It's Sunday again, and it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, sitting in the sun on a Frankfurt morning is an American Airlines Airbus A330-200 awaiting its next duty. Hold it? An American Airlines A330-200? As the merger continues, the new American is painting up its planes into the "new" American Airlines livery. This is but one 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 – Qatar Airways Airbus A330
It's Sunday, so it's time for some more Airplane Art. This week, it's a Qatar Airways Airbus A330 coming into land at London Heathrow Airport on a sunny summer morning after a long trek over from Doha. 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...]
Azul get its first long haul aircraft
Azul has taken delivery of the first of its long haul fleet - an Airbus A330 today. America Azul represents the first of the Azul long haul fleet, initially to be made up of six Airbus A330s, with A350s to follow. The delivery is a bit early, as Azul is not due to ramp up A330 long haul services until December. This is due to aircraft reconfiguration as well as crew … [Read more...]
Azul goes for long haul expansion
Azul Brazilian Airlines has been slowly working away, operating its fleet of Embraer E-Jet and ATR Turboprops, growing is domestic Brazilian operation for some time now. Well today, it made a splash with an announcement the airline is to obtain eleven long-haul Airbus aircraft, with the aim of operating services United States of America. For its long haul fleet Azul is to … [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...]
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...]
Dubai Air Show Day 3: More orders trickle in
Day Three of the Dubai Air show has been and gone, and more orders trickle in as the week goes on. The widebody order of the day goes to Air Algerie who are to order three Airbus A330-200 as part of the airlines fleet renewal programme. TUI Travel meanwhile is to grow its 787 fleet with the addition of an extra two Boeing 787-8 aircraft, taking TUI's orders for the class … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Thai Airways International A330 Runway Excursion at Bangkok Suvarnabhumi
Breaking news from Airline Reporter and AVHerald that a Thai Airways International Airbus A330 has suffered a runway excursion on landing at Bangkok. According to AVHerald: A Thai Airways Airbus A330-300, registration HS-TEF performing flight TG-679 from Guangzhou (China) to Bangkok (Thailand) with 287 passengers and 14 crew, landed on Bangkok's runway 19L at … [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...]