Snippet from The Washington Post article – Link Over the last 20 years, Qatar Airways has undergone a remarkable transformation. Backed by tiny Qatar’s government riches, the airline has added routes to every populated continent, soaring from the 90th-largest international carrier to the 10th. Its prices on flights to D.C., New York, Miami and Dallas are cheap…
A Korean Air Airbus A330 flight #KE472 had to return to Yangon on friday when Air Traffic Control alerted the pilots the plane’s winglets hit the tail of a parked Bangkok Airways aircraft just before take off. Pilots did not notice the incident because of the darkness. The jet carrying 134 passengers and 11 crew…
A Korean Air Airbus A330 clips another plane during takeoff and seemingly doesn’t realize it. Link
The last of the 23 repainted aircraft to leave Flying Colours was Boeing 737-800 VH-VUL, which emerged from the hangar named Ocean Grove Beach on Monday evening sporting the Virgin Australia name in silver-grey print on the side of an all-white fuselage. Link
London Stansted airport has announced the next phase of its airport transformation. That is a £8 million upgrade of its Satellite One departure gate area. This development, part of a £260m investment programme, is being driven by the airport’s ambition to attract more passengers, airlines and convince long haul services from and to Stansted. The…
American Airlines customers will enjoy a new travel experience on the biggest network in the world when American begins domestic service with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in May and international service in June. The 787 initially will be deployed between Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport beginning May 7th, before launching internationally…
Singapore Airlines’ newest class of travel, Premium Economy Class, has opened to passengers. From August 9th 2015, customers travelling on select flights from Singapore to Sydney will be the first to experience the new cabin class, which will subsequently be made available to other destinations served by the airline’s Airbus A380s and Boeing 777-300ERSs, in…
QANTAS has warned it’s about to get tough on people who rock up to airport business lounges in inappropriate attire, and there are already calls for the same standards to be applied at plane doors. Link
A replacement Boeing 777-300 registration C-FIVX reached Tokyo with a delay of 14:15 hours. Link