October 22, 2024News

Boeing Bags New Order From Emirates For Five Freighters

Dubai-based Emirates says its cargo business is booming. To meet the surge in demand for its services, the world’s largest international airline has decided to place another order for 777 Freighters with Boeing. This order is in addition to a similar one from earlier this year, making the new one the second aircraft deal between the two parties.

The latest order brings Emirates’ order book to 249 Boeing planes, including 14 777 Freighters. The airline aims to have 21 aircraft of this type serving its SkyCargo arm in the coming years. Presently, it has 11 cargo aeroplanes in its fleet.

With a range of up to 9,200km and a cargo capacity of 102 tonnes, the Boeing 777 Freighter offers the most nonstop flying distance and freight volume in the twin-engine jet space.

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October 21, 2024

Finnair Confirms More Flights To These Cities Next Summer

Finland’s national carrier, Finnair, has shared an update regarding its summer schedule for next year. The carrier has chosen seven cities across the USA, Japan and China, where it will operate extra weekly services during the summer of 2025.

In the USA, Finnair will increase the weekly flight count to Chicago up to a daily affair. To Dallas, where the airline flew five weekly services in the summer of 2024, it will operate 11 weekly services. Similarly, the airline has planned two additional weekly flights to Seattle and Los Angeles next summer.

Over To Japan. Finnair has announced four weekly services to Nagoya, up from three, during next summer. Another Japanese destination the Finnish airline has chosen is Osaka, which hosts the World Expo 2025. A daily service to Osaka has been confirmed.

Lastly, the airline will fly an additional weekly flight to Shanghai, bringing the weekly count to four next summer.

October 21, 2024

Air India Confirms New And Direct Flight To London Heathrow

Starting October 27, 2024, Air India will begin operating direct flights to London Heathrow from Bengaluru. This service, which will be operated using a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, will replace Karnataka’s current direct connection with the English capital, Bengaluru, with London Gatwick. Also, that route operated five times weekly and joined the airline’s schedule earlier this year. The new route will be a daily affair.

The aircraft in question will boast a two-class configuration featuring 18 flatbeds in the Business Class section and 238 seats in Economy. The outbound flight—AI133—will depart from Bengaluru at 14:20 and arrive in London at 19:30. The return leg—AI134—will leave from London and land in Bengaluru at 21:05 and 12:20 the next day respectively. Once established, the new route will complement Air India’s London Heathrow connections from Mumbai and Delhi. The airline operates 31 weekly flights to London Heathrow from those two metros.

Regarding its link with London Gatwick, the carrier will continue to operate 12 weekly flights from four Indian cities – Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Goa and Kochi.

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