JAL seem to be slowly getting back on their feet after the financial disaster they had a year or so back. They have announced they are to order 10 Boeing 787-9 series aircraft, whilst converting 10 existing orders for 787-8s into the 787-9 model. In addition, more options to purchase have been secured. The magic number then for JAL for the 787 series is: 25 Firm … [Read more...]
1000th Boeing 777 enters the build shop
What? 1000 of the things? It seems that way. Boeing is still forging ahead with building 777's even as they start going to production output on the 787, whilst keeping the flow of 737's going. The 1000th 777, a 777-300ER is being built for Emirates, and has entered the final join phase. Images - The Boeing Company - … [Read more...]
Gulf Air takes an axe to some of its services
Following hot on the heels of Royal Jordanian, Gulf Air is now getting ready to wield the axe on some of its services. Up for the chop are: Athens (Ceases 12th March 2012) Damascus (Ceases 2nd March 2012) Milan (Ceases 12th March 2012) Kuala Lumpur (Ceases 25th March 2012) Entebbe and Geneva have also been cut too. Gulf Air cites issues with the Bahrain … [Read more...]
Lion Air confirms itself as the 737-9MAX launch customer
Well it seems Lion Air is on the march, with another order lodged at Boeing's front door at the Singapore Air Show. Lion Air of Indonesia has confirmed with Boeing and placed a firm order for 201 of the re-engineered Boeing 737-9 (MAX) series, with an additional order 29 Boeing 737-900ER's. Lion Air were first to launch the 737-900ER, so it seems fitting they're first to … [Read more...]
British Airways launch a new Ad Campaign.. and I like it…
Well, here's the new advert from British Airways in the run-up to London 2012, telling the stories of 5 bags and who gets to the luggage collection belt first. Now if we can put aside the luggage issues that Heathrow T5 suffered on opening (and lets hope they don't suffer the same), it's not a bad advert, with the sentimental build-up for the London 2012 Olympics - least … [Read more...]
Emirates to go daily to Lisbon
That small and retiring carrier - Emirates - is expanding its sphere of influence and flights, this time expanding operations to Lisbon in Portugal. Operating as below: EK191 DEPART DXB 09:15 ARRIVE LIS 14:45 EK192 DEPART LIS 17:55 ARRIVE DXB 04:35+1 Commences 09/07/2012 Equipment Booked: Boeing 777-200ER The interesting thing is the launch of this … [Read more...]
China Southern to launch Guangzhou-London Route, and an A380 deployment to Hong Kong
A couple of chunks of news from China Southern. First up, China Southern will be operating to London Heathrow from Guangzhou after 6th June 2012. The route will operate 3 times a week on the following schedule: DEPART CAN 09:00 ARRIVE LHR 15:25 , OPERATES WED, FRI, SUN DEPART LHR 22:30 ARRVIE CAN 17:30+1, OPERATES WED, FRI DEPART LHR 18:25 ARRVIE CAN 13:25+1, … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Great Lakes Airlines Beachcraft 1900
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for more airplane art. This week, it's a Great Lakes Airlines Beachcraft 1900 sitting at Los Angeles International Airport More of course next week! … [Read more...]
Safety Video Saturday – Volaris
How do you turn a safety video into a drama of daytime TV epic proportions? Well we can thank Volaris for this... drama? Oh well, at least it's original in comparison to some safety videos out there... More safety next week! … [Read more...]
Uhoh. The Sale of BMI Regional is taking a little longer than some like….
Well, firstly we have a name at last for the buyers of BMI Regional - Granite Aviation according to Flight International. And there's a bit of a snag in the sale due the company taking over as Granite is an investment group - not an airline and thus has no airline infrastructure in place. This means things like lack of support for planes is currently lacking. An agreement … [Read more...]
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