Mmmmm! BAcon! – Off to Denver and Beyond with Aer Lingus and British Airways Back to DIA, AA Admiral's Club Index: A Conference… why not? Early morning New New Street, Aer Lingus EI263 London to Dublin A Dublin transit, DAA Lounge BA827 Dublin to London Heathrow The Hell of A Heathrow Transit, BA F Lounge BA219 – London Heathrow to … [Read more...]
Wine Trip Report: Le Froglet wine in a plastic glass….
Regular readers - don't be too alarmed. There is a real trip report that will be continuing this evening. Right now, there is a matter to be settled... and wine to be drunk ;) Over at Heels First Travel, writer Tiff was talking about wine in a can (and she's written more here). Which is all right... I suppose. Considering it's Spirit Airlines. But at the back of my head … [Read more...]
SAS chooses A350XWB’s and A330’s for a fleet upgrade
The Airbus A350XWB has been getting a fair bit of interest - especially now it's show itself off since its first flight (and its 3rd flight took it past the Paris Air Show for a steal). This is now starting to pay off with SAS (Scandinavian Airline System) signing a Memorandum of Understanding with Airbus - that hopefully will translate into an order for Airbus. The order … [Read more...]
Emirates begin to announce major cutbacks between May and July 2014
For those who were unaware, Dubai Airport is going to be doing a major resurfacing of one of the runways at the airport. One of the requests from the airport operator was to reduce home airlines flights by 22% (Emirates an FlyDubai) and for other operators to reduce flights by 50% (according to a letter at … [Read more...]
Delta and Virgin Atlantic confirm codeshares
Delta and Virgin Atlantic have announced they are to code-share 108 routes, allowing passengers to connect between 66 destinations between the United Kingdom and North America. Virgin Atlantic will place its code on 91 Delta routes to include both Trans-Atlantic and US domestic routes. Meanwhile, Delta will reciprocate by placing its code on 17 Virgin Atlantic routes, … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – American Airlines MD-80
It's Sunday, Boarding Area is back up, so it must be time for some more airplane art! This week it's an American Airlines MD-80 on final approach to Chicago O'Hare International Airport - shot from the Hyatt Regency O'Hare The image is clickable if you want to see a larger version – and yes you can keep them for your desktops! More airplane art next week! … [Read more...]
Airbus A350XWB to flyover Paris Airshow
As I hinted at in my previous post, Airbus has confirmed that their newest aircraft - the Airbus A350 XWB will be making a fly over at the Paris Air Show. MSN1 taking off - Image Airbus. The following was tweeted by Airbus: Weather could be a big thing as conditions in Paris have been... a bit wet to say the least. Reports place a 20-30% of rain during … [Read more...]
Paris Air Show Day 4 – United orders more Airbus’s….
Time for your nightly round up at the Paris Air Show United Airlines will be ordering 35 Airbus A350-1000's. This will be made up of 10 new orders, and 25 conversions of Airbus A350-900 orders Image - Airbus Delivery of these aircraft is due to commence in 2018, with plans to operate the aircraft on United Airlines long haul network. Singapore Airlines has … [Read more...]
Paris Air Show Day 3 Roundup – MC21’s, orders and O’Leary…
Day 3 of the Paris Air Show has been and gone, so lets wrap up the headlines today Towards the MC-21. First up is that Irkut is on course to release its competition to the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737 - the Irkut MC-21, with the aim to manufacture first one towards the end of 2013. The aircraft's designation has changed from the MS-21 to the MC-21. These narrowbody … [Read more...]
Hainan Airlines to Commence 787 services
EDIT: it seems that Hainan Airlines have put back the launch date to 1st August on the Beijing - Shanghai Hongqiao route... Expect further changes... Hainan airlines are putting their recently received Boeing 787-8 aircraft into use, with the airline operating two routes within China on domestic trips. The routes are Beijing to Haikou and Beijing - Shanghai Hongqiao. … [Read more...]
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