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China Airlines Boeing 747-400F

China Airlines Looking to Downsize Its 747 Freighter Fleet in 2024

While the number of Boeing 747s, especially in passenger service, has declined rapidly in the last few years, the aircraft is still a valuable workhorse in many cargo airlines’ fleets. One of those is Taiwan’s China Airlines. That said, as China Airlines continues to modernize its fleet, it mandated AMS Aircraft Services to sell five

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SkyTeam Elite Plus

SkyTeam Elite Plus Benefits (& Other Things You Should Know About the Status)

SkyTeam, like Star Alliance and oneworld, offers frequent travelers on its member airlines alliance-wide statuses. The alliance has two such statuses – Elite and Elite Plus. In this article, I will take a close look at the latter which is harder to earn but also offers more benefits including airport lounge access compared to the former. Continue

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SkyTeam Elite

SkyTeam Elite Benefits (& Other Things You Should Know About the Status)

SkyTeam has, like Star Alliance, two levels of alliance status: Elite and Elite Plus. While Elite is the lower level of the two, it offers some perks that the other two major alliances do not offer to their lowest-tier frequent flyer status holders. The most notable of those is extra baggage allowance. Continue reading this

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Yamato Transport A321P2F

Yamato Transport A321P2F Starts Proving Flights, Aims for April 2024 Launch

In January 2022, Yamato Holdings and Japan Airlines announced that they would introduce scheduled cargo flights around Japan using Airbus A321P2Fs. The flights, operated by JAL’s low-cost subsidiary Spring Japan, will launch in April 2024. Earlier this month, the first Yamato Holdings A321P2F was ferried to Japan, and today, the aircraft started proving flights in

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Etihad Journey 2030

Etihad Airways Embarks on Journey 2030, Adds Several New Destinations in 2024

While Etihad Airways, unlike Emirates and flydubai, didn’t announce any new aircraft orders at Dubai Airshow 2023, it did present its vision for the next few years. As part of “Journey 2030” as the airline calls the plan, the airline plans to significantly grow its fleet and network. A couple of days ago, Etihad revealed

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Catching the Elusive EMB-120: A Short But Fun Aeroexpress Regional Flight

I remember the first time I consciously saw an EMB-120, a now out-of-production Embraer turboprop. It was at Bratislava Airport, back in 2005 when I was just starting my plane spotting and aviation geek journey. While I took photos of the type a number of times since that moment, it took me nearly 20 years

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SAS Retires Its Last 737

SAS Bids Farewell to Boeing 737 with a Special Flight, Goes All-Airbus

On November 19, 2023, Scandinavian Airlines operated its last Boeing 737 flight. The flight was not only the last 737 flight for SAS but also its last Boeing aircraft-operated flight. With the exception of its SAS Link subsidiary which uses Embraer E195s, the airline only operates Airbus aircraft starting from today. To commemorate the occasion,

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