Archive for October, 2009
AirAsia will be launching flights to three new Indian destinations, Kochi, Kolkata and Trivandrum from November. Given below are the schedules for all three destinations. All flights are operated daily and onboard Airbus A320 aircraft. Kuala Lampur – Kochi ( Cochin ) From 12 Nov AK 203 1450 KUL...
Will 787 fly this year ? Cast your vote at the poll.
Airbus recently revealed its latest freighter, A330-200F, in full colours for the first time. The aircraft, MSN 1004 and F-WWYE, is expected to fly for the first time later this year. The A332F can carry 64 metric tonnes over distances up to 7400km ( or 69 metric tonnes up...
Etihad Airways will resume flights to Colombo in January 2010. The flights will initially operate 4 times weekly. EY 266 2155 AUH CMB 0345+1 320 1357 EY 267 0445 CMB AUH 0800 320 2461 Etihad previously served Colombo for three years from 2004 to 2007. Colombo was EY’s fourth...
It was rumoured a few days ago that JetBlue was about to get a new livery ahead of their 10th anniversary. And today ( in fact yesterday for Asia ) they have just revealed the new Blueberries livery. In my opinion the new livery looks more lively, crispy and...
Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines began with a great bang as an airline that would offer a high quality in-flight product and an extensive worldwide route network. Although they have kept up with a good product it is worth considering what actually happened to their planned extensive network. This is...
Last night, I finished writing an article on Kingfisher Airlines and tried to log in to the site to publish it. Suprisingly enough, I had been logged out and even more suprisingly, my administrator account had been deleted. Someone had hacked the website. This website runs on WordPress, a...
Dear readers, Airline Industry Review has grown in leaps and bounds since its inception in July and it would have never been possible without your support. AIR now has an ever growing audience which accounts for more than 500 daily unique visitors with 102,204 hits recorded for the month...
Glooming economic situation or recession does not appear to be strong enough to stop new startups from being launched, one such is Feel Air. Feel Air is a new low cost long-haul startup that plans to launch operations from Scandinavia. The airline will begin operations in early 2010 with...
Lufthansa’s first A380 took to the skies for the first time, from Tolouse, yesterday. It flew over South France and came back to Tolouse after an uneventful flight. The Airbus crew reported no irregularities of the aircraft’s systems. The aircraft is MSN 038 and is currently registered as F-WWSH...