It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. Departing the wet and cold of Manchester Airport is an American Airlines Airbus A330-200 as it takes off for a transatlantic hop, bound for Philadelphia. American Airlines operates both version of the Airbus A330 (current engine) - the A330-200 (the range optimised variant) and the A330-300 (the payload … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – South African Airways Airbus A330-200 at London Heathrow
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have a South African Airways Airbus A330-200 on tow at London Heathrow Airport, as it is towed away from the Central Terminal Area to the maintenance areas, in preparation for its return journey South African Airways operate a fleet of 11 Airbus A330s, split between 6 A330-200s (the range … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200 at Dublin Airport
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, sitting in the autumn sun as it prepares for its next flight is an Aer Lingus Airbus A330-200 at its home base of Dublin Airport. EI-EWR forms part of the Air Lingus Airbus A330-200 fleet, with the airline operating four of the type on its North American network (and occasionally to Europe to … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – South African Airways Airbus A330-200
It's Sunday again, and time for some more airplane art. This week, sitting on the tarmac at the maintenance pads at London Heathrow airport is a South African Airways Airbus A330-200. South African Airways operate six Airbus A330-200s in their fleet, which support the quad engined Airbus A340s in their long haul operation based out of OR Tambo International … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Etihad Airbus A330-200
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some Airplane art. This week, taxing on its way back to Abu Dhabi is an Etihad Airways Airbus A330-200 at Manchester Airport. Eithad operate a fleet of 24 Airbus A330-200 aircraft in its long haul fleet (with 2 leased from Jet Airways and 2 operated for Air Seychelles). The airline also operates six Airbus A330-300 aircraft - … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Air Berlin Airbus A330
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane art. This week, loading up in a cold Chicago winter is an Air Berlin Airbus A330-200 at O'Hare Terminal 3, loading up for its return flight back to Berlin Tegel Airport. 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 … [Read more...]
Etihad adds more seats from Abu Dhabi to Manchester
Etihad is slowly modifying its network so it shifts the right aircraft to meet the capacity requirements. As such it is boosting its services from Abu Dhabi to Manchester, with a switch out of an Airbus A330-200 to a Boeing 777-300ER. The timetable remains the same, with a double daily service, one operating with an Airbus A330 still: EY015 DEPART AUH 02:30 ARRIVE MAN 07:25 … [Read more...]
Etihad converts options – more A330’s and A321’s on the way
Whilst not buying bits of other airlines or forming deep codeshares, Etihad runs an airline as well. Etihad has signed a firm order with Airbus for new equipment. For longer range traffic, they have ordered two Airbus A330-200 passenger aircraft as part of the carrier’s continued growth plans (the A330-200 is range optimised as opposed to the A330-300 which is payload … [Read more...]
Farnborough Day 4 Roundup
Well Day 4 of Farnborough has wound up with a bunch of big orders. Lets see who's flashed the cash today... United Airlines have signed for 50 Boeing 737-900ER's and 100 Boeing 737-MAX 9's, taking the 737 order book to over 10,000 units. See http://economyclassandbeyond.boardingarea.com/2012/07/12/united-to-order-150-boeing-737s/ for more on this news Bombardier and Air … [Read more...]
Farnborough Day 1 Roundup
As the first day of Farnborough 2012 draws to a close, lets take a look at what has been creating headlines today: Top of the bill goes to Steven Udvar-Hazy's Air Lease who have placed an a firm order for 60 Boeing 737 Max 8 and 15 Boeing 737 Max 9s with "reconfirmation rights" for 25 more. Expect those to be leased to airlines quickly when they arrive... Airbus … [Read more...]
