Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900

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It's Sunday again, and it's time for some more airplane art. This week, resting at London Heathrow Airport is an Ethiopian Airlines Airbus A350-900 near Terminal 2 after its long from its home base on a grey spring day. Ethiopian Airlines currently operation three Airbus A350-900s in its fleet, with eleven more due to join the cadre. Ethiopian Airlines also … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Finnair Airbus A350

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some Airplane Art. This week, warming up in the winter sunshine at London Heathrow Airport is a Finnair Airbus A350, which had recently completed the short hop from Helsinki to London. Finnair operate a fleet of seven Airbus A350-900 aircraft in its fleet, with another 12 expected through to 2023, replacing the older Airbus … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific prepares to upgrade North American Routes

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Cathay Pacific - in a sign of market confidence - is preparing to upgrade its two of its North American routes. Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER at Hong Kong International - Image, Economy Class and Beyond First up is the Boston operation. The service currently four days a week - this  will be uprated to a daily service, operating against the following timetable: CX812 … [Read more...]

Thai Airways take delivery of their first A350

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Thai Airways have taken delivery of their newest plane type to their fleet - an Airbus A350-900. Thai Airways Airbus A350-900 at Toulouse - Image, Airbus This is the first of twelve Airbus A350s that will join the fleet (split between four firm orders and eight aircraft leases). The airline continue to name their aircraft - this one called "Wichian Buri" (a district … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines A350 initial routes available for booking

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With Singapore Airlines edging closer to commencing Airbus A350 operations, routes and planned deployments are now appearing to crystallise for the new aircraft to be delivered to the airline. For the rest of us - it means you can now book seats on Singapore Airlines A350 flights Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 during its first flight - Image, Airbus. So the magic … [Read more...]

TAM’s first A350 takes flight

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The Airbus A350 is slowing becoming a common sight, with more operators taking delivery of aircraft. Speaking of new operators - TAM will be looking forward to delivery of their first A350. This took a step forward with TAM's first A350 taking to the skies. TAM will be the fourth operator of the Airbus A350, and the launch operator of the type in the Americas. TAM itself is … [Read more...]

Finnair takes delivery of its first Airbus A350

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Finnair today took delivery of the first of its brand new Airbus A350-900 aircraft today. Finnair A350-900 on delvery day - Image, Airbus. With Finnaor accepting delivery of the A350, they become the launch operator of the type in Europe. Finnair will be using these aircraft to grow its operations to Asia as it will take delivery of nineteen A350 aircraft to its … [Read more...]

Finnair’s A350 takes to the sky, TAM’s A350 emerges from the paint shop

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As Airbus A350s begin to roll out of the factory at a slightly faster pace, two bits of A350 news happened. Firstly, the first A350 for Finnair took flight for the first time. Finnair Airbus A350-900 taking off for the first time - Image, Airbus. For this aircraft, it now enters the final stages of preparation for delivery to Finnair - including further flight tests … [Read more...]