Airlines

Photos: Asiana Airline’s first Airbus A380 super-jumbo and deployment schedule

Asiana Airlines first Airbus A380 HL7625. Photo copyright Airbus S.A.S.

Airbus has rolled out Korea based Asiana Airline’s first A380 super jumbo from the paint-shop. Cabin configuration Asiana will become the 11th carrier to operate the double-decker aircraft and the second in Korea. The aircraft will have a three cabin configuration as detailed below. Category First Suite Business Smartium Travel Class Seats 12 seats 66 seats 417 seats Seat pitch …

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Delta introduces new sleep amenity kits for international economy class

Delta Air Lines international economy class amenity sleep kit and water bottle

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines has introduced new sleep amenity kits for its economy class passengers on international long-haul flights. The new kits include eye-shades and earplugs to aid passengers in sleeping and resting when travelling on over-night red-eye intercontinental flights. In addition to the kits, economy class passengers on all Europe bound trans-Atlantic flights of 3,850 miles or less, will …

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Delta upgrades Mumbai Amsterdam service to full flat seat BusinessElite

Delta Boeing 767-300ER BusinessElite full flat seat

Delta Air Lines has upgraded its Mumbai Amsterdam flight to full flat-bed seats in BusinessElite class. The upgrade was effected on March 30th, the start of the 2014 summer schedule. The flight will be operated with a Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with 36 seats in a 1-2-1 configuration in the premium cabin (see cabin map). The business class cabin features a …

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Exclusive photos: Air India strips its newest Boeing 777-200LR

Air India Boeing 777-200LR VT-ALH at Paris CDG airport. Photo copyright Sylvain Muglia. Used under CC license.

Original story. First published Mar 27, 2014 12:00 IST Updates are posted at the end of this original article Financially beleaguered national carrier Air India appears to have resorted to cannibalising its newest Boeing 777-200LR VT-ALH, currently stored at Mumbai airport, to service the remaining five 777-200LR aircraft its fleet, three of which are due to be delivered to gulf …

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Photos: Air India starts delivering sold Boeing 777-200LRs to Etihad Airways

VT-ALA Air India Boeing 777-200LR at Delhi Airport.

Last October, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways PJSC had announced that it would buy five Boeing 777-200LRs from Air India and deploy these aircraft on Ultra Long Haul (ULH) routes like Abu Dhabi Los Angeles. With the deal concluded, since last month, Etihad has commenced taking delivery of these aircraft. The first two 777-200LRs of Air India VT-ALA named after the …

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Malaysia Airlines #MH370: Australia search maps, India sends most advanced aircraft

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues off the coast of Australia. The three maps below show the areas searched till date, and what is planned for March 24, 2014. Global news agencies are focussing on the US Navy P-8A Poseidon which is arguably one of the best, if not the best, maritime surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft in …

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Your opinion: Is DGCA over-reacting to SpiceJet’s mid-air Holi celebrations?

Holi is a major festival in much of India, especially the north where Gurgaon based low-fare carrier SpiceJet is based. Holi is a festival of colour, fun, frolic and love, celebrating the arrival of spring. Last Monday, March 17, SpiceJet carried extra cabin crew on eight selected flights who performed a short two and a half to three minute program …

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Satellite pictures of possible debris from Malaysia Airlines MH370

Satellite images of possible debris from Malaysia Airlines MH370 off the coast of Australia.

As reported earlier, based on images provided by the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGIO) to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA), there is hope that possible debris from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which disappeared on a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, 12 days ago. The search is still under-way. AMSA has released the two pictures of the suspected debris from …

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Possible debris from Malaysia Airlines MH370 found?

Malaysia Airlines MH370 possible debris sighting near Australia search area map

Twelve days after the disappearance of the Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRO flight MH370, has the search effort involving thousands of people from 26 different nations, found debris from the plane? Australian prime minister Tony Abbott informed his parliament that “new and credible information has come to light in relation to the search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in the southern Indian …

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Airbus and Emirates to showcase A380 superjumbo at India Aviation 2014 show

A customer A380 as well as models of its full civil aircraft product range will be at the heart of Airbus’ presence at the An Emirates airline A380 superjumbo will be on static display for the first three days of the fourth India Aviation 2014 Airshow in Hyderabad between March 12th to 16th. Models of Airbus’ full aircraft product range …

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Photo and video tribute to missing Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRO flight #MH370

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER registration 9M-MRO taken at Dhaka, Bangladesh on 11-Feb-2014. This aircraft went missing while performing flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 persons on board. Photo copyright M. Azizul Islam

From the master spotter M. Azizul Islam, in tribute and memoriam, a photo and video taken at Dhaka, Bangladesh, just a few weeks ago on 11-Feb-2014, of 9M-MRO the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER which is missing presumed crashed with 239 souls on board while performing flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. In the video, as the Rolls Royce Trent …

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Video: Qatar Airways unveils its A380 first class seat

Qatar Airways A380 First Class Cabin

At ITB Berlin, Qatar Airways’ CEO Mr. Akbar Al Baker unveiled the first class seat on its A380s which are expected to commence service this year. The seat is said to be the widest in the industry and the in-flight entertainment system features a 27″ TV.

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Photos and videos: Lufthansa’s new premium economy class

At the ITB show in Berlin, German flag carrier Lufthansa revealed its new premium economy class which will be progressively fitted on to 106 aircraft of the airline’s long haul fleet, for flights starting this October with its Boeing 747-8i and then progressing to their A380s. A total of about 3,600 seats will be added in the new class, which …

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Malaysia Airlines #MH370 passenger and crew names and manifest

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRO MH370 Kuala Lumpur Beijing flight crash

Malaysia Airlines has released the passenger and crew manifest for the ill-fated flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing, which is suspected to have crashed in the South China Sea / Gulf of Thailand between Malaysia and Vietnam. In a statement the airline said “The families of all passengers on board MH370 are being informed. The flight was carrying a …

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IndiGo A320 suffers minor fire at Kathmandu. All passengers safe.

An IndiGo airlines Airbus A320-232 bearing registration VT-IEU performing flight 6E-031 from New Delhi, Indira Gandhi airport, India to Kathmandu Tribuvan airport, Nepal, with 175 passengers, 1 infant and 6 crew members has just made a normal landing around 12:35 local (12:20 IST 06:50 UTC). After taxiing and parking at the stand, around 12:39 the ground engineer observed smoke and …

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Malaysia Airlines #MH370 Boeing 777-200ER had 2012 accident

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRL. Sister of 9M-MRO which crashed #MH370 and 9M-MRD which crashed #MH17.

Malaysia Airlines’ Boeing 777-200ER registration 9M-MRO which was performing the ill-fated flight MH370 earlier this morning was involved in a minor accident about 20 months ago. On August 9, 2012 its wing-tip crashed in to the tail of a China Eastern Airlines A340-600 aircraft and broke-off as per reports in the aviation safety network and Shanghai Daily. The incident occurred …

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Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER #MH370 goes missing

Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777-200ER 9M-MRO MH370 Kuala Lumpur Beijing flight crash

Update 3 – March 8 – 14:30 IST Malaysia Airlines issued another statement at 16:20 Malaysia time (UTC +8), 13:50 IST, 08:20 UTC. Sepang, 8 March 2014: Malaysia Airlines is still unable to establish any contact or determine the whereabouts of flight MH370. Earlier today, Subang ATC had lost contact with the aircraft at 2.40am. The last known position of MH370 before it disappeared off the …

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Emirates to commence Dubai Chicago flights in August

Dubai-based leader of the Middle East Big 3 (MEB3) airlines, Emirates, has announced plans to launch a daily service to from Dubai (DXB) non-stop to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Terminal 5 from August 5, 2014. The service will be operated by a Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in a three class cabin configuration. Flight EK 235 will depart Dubai at 09:45 …

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Etihad Airways announces record profits for fiscal 2013

Etihad Airways Boeing 777-300ER A6-ETK London Heathrow

On Monday, Middle East Big 3 (MEB3) carrier Etihad Airways announced a record $62 million net profit for 2013, up 47.6% year-over-year (YOY) from $42 million in 2012. The carrier saw total revenue grow 27.1% YOY to $6.1 billion, while expenses rose 26.9% to $6.04 billion. Total capacity as measured in available seat kilometres (ASKs) grew 16.6% YOY while traffic …

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Executive blood bath at SpiceJet – new officers announced

Beleaguered low fare carrier SpiceJet appears to be in the midst of a massive executive churn with many of the airline’s senior management departing voluntarily or being asked to leave. As per reports in The Mint and FirstBiz chief technology officer Virender Pal was summoned by the new chief operating officer, Sanjiv Kapoor, and literally asked to leave on the …

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