XiamenAir could place an $18 billion USD deal with Airbus

With the ongoing war between China and the US, there are rumors circulating about a possible order of up to 180 A321neos from XiamenAir. The deal will be valued up to $18 billion USD. I'm sure Airbus would be very keen to steal away one of Boeing's big customers in China, however I'm not so sure thi...

Re: Korean Air mulling widebody order

A350 would make sense as a 777-200 replacement and to help expand to smaller markets, while the 777X is a pretty good 777-300 replacement. I'm betting on a double order.

Re: Turkish to Start Newark Service

With EWR being added, Denver is now the only Star Hub with no TK service. Any chance of TK heading that way? Might be a better option than Emirates IMHO. I doubt the 333 can make that profitably, so I'd guess the A350 or 787 that's coming their way would do the trick, if they decide to launch fligh...

Re: Lufthansa: decision, which planes will be replaced by B777-9 in summer 2019

The 779 has the perfect capacity for a 744 replacement. I assume they'll use it to replace the 346 on popular routes and in turn use the 346 to replace the 744, and the 359 for the 343. Otherwise the 35K has a very similar capacity to the 346, so they could order it instead.

Re: Cobalt Air In Trouble

This has been quite an awful year for airlines, and add in the losses of 2017 Europe alone has seen Air Berlin, Monarch, Primera and now Cobalt cease operations, along with smaller airlines. I hope all the employees find a new home soon. Irrelevant sidenote, but I wonder if Tus and Cyprus 2.0 will p...

Re: Etihad to cancel a "significant amount" of A350 Order according to Aviation Analyst

They'll probably keep the -1000s, since (at least according to wiki) they're due to come in starting this year...

Re: A second airport at Madrid

Didn't they try to get this airport open again a few years back? Didn't Ryanair have flights to there?

Re: EW and SN to merge by end-2020

Is there anything SN and the Belgians can do about this? I can't imagine they'd be too happy

Also will SN adapt the EW service/seats or will they keep theirs?

Anyway it sucks to see that management at the LH Group can't seem to make any good decision lately. I hope for the best for the SN people.

Re: Interior pics of Delta's first A220-100

A220 if pushed, it can fly transcons, Hope to see Delta do that one day, if not use these planes (especially if they top up with the A220-300) to add second daily flights to SAL, GUA, SJO, TGU, from ATL and LAX. You don't have to push it to do TCON. The -100 has the range of a 738, and the -300 of ...

Re: Etihad special livery on the B787-9?

Notice that the picture looks pixelated as hell. Sorry to break it to you but this is a fake photo...

Re: Rumour: ET stops to accept deliveries for A350's and ordering 12 more B787 instead

PlanesNTrains wrote:

Hopefully Airbus isn't taking it's eye off the ball with JL gone and all the corruption issues they've been having.

Re: Airbus A220 (CSeries) Production/Delivery Thread 2018

Do we know a timeline on Egyptair's first -300? They are supposed to be delivered from November, but I haven't heard anything in a while.

Re: Rethinking LGA Airport

Why don't you stick it on top of the Empire State Building while you're at it

Re: B6 A321neoLR South America

If they go down the LR path (and they most likely will) chances are Europe will be the first market to see them. But, like you said, they have 85 neos on order, so Latin America is the next logical step (and tbh they can't really go anywhere else). I wish they would open more LGB routes with the LR,...

Re: Fixed Shell Economy/ Premium Economy Seats

AF has always had fixed seat PE. Its gotten better with each iteration but its still pretty bad in my opinion. The A343 PE seats are worse than Y in my opinion. I feel like my back ends up ruined for a day after flying in one of those seats. The newer versions are better but the fixed shell seats j...

Re: Primera Air bankruptcy

I hope this is not true. Primera has announced quite the shakeup for the TATL market and it will benefit passengers greatly, not to mention the tons of people that work there and may lose their jobs

Re: Qatar Airways upgrades part of A350 order to biggest model

Great news for both Airbus and Qatar! I'll take more 35Ks in the sky any day!

Re: Airports With Most A380 Capable Gates (including remote stands)

I'd put Lukla on that list

Seriously though, I heard that the new IST has 12 or 16 A380 gates (can't remember which)

Re: Lufthansa doesn't operate 777s

musman9853 wrote:

they made the mistake of getting a340s

Red Wings reveals new livery, announces fleet growth

http://www.rusaviainsider.com/russia-red-wings-adds-capacity-150-per-cent-growth/ Reading this article I noticed that Red Wings had revealed their new livery, which they had announced back when they ordered their CS300s. I have to say that it looks much worse than the current livery. At least this c...

Re: JJ A320 hits trees under tow at CGH

TAM really does not like CGH do they?

Re: Boeing 717 - loudest interior cabin noise level ever!

I've never flown it myself, but a family member did recently with Volotea, and they were at the back too. They said in fact it was a relatively quiet aircraft. And that's what I've heard in general. Maybe it was a problem with that particular aircraft? I mean there's a reason crews and passengers al...

Re: Aer Lingus Announces Upcoming Brand Refresh

I think they actually won't do a major change, but like others said they'll pull a KLM or AF.

Re: Aer Lingus Announces Upcoming Brand Refresh

Finally a refresh for EI. Hopefully they won't pull a Flybe...

Re: Air Arabia pilots turn an A320 into a STOL aircraft

SDU and LCY will be glad to hear this

Re: Gulf Air considers keeping A330s

817Dreamliiner wrote:

MoReZ84 wrote:

OA940 wrote:

Isn't Gulf taking 16 787s?

10 firm 6 options

Boeing's website lists 16 firm orders for the 787-9 for Gulf Air.

Oman Air adds ATH with the 737 MAX

https://www.aircargonews.net/news/airline/single-view/news/oman-air-to-add-athens-to-expanding-network.html Oman Air will be adding a flight from Muscat to Athens as part of its expansion with the 737 MAX from 2019. No starting date or frequency just yet, but the airline's chief executive has confir...

Copa reveals new Business Class seats for the 737 MAX

Thought this deserved its own thread. Copa will be using the B/E Aerospace Diamond seats for its 737 MAX fleet, starting with a MAX 9. These are the same seats used by airlines like PAL, AA, UA, DL, KLM and many more. Copa will launch these seats (and the MAX) on some of its longest routes, such as ...

Re: Cathay Pacific aircraft repainted with wrong titles

This is just great. They should keep it like that

Re: Gulf Air considers keeping A330s

Isn't Gulf taking 16 787s?

Re: Turkish Airlines could start flying to Australia in 2019 with B787-9

Could they maybe do it with the 359? It has more range than the 789, which would help them reach SYD, which I assume would be their first goal. They could also reintroduce Premium Economy on the A350. A 7-abreast cabin with, say, 42'' pitch would do the trick, and would help keep capacity at lower l...

Re: EVA - Why such limited service to Oceania?

I think you answered your questions. China beat them to Oceania with the 744. Keep in mind that EVA is a fairly new airline, whereas CI has decades on them. When EVA launched, they naturally wanted to go to the bigger markets, such as LAX, LHR and JFK. If I'm correct CI and QF had TPE covered from A...

Re: First Delta Airbus A220-100 Rolls Out Of Paints Shop

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Re: Why doesn´t Boening make a loger range 737 Max?

797 is basically it. Only they just add in some more capacity.

Re: Primera Air adds MAD-BOS/EWR/YYZ

Do they even have enough aircrft on order? Can the MAX even make it with a full payload? Each of these new bases will only require 2 aircraft (with the exception of STN and eventually FRA, with 3), and they have 16 MAX 9s on order with 4 purchase rights. They also still have 3 A321neos to receive t...

Re: Primera Air adds MAD-BOS/EWR/YYZ

Do they even have enough aircrft on order? Can the MAX even make it with a full payload?

Re: Car chase on LYS runway

This is the literal definition of what the f***

Re: Why don't Japanese airlines fly to Africa?

Cultural reasons aside, JL and NH are extremely conservative when it comes to expansion. You'll never see them opening up any ''risky'' routes, like airlines in neighboring countries may do. Ofc for them a risky market is Madrid, so you can kinda see why they don't fly to the immensly lower-yield Af...

Re: Aeroflot seeks to capitalize on Moscow as sixth-freedom hub

Wow, Aeroflot seeks to capitalize on something?

In all seriousness though, isn't is basically what every airline that sells tickets via its hub does?

How will BA expand?

With LHR practically out of slots, and BA expecting 70 new aircraft, how will they expand going forward? The LHR expansions are years away. I heard they were gonna use some of the A350s to replace 747s. They could use the A350 and 78J to replace the 77E, though i doubt they are gonna want to dump th...

Re: Azul to replace E-195s by 2021 with E2-195s

How are they planning to replace them exactly? There is no way they'll have taken all 51 E195 E2s by 2021. Are they downsizing? Also why are they retiring them so soon?

Re: Air Tahiti Nui reveal brand refresh

HOLY MOTHER OF GOD!!!

Re: Report: Interjet to sell its SSJ100 to focus on its A320 fleet

Interjet needs to figure out what it wants to be- a ULCC or a proper full service carrier. Right now it is trying to be both and it’s not working as their financial results show. A 93 seat jet has no place in their fleet, and as comfortable as the A320s/A321 are Interjet really needs to densify the...

Re: Airbus and Boeing meet Qantas Project Sunrise challenge, RFP to be completed by end of 2019

Has anyone got any idea how many frames are up for grabs in this RFP? 10-15? (not all for use on longest routes, of course) Well they're gonna need 3 frames for each route, and they said they'd like to do SYD/MEL/BNE-LHR/JFK so that's 6 routes. Assuming these would all be single daily flights that'...

Re: A220: AtlasGlobal cancels LOI & BRA Braathens seeks indefinite delay

The A220 order book has long been full of these questionable orders. Others that are certainly in doubt are Iraq, GulfAir, Odyssey, Privatair, Republic, Ilyushin, Redwings, Porter, etc.. I suspect Airbus will seek to clean the order book up and get clarity one way or the other about who is doing wh...

Re: Flybe reveals updated livery

Let me vomit real quick

Re: The end of the line for the 737 design now proven?

With the 797 coming on-line by 2025 and Boeing's recent acquisition of Embraer (80 percent of the company), there will be enough aircraft to replace the current market of the 737 within the family of Boeing aircraft. In fact, it would be silly for Boeing to continue the 737 program with the new 797...

Re: Best TATL premium products?

Specifically for FRA-JFK Singapore Airlines flies it daily on the A380 as a fifth freedom from SIN and it will be continuing. Never flown, but arguably SQ is leagues above LH in W and J. Service on F is comparable by what I've read but SQ suites are too good to pass up. If I recall correctly ANZ's L...

Re: Aegean announces ATH to IBZ, SJJ and VLC

Interesting. I wonder what’s the main market with Ibiza to Athens - Greek tourism to Ibiza or the other way around. No shortage of beaches and beautiful islands in Greece so maybe predominantly Spanish tourism to Athens and onward connections? Aegean connects a lot of people from nearby countries t...

Re: Combating B6 if they decide to go TA

If configured with Mint, their A321neo can make it. See Primera Air.