathay Pacific There's three major new routes here. Let's look at Dublin first. The new route will spin up in with a four times a week service between Hong Kong … [Read more...]

Some routes come and go, and then come back like a boomerang. Delta's operation to Lagos is one of those routes, with the airline planning to start operations from New York-JFK. Delta Airbus A330 at Dubin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond (Editors note, I know it's a Delta A330-300, but I don't have any pictures of a Delta A330-200...) Delta will add a New … [Read more...]