Air India formally joined the Star Alliance group of airlines on July 11. The induction of the alliance’s 27th member airline adds 40 destinations and more than 400 daily flights to the alliance network. “This is an important day for us,” Star Alliance chief executive Mark Schwab said in a statement. “We have said for
Air New Zealand has become the first airline in the world to take delivery of the Boeing 787-9 with the airline’s first of 10 on order touching down at Auckland Airport on Friday afternoon. 787-9 ZK-NZE (line number 169), operating as flight NZ6789, took off from Paine Field, Everett shortly before 8am Thursday morning local
The largest customer for Airbus’s A380, Emirates Airline has taken delivery of its 50th example of the type at a ceremony in Hamburg. For the delivery flight, the aircraft was loaded with 40 tonnes of humanitarian supplies which will be warehoused in the UAE. “Emirates has seen tremendous organic growth in the past four years,
Etihad has announced plans to operate daily non-stop flights between Brisbane and Abu Dhabi from June next year using Boeing 787-9s. The non-stop flights, which will begin on June 1, will replace the airline’s existing daily one-stop flights to Abu Dhabi which operate via Singapore with Airbus A330-200s. “The introduction of the first ever daily
Air New Zealand has shown off its first 787-9 to media a day ahead of the aircraft’s delivery flight to Auckland. These images show some of the feaures of the 301-seat airliner, including the airline’s famous ‘cuddle class’ Skycouch, new IFE system and off-the-rack premium economy seats (rather than the Spaceseat premium economy seat design
Boeing and SIA Engineering Company (SIAEC) have signed an agreement to form Boeing Asia Pacific Aviation Services to provide engineering, spare parts, and repair and maintenance services for Boeing aircraft in the region. The joint venture has signed contracts for maintenance and engineering services to cover Scoot’s fleet of 20 787s currently on order as
