While United just introduced its very “thinly configured” 50-seat CRJ-550 into service, ANA is preparing to put three densely configured, 180-seat A320s into its fleet. Starting from January 2020, these aircraft will temporarily operate domestic routes out of Tokyo Haneda airport. ANA’s Upcoming 180-Seat A320s The three ANA A320s to enter into service with 180 […]

On October 27, 2019, United Airlines put the latest aircraft type in its fleet, the CRJ-550 into service. The new aircraft is a 50-seat variant of CRJ-700 which can normally accommodate around 70 passengers. Initially, the “premium” regional jet will be used on flights out of Chicago. In the coming weeks, its also expected to

The first flights to and from Beijing’s new airport, Daxing, were operated about a month ago, on September 26, 2019. Since then, the airport has been served by a number of Chinese airlines. Today, on October 27, 2019, however, three foreign airlines operated their first flights to the airport. The First Three Foreign Airlines to

Today, Thai low-cost airline NokScoot launched flights between its Bangkok Don Muang airport and Sapporo on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. With that it became the second airline to connect the two airports, and the third one to operate flights between Bangkok and Sapporo. XW146/145: Bangkok Don Muang – Sapporo and Back NokScoot, a joint-venture

Starting today, October 27, 2019, Fuji Dream Airlines will operate scheduled flights between Kobe and two domestic destinations, Izumo and Matsumoto. In preparation for that, yesterday, the airline ferried one of its aircraft – JA11FJ – from its main hub in Nagoya to Kobe. Fuji Dream Airlines will launch flights from Kobe to Kochi later

Last year, ANA announced that it would be merging its two low-cost subsidiaries, Vanilla Air and Peach Aviation. Naturally, it decided to discontinue the lesser known Vanilla brand and keep the better-known Peach one. Earlier today, Vanilla Air’s last scheduled flight landed, bringing the six year history of the airline to an end. Vanilla Air

United Airlines announced that it has teamed up with the latest – and last – Star Wars movie, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. As part of that, the airline will paint one of its aircraft in a special livery promoting the movie and introduce a new safety video among other things. A United 737-800