Economy Class & Beyond

KE: Confirms C Series Order.

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It seems that when Korean Air isn't dinging A380's here and there, it's commiting to orders placed.Korean Air has placed a firm order for 10 Bombardier CSeries CS300 aeroplanes, converting a letter of intent signed at the Paris Air Show 2011. Korean Air's confirmation of it going ahead with the CSeries gives the programme a welcome boost with an outstanding build of 133 … [Read more...]

CZ: They’re packing them in on their A380’s….

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China Southern has announced how many people they're going to cram into their new A380s.And cram is the word of the day with 506 seats on the plane, configured asFirst: 8 (Lower Desk) Business: 70 (Upper deck)Economy: 352 in 3-4-3 configuration (Lower Deck), 76 in 2-4-2 (Upper Deck)China Southern are due to take delivery of their first Airbus A380 in September, and will … [Read more...]

EK: A380’s to KL and Rome.

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It's looking like the airline who ordered a lot of Airbus A380's is looking for routes to place them on.Emirates has announced today two new A380 routes - Rome "Leonardo da Vinci" to Dubai and Kuala Lumpur to Dubai Rome Rotations:EK97     DEP DXB 09:10     ARR FCO 12:35EK98     DEP FCO 14:35     ARR DXB 23:05 Commences: 01/12/11. … [Read more...]

KE: Don’t Ding that new A380… oops. Too late.

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AVHerald picked this gem up. It seems a Korean Air Airbus A380 was landing at Tokyo Narita - an airport famed for it's mad winds sadly, made a landing - landing on one of the engine pods. I'll let the picture do the talking.Picture - avherald.comNot the most graceful of landings.The aircraft itself was able to right itself on landing, and rolled to the gate safely. The runway … [Read more...]

TG: A380’s Inital destinations are annouced.

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And there's no prizes for guessing where.Thai Airways are looking like London and Frankfurt to be the first Long Haul destinations due to the high loads and twice daily services that operate from there already. However, don't expect them in a rush. In the first phase, they will receive one A380, which will primarily operate regional routes. By the end of 2012, Thai Airways will … [Read more...]

CZ: First to use A380’s… Domesticly within China

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China Southern has been busy, as the SkyTeam member has announced it's first operations for it's incoming A380 fleet. The A380's are planned to serve on daily China domestic services between Beijing-Guangzhou and Beijing-Shanghai Hongqiao. Reasons cited include high domestic traffic on routes, and in the case of Beijing - Shanghai route, competition from the new High Speed … [Read more...]

SQ: More A330’s on the way

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It seems Singapore Airlines are liking the A330's it operates. So much so, they're leasing another 15 of them, due for delivery between 2013 and 2015. The new aircraft will replace some of the existing Boeing 777's that are used for regional and mid-haul services - covering Asia, Australia and Middle East.They currently operate 19 on the type on 5 year short leases (and … [Read more...]

Paris 2011: Thursday Lunchtime Update

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Well it's Thursday lunchtime, and here's the news from Paris.And we open with Air Asia's massive order for 200 A320neo's. Yes - 200 frames. With none of the frames they have on order currently being cancelled this takes Air Asia to 375 frames due from Airbus. That's a LOT of frames!Meanwhile Airbus has disclosed an agreement for 10 A380's has been tentatively agreed with an … [Read more...]

Paris 2011: Wednesday Lunchtime Update

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It's Wednesday Lunchtime, and it's time for who's brought what. Kuwait's ALAFCO has opened it chequebook, ordering a further six Airbus A350-900's, taking its orders for the class up to 18 aircraft.Russian carrier UTAir has signed with Boeing for 40 737NG aircraft, made up of 33 737-800's and 7 737-900ERs.Meanwhile it seems Hong Kong Airlines has come forward as the owner of … [Read more...]

Paris 2011: Monday Evening Update

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Well I go and turn my back away, and it's been annoucement city. So lets get on with them in no particular order.Korean Air's A380 comes to save the day for a load of free publicity after Airbus prang their own A380. One less blush to worry about. Now... park the aircraft safely this time please?Steven Udvar-Hazy's "Air Lease" has been busy signing away today, with firm orders … [Read more...]