Porter E195-E2 at Calgary Airport

Porter Airlines Exercises Purchase Rights for 25 E195-E2s

With less than 300 orders across three variants, Embraer’s E-Jet E2 series has not seen as many orders so far as the manufacturer would have hoped. That said, the Brazilian manufacturer was able to add another 25 airframes to its order book for the series’s most popular variant – E195-E2 – thanks to Canada’s Porter […]

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Toki Air Launch

Japan’s Toki Air Now Plans January 2024 Launch: “Will It Fly?”

It is not often that a new airline gets launched in a country one lives in. As such, I have been eagerly following the journey of Toki Air, a Japanese start-up airline that intends to operate regional flights primarily out of Niigata Airport. After a number of delays in launching scheduled flights and going off

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Shanghai Airlines Boeing 737

Shanghai Airlines to Launch Shanghai Pudong – Fukuoka Flights in January 2024

Shanghai Airlines, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines, revealed plans to launch flights between its Shanghai Pudong Airport hub and Japan’s sixth-largest city, Fukuoka. The flights are scheduled to operate from early January 2024. Continue reading to learn more about the new route. Shanghai Airlines’ Upcoming Pudong – Fukuoka Route The new route will

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ANA Mileage Club Airline and Transfer Partners

ANA Mileage Club Airline and Transfer Partners to Know About

While you can, of course, earn and spend ANA Mileage Club miles on flights operated by ANA, the airline also partners with dozens of other airlines. Additionally, there are also a number of transfer partners that allow you to convert their points into ANA miles. Continue reading to find out all you need to know

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AirBaltic Airbus A220s

AirBaltic to Paint Its 50th A220 in a Special Livery, Announces a Design Contest

AirBaltic is, with over 40 airframes in service (and another 30 on order including some ordered at the recent Dubai Airshow 2023), the world’s largest operator of the Airbus A220-300. In fact, in May 2020, it retired its other aircraft types, switching to an all-A220 fleet. While most of the aircraft are in the airline’s

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Virgin Australia Boeing 737-8

Virgin Australia Orders Six More 737-8s, Starts Refurbishing 737NGs

Virgin Australia’s Boeing 737 MAX order has gone through a number of changes since the time it was first placed. At one point, the airline even restructured the order in such a way that it would only receive 737-10s. That decision has since been reversed with the airline planning to operate both 737-8s and 737-10s.

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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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