Malaysia Airlines 737-8 Flag Livery

Malaysia Airlines’ First Boeing 737-8 Arrives in Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia Airlines placed an order for Boeing 737 MAX back in 2016. After a number of delays and seven long years later, the airline welcomed the first airframe of the type in Kuala Lumpur. The aircraft is scheduled to enter into service later this month. Continue reading to learn more about the first Malaysia Airlines […]

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Norse 787 in Antarctica

Norse Operates Boeing 787’s First Flight to Antarctica

Whether it’s inaugural and other special flights of regular airliners, flights by vintage airliners like the Buffalo Airways C-46, or research flights done by former airliners like the NASA DC-8, I love learning them. With that, I had to flip through the photos of Norse Atlantic Airways Boeing 787 visiting Antarctica a number of times.

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Emirates Airbus A350

Dubai Airshow 2023 Day 4: Emirates Places a Modest Airbus A350 Order & More

Following action-packed day 1 and day 2 of Dubai Airshow 2023, day 3 was relatively slow. Day 4 was slow – at least on the new airliner orders front – as well. That said, it still saw an order for Airbus widebody aircraft by Emirates. Continue reading to learn more about that order as well

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Jetstar 787 Rendering

Jetstar Announces Third Route to Osaka Kansai, Flights from Sydney to Start in April 2024

Qantas subsidiary Jetstar plans to expand its presence in Japan. On November 15, 2023, it announced plans to launch flights between Sydney and Osaka Kansai starting in April 2024. The route will be Jetstar’s third one to the largest city in western Japan. The announcement comes just a week after the airline announced plans to

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Air Japan 787-8

Seoul to Become Air Japan’s Next Destination After Bangkok, Both to Launch in February 2024

While Air Japan has been around for a couple of decades now, it focused on operating flights on behalf of ANA. In March 2023, however, ANA announced that Air Japan would go through a rebrand and start operating as a standalone low-cost brand in addition to operating a portion of ANA’s fleet. The new Air

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ANA Lounges: Access Policy, Locations & Other Things to Know

ANA Lounges: Access Policy, Locations & Other Things to Know

Like most major airlines, ANA operates a network of lounges at its major hubs and at other airports, it typically offers lounge access in the form of another Star Alliance member airline’s lounge or a third-party contract lounge. The airline operates lounges for both domestic and international passengers. The one thing that makes ANA’s lounge

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Ethiopian Airlines A350 Rendering

Dubai Airshow 2023 Day 3: Ethiopian Airlines Orders A350s & More

While both on the first day and the second day of Dubai Airshow 2023 multiple aircraft orders were announced, the third day only saw one – the show’s second one for Ethiopian Airlines, this time for Airbus aircraft. That said, there were also some additional equipment orders and other things worth talking about. Continue reading

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Egyptair A350-900 Rendering

Dubai Airshow 2023 Day 2: Major Ethiopian Airlines, Egyptair Orders & More

On Dubai Airshow 2023’s first day, airlines including Emirates, flydubai, and SunExpress announced orders for a total of about 220 mostly Boeing aircraft. While not unexpectedly not as many new orders were announced on the second day, there were still a couple of notable ones, especially from Ethiopian Airlines and Egyptair. Continue reading to learn

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