It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week in the warmth of a December afternoon at Hong Kong International Airport is a China Airlines Airbus A330-300 taxing out, en-route back to Taiwan. China Airlines operate a fleet of twenty four Airbus A330-300 in their medium to long haul fleet, serving Asia and beyond from their base in … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Lufthansa Airbus A330-300
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing at Frankfurt-am-Main International Airport in the early morning is a Lufthansa Airbus A330-300 Lufthansa operate a fleet of 19 Airbus A330-300 aircraft (the payload optimised version of the Airbus A330), flying on their long haul routes. Another image next week! Welcome to … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Aer Lingus A330-300
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing out of Chicago O'Hare Airport for the long trip back to Ireland is an Aer Lingus Airbus A330-300 Aer Lingus operates 7 Airbus A330 aircraft - 3 of the A330-200 subtype and three of the A330-300 type (as shown in the picture), operating services from Dublin to the United States of … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a bit of a classic (as I found this image in a batch for images for an article I'm writing at the moment), with a Cathay Pacific Airbus A330-300 aircraft returning to its home base of Hong Kong International Airport, as the thrust reversers are deployed to slow the plane as it lands. The image … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Air Canada Airbus A330-300
It's Sunday again, and if all is well, it's time for some Airplane art. This week, in the morning sunshine is an Air Canada Airbus A330-300 resting at London Heathrow Terminal 3 awaiting its next turn back to Canada. 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! Want to keep up … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Finnair A330-300
It's Sunday again, so it must to time for some more airplane art. This week, it's a Finnair Airbus A330-300 taxing to its gate in the dusk as evening begins to fall at New York-JFK 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 week! Want to keep up with me at … [Read more...]
Airbus rakes the orders in from China, launches a new A330
It's been a busy day for Airbus at the Aviation Expo - China 2013, with a bucket full of orders - and the launch of a new Airbus A330. Let's start with the orders, with the action firmly on the smaller members of the Airbus family - the A320 Family BOC Aviation have placed an additional order for 25 Airbus A320 family aircraft, split between 13 A320ce0 (current engine … [Read more...]
Delta turns to Airbus for new aircraft
Airbus has scored a significant order today from one of the giants of the air - Delta. The order is for: 30 Airbus A321ceos (current engine option) 10 Airbus A330-300s Looking at the A321s, these will be based on current design with sharklets - not the A321neo that a lot of airlines are interested in. They will be configured in 20 First Class seats, 22 Economy … [Read more...]
1000th Airbus A330 rolls out for Cathay Pacific
Making a 1000 of anything big like aircraft is an impressive achievement, and Airbus today announced it has rolled out and delivered its 1000th Airbus A330. The 1000th Aircraft is for Cathay Pacific, and adorned as such. Images - Airbus SAS - This A330-300 will make up part of cadre of 56 A330's that Cathay Pacific and Dragonair own - making them the … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300X
It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330-300X parked on the far Heathrow T5 pads 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...]