It's Saturday again, so it must be time to stow your tray table, place your seat in the upright position, pull down all headrests and fasten your seatbelt as it's time for this weeks Safety Video. This week, it's Japana Airlines demonstrating safety with lots of lovely CGI. More safety of course next week! … [Read more...]
Boeing cleared to fly test flights with the 787
Following the successful flight of a Boeing 787 yesterday, Boeing have been cleared to conduct test flights with the Dreamliner by the Federal Aviation Administration . The FAA agrees with Boeing that test flights are an important part to ensure passenger safety, and the eventual return to service of the 787 fleet. The purpose of the test flights will be information about … [Read more...]
A Dreamliner takes to the air..
Boeing have managed to rescue one of its grounded 787's today, forming flight Boeing 382 from Fort Worth Meacham International airport to Paine Field in Everett, Washington according to Flight Aware A bit of digging indicates that this plane was stuck at a paint shop at For Worth Meacham and was due to be ferried back to Boeing - just before the grounding of the class took … [Read more...]
Air Canada joins the 10 across club – Introducing the 458 seater 777-300ER…
How many people can you cram into a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft? Air Canada have found a new answer - 458 people. Air Canada will have 5 of these units - which will feature the following 36 Executive First Seats configured in a staggered configuration 24 Premium Economy Seats (a new feature for Air Canada) in 2-4-2 398 Economy seats in the squeezing 3-4-3 … [Read more...]
Cathay Pacific increases frequency from Hong Kong to Heathrow
Cathay Pacific is increasing its lions share of services between Hong Kong and London, with the addition of a FIFTH daily rotation between the two centres. Service CX239/CX238 will form the 5th rotation, using slots vacated by Air New Zealand who are throwing in the towel between Hong Kong and London. For what is turning almost into a shuttle service between the two … [Read more...]
United to go three times daily on Houston to London route
United is going to expand its Houston Intercontinental to London Heathrow route to 3 times a day. The new combined timetable looks something like this: Houston IAH to London LHR UA920 DEPART IAH 15:40 ARRIVE LHR 06:50+1 UA984 DEPART IAH 18:30 ARRIVE LHR 09:40+1 UA970 DEPART IAH 20:30 ARRIVE LHR 12:05+1 London LHR to Houston IAH UA921 DEPART LHR 09:30 ARRIVE IAH … [Read more...]
Gaurda Indonesia to connect Indonesia and London Gatwick together
Flag carrier Gaurda Indonesia will be returning to the United Kingdom in the Winter 2013 timetable, and will be flying from Jakarta to London Gatwick. The service will be commencing in the forth quarter 2013, with the exact timetable and schedules to be confirmed. What is known is that Garuda Indonesia will operate the a 6 times a week service between Jakarta and London … [Read more...]
787 Update: Boeing requests to fly test flights
3 weeks into the grounding, and we have fresh news today from the manufacture of the 787 - Boeing - who wish to conduct test flights. The airframer is seeking permission from the US Federal Aviation Administration to take the bird back into the skies. According to CNBC: Through the testing of batteries and review of data, Boeing believes it now is to the point where … [Read more...]
Qantas to axe Frankfurt – Singapore route early, annouces changes to Asia routes
Qantas has announced it is preparing to make changes to its Asia routings, as well as one European route as it moves towards the deep codesharing agreement between Emirates and themselves. First up for European passengers - and quite unsurprising - is that Qantas will be pulling its Singapore - Frankfurt service (a continuation of the Sydney to Singapore service). Flight … [Read more...]
Japan Airlines delays Tokyo – Helsinki route due to 787 groundings
As we go into week 3 of the grounding of Boeing 787's, Japan Airlines has confirmed it will not be operating its Tokyo Narita - Helsinki route. The route which announced way before the 787 groundings and due to commence on the 25th February was to be operated 4 times a week. Since the grounding of the fleet since the 16th January, a lot of airlines have managed to cover … [Read more...]
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