An interesting bit of news I eyeballed today was the quite closing of Vueling pulling its Barcelona to Frankfurt route. Vueling Airbus A320 at Bareclona El Prat - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  Vueling currently operates a daily service between Frankfurt and Barcelona El Prat.It seem that daily service is for the chop after the 6th March 2017 according to … [Read more...]

Thai Airways is preparing to spread its A350 fleet further, with the announcement of new operations to Europe. Thai Airways first Airbus A350-900 at Toulouse before being handed over to Thai Airways  - Image, Airbus The expansion of operations will add London, Frankfurt, Brussels and Milan Here's the magic list: Bangkok - Brussels commences 1st August 2017 … [Read more...]

It seems Emirates is going on the attack with the launch of a Fifth Freedom Route between Dubai, Athens and Newark NJ. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER landing at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond  Emirates will deploy a Boeing 777-300ER on this route, with it to operates daily . This will be the first time Emirates deploy their services to Newark, with … [Read more...]

Japan Airlines is playing around with its route map, with the airline to add a service, whilst taking away a service to New York JFK. Japan Airlines Boeing 777-300ER - Image, Japan Airlines First up is a new service, connecting Tokyo Haneda to New York JFK. This will start on the 1st April 2017, operating a morning service from Haneda to the USA, returning as an early … [Read more...]

bmi Regional is to return to the West Midlands, with the announcement of a new hub to be created at Birmingham Airport. bmi Regional Embraer E-145 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. bmi regional will launch three new services from Birmingham Airport, connection to destinations across Europe. They are: Graz, Austria Nuremburg, Germany … [Read more...]

It seems the wings of the Cathay Pacific A350 fleet will be stretching their wings further, with the announcement of a new seasonal route between Hong Kong and Barcelona The service will run four times a week (subject to governmental approvals), adding additional services to Spain from the 2nd July 2017. The booked timetable looks like this: CX321 DEPART HKG … [Read more...]

Emirates is doing a little plane juggling, and it seems that an A380 is free to return to Tokyo Narita. Emirates A380 taking off from London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Emirates A380 will return to Japan on 26th March 2017, operating a daily service between Dubai and Tokyo Narita Operations are as below: EK318 DEPART DXB 02:40 ARRIVE NRT 17:35 EK319 … [Read more...]

FlyBe have finally confirmed that it is interested in operating from the UK's aviation hub of London Heathrow, with annoument of services to commence in March 2017. Services will commence from the 26th March 2017 with services to Edinburgh (up to four times a day) and Aberdeen (up to three times a day), using Dash 8-Q400 aircraft. Here's the planned … [Read more...]

It seems like Emirates is happy swapping its fleet around, and deploying its A380s around the world, with Morocco joining the A380 network Emirates A380 at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Emirates will deploy an A380 to Casablanca in Morocco  - replacing the existing Boeing 777-300ER being used on the route. The timings look a little like … [Read more...]

The Zürich to Chicago route is to get a boost, with the announcement that Swiss will operate its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to Chicago. Swiss Boeing 777 rendering - Image, Swiss Swiss will being bringing its Boeing 777-300ER out to play over the summer months, operating 6 times a week to Chicago (with the remaining operation filled in with an Airbus A330-300). These will … [Read more...]