September 27, 2023News

Air France-KLM Will Buy More A350 Jets

To keep up with the momentum of modernising the aircraft fleet, Air France-KLM Group is set to order more Airbus widebody jets. The Group will order 50 Airbus A350s, comprising the A350-900 and A350-1000 variants, with the option of 40 additional aeroplanes. The deliveries are expected to be completed between 2026 and 2030.

The new order will add to an already-placed order for 41 Airbus A350-900s for Air France. Of those, 22 have already been delivered. The new aeroplanes will replace previous-gen jets, including the Airbus A330 and Boeing 777. Besides that, the Group will also be among the first brands to use the Airbus A350 Full Freighter derivative of the aircraft. It has already placed an order for eight of those.

As things stand, Air France-KLM is set to become the largest A350 operator in the world. Once the order is placed, the Group will have over 200 aircraft on order, including 100 derivatives from the Airbus A320neo family.

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May 10, 2024

Air India Announces More Flights To Three Cities In Europe

Planning a trip to Europe this summer? You might want to consider an additional carrier that can take you there. Air India, which presently operates direct flights to six European cities, has announced additional services for three of those destinations.

From June 22, 2024, the airline will begin operating daily non-stop flights from Delhi to Amsterdam Schiphol (up from four times weekly) and Delhi to Milan Malpensa (up from five times weekly). Furthermore, Air India will operate an extra service between Delhi and Copenhagen, bumping the weekly frequency to five. It’ll operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Earlier this month, the airline confirmed that from June 16, 2024, it would start a flight service between Delhi and Zurich. This will operate four times weekly.

The increased frequency of flights to the three European cities means Air India will fly 80 weekly services to mainland Europe. Besides the four mentioned above, the carrier also operates flights to Frankfurt, Paris and Vienna. Air India uses a two-class Boeing 787 Dreamliner on all European flights. The aircraft boasts 18 flat beds in Business Class and 236 Economy seats.

May 8, 2024

airBaltic Launches Three New Flights From Riga

As part of its 2024 summer season, Latvian airline airBaltic has launched three new flights from its primary hub, Riga. All three are direct flights to Skopje, Chisinau and Pristina. The carrier will fly two weekly flights to the three cities mentioned above.

Skopje is the capital of North Macedonia, and the flight here from Riga will take about 2 hours and 46 minutes. The nonstop service from Riga to Chisinau, Moldova’s capital, will take 2 hours and 30 minutes. Lastly, the flight time between Riga and Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, should take about 2 hours and 50 minutes.

airBaltic aims to offer 15 new routes from the Baltics and Tampere during the summer season. All flights will be operated on an Airbus A220-300.

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