Singapore Airlines has announced a commitment to purchase 20 Boeing 777-9s and 19 additional 787-10s. The order is theoretically worth $13.8bn at list prices. There had been no 777X order announcements since June 2015. The national carrier and 787-10 launch customer also announced its recommitment for its previous order for 30 787-10 airplanes.
Nationwide, 2,779 flights had been canceled as of 7 a.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. The vast majority of those cancellations were announced on Wednesday, with airlines preemptively grounding flights in anticipation of the storm. Reload the page for updates… UPDATE 1329 UTC Due to weather, there is a Traffic Management Program in effect for…
In a recent announcement, Singapore Airlines (SIA) have signed the letter of intent to purchase 39 Boeing aircraft consisting of 20 B777-9s and 19 B787s. Over the next decade, Singapore Airlines’ fleet will become further modernised after inking the deal for 39 aircraft on Thursday. “Singapore Airlines has been a valued Boeing customer for more than…
The windows in the Boeing 787 Dreamliner are awesome. You can electronically dim them for five different levels of sunlight and visibility. That’s so much better than the typical airplane window shade option of blinding or blocked out. But the coolest thing about Dreamliner windows are how huge they are, like vertical panoramas of the…
Qatar Airways is the new titleholder for the world’s longest regularly scheduled airline flight. The airline on Sunday inaugurated service on the 9,032-mile route between its Doha hub and Auckland, New Zealand. Flight time on the route is 16 hours, 10 minutes, on the New Zealand-bound leg. The return, which typically faces more headwinds, is…
We were live this morning from London Heathrow for the arrival of brand new Air France Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.
Brenda was aboard a Spirit Airline flight when staff approached her and accused her of being drunk. After the “well-endowed” passenger insisted she was perfectly sober, flight attendants continued to badger her about her appearance. Brenda, who did not want to give her surname, said: “They mentioned my body was too exposed and it was…
Many international airlines are allowing nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries hit with President Donald Trump’s travel ban to board US-bound flights after a federal judge blocked the controversial ban nationwide. US Customs and Border Protection informed major American airlines on a conference call late Friday that it was “back to business as usual,” effective immediately,…
A Singapore Airlines flight attendant was found dead in a hotel room in San Francisco on Tuesday (31 January) US time, just hours before she was scheduled to fly back to Singapore on a return flight.The deceased has been identified as Penang-born Vanessa Yeap, 38, a leading stewardess who has been with SIA for 16…
The new A350-900 was presented to the public today in Munich with a spectacular light show and an official unveiling ceremony in the Lufthansa Technik Hangar. A media show with light projections served as a 10-minute “fireworks”. In the presence of 2,000 employees and guests, the world’s most advanced long-haul aircraft was then christened and…
