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Could the Sukhoi Superjet Be Norwegian's Key to Unlocking the Siberian Flight Corridor?

Could the Sukhoi Superjet Be Norwegian’s Key to Unlocking the Siberian Flight Corridor?

Since Norwegian Air Shuttle’s rebranding to the simpler Norwegian in 2002, the airline has expanded its footprint significantly. It has evolved from an airline mostly intra-European routes out of Norway to one of the world’s leading short- and long-haul low-cost airlines. Besides its expansion within Europe, it launched long-haul routes to the United States, South […]

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JAL's Domestic Traffic Increased

JAL Group Reports H1 FY2019 Results, Records Profit Decline Despite Revenue Growth

On October 31, 2019, JAL released its financial results for the first half of fiscal year 2019. While the company recorded higher revenue than in the first half of the previous fiscal year, it experienced considerable decline in profits. The announcement comes just a couple of days after ANA revealed similar trends in its H1

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VietJet to Add 20 A321XLRs to Its Fleet, 15 New Orders and 5 Conversions of A321neos in Its Backlog

VietJet to Add 20 A321XLRs to Its Fleet, 15 New Orders and 5 Conversions of A321neos from Backlog

On October 31, 2019, the Vietnamese low-cost airline VietJet has announced that it will add 20 Airbus A321XLR aircraft into its fleet with deliveries starting from 2023. The announcement comes just a couple of days after IndiGo placed an order for the long-range narrow-body aircraft in one of Airbus’ largest aircraft orders to date. VietJet

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AirAsia X Announces Naha Okinawa Schedules

AirAsia X Announces the Schedule of Its Upcoming Route to Okinawa

While the schedules for AirAsia X’s upcoming flights to Naha in Okinawa were loaded into the airline’s reservation system earlier, it officially announced them yesterday. The flight will be an extension of one of the airline’s existing Kuala Lumpur – Taipei rotations. D7384/385: Kuala Lumpur – Taipei – Naha and Back AirAsia X will start

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Trans States Holdings Cancels SpaceJet Order

Trans States Holdings Cancels Mitsubishi SpaceJet Order

Mitsubishi Aircraft announced today that Trans States Holdings, one of the manufacturer’s few customers, has cancelled its SpaceJet order. The company had the larger SpaceJet M90 – which is not compliant with scope clauses in U.S. airline pilot contracts – on order. Trans States Holdings Cancels Order of Up to 100 SpaceJets Trans States Holdings,

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Cathay Pacific First Class Breakfast

Review: Cathay Pacific 777-300ER First Class from New York JFK to Hong Kong

While Cathay Pacific has not updated its first class seat in quite a long time, it still offers one of the world’s best first class experiences – both onboard and on the ground – in the world. As such, after having flown it on intra-Asian segments, I was excited to try Cathay Pacific’s first class

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Amid Protests, ANA Cuts Japan - Hong Kong Capacity by Up to 34%

Amid Protests, ANA Plans to Cut Japan – Hong Kong Capacity by Up to 34%

According to Nikkei and a variety of other Japanese media, ANA has decided to cut its Japan – Hong Kong capacity considerably between December 1, 2019, and March 28, 2020.  This news comes on the same day as a South China Morning Post’s article reporting that United is seeing some recovery on its routes to

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Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines Sign a New Partnership Agreement, Plan to Share Singapore - Malaysia Revenues

Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines Form Partnership, Plan to Share Singapore – Malaysia Revenues

On October 30, 2019, Singapore Airlines announced that it has signed a new partnership agreement with Malaysia Airlines based on a Memorandum of Understanding signed between the two back in June. Under the new partnership, the two airlines are planning to increase the number of codeshare flights, and even share revenue on flights between the

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The Qantas London Lounge

Qantas Now Offers Paid Access to Six Lounges to All, Even Non-Oneworld Passengers

As initially reported by Executive Traveller, Qantas is now offering paid access to its London Heathrow lounge. The offer extends even to non-oneworld passengers. Today, a Qantas spokesman revealed further details about the offer, including the fact that it has now been rolled out to other lounges – including the first class lounge in Los

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