Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific Boeing 777

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing towards one of the runways of Hong Kong International Airport is a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 as it prepares to leave its home base. Cathay Pacific operate a mixture of three of the Boeing 777 family - the Boeing 777-200 (5 frames), Boeing 777-300 (12 frames) and the Boeing 777-300ER … [Read more...]

Air China to increase its fleet

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Air China has announced that it will be growing its fleet with an order from Boeing. This order is a mixed bag, so lets get to the details, with the following on the books: 2 B747-8I's 1 B777-300ER 20 B737-800's 8  B777-200F's (Boeing 777 Freighter) There are a couple of interesting wrinkles in this order that are worth highlighting. Looking at the passenger side, … [Read more...]

Air France to revamp its B777 and A380 fleets

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Air France is preparing to refurbish its Boeing 777 and Airbus A380 fleets in a bid to fight back from other carriers it seems. Their entire fleet of Boeing 777's are to be to refurbished where the airline will spend "hundreds of millions of euros" according to Air France's CEO Alexandre de Juniac. The airline is aiming to improve its onboard product and service to make … [Read more...]

Korean Air and Ethiopian add to their 777 fleets

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Yesterday, both Korean Air and Ethiopian Airlines have added to their Boeing 777 fleets with new orders made with Boeing. Korean Air have chosen to add two more Boeing 777-300ER's to their fleet. The airline currently operates four 777-300s, nine 777-300ERs, with another five on order (plus to the two ordered). Korean Air operate their 777-300ER's in 8 First Class seats, 56 … [Read more...]

Farnborough 2012 Day 2 – News Roundup

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Day Two of the Farnborough 2012 has flow - so let's see what big news has hit The big headline of the day goes to Cathay Pacific who have signed for 26 of the re-versioned Airbus A350-1000 - with Cathay ordering 10 on top of the original 16 A350-1000's ordered.  This makes Cathay Pacific the largest planned operator of the A350-1000 which will fly up to 8,400nm with the … [Read more...]

AA announces long haul fleet re-jig

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Stand by for times of wondering what type of plane you'll get. American Airlines have confirmed they are to change some of the configurations of their 777 and 767-300ER's. The fleet of Boeing 777-200ER aircraft will also get the fully-flat seat from 2014 and have along with wifi capabilities on international routes, and  Main Cabin Extra product installed.  More importantly, … [Read more...]