November 1, 2023News

Air Niugini Orders Six Airbus Jets

In a push to modernise its fleet, Air Niugini has placed an order for six Airbus A220-100s. In addition, the national carrier of Papua New Guinea will acquire three A220-300s and two A220-100 jets from third-party lessors.

Air Niugini will operate the A220 fleet across its domestic and regional networks. Where the A220-100 is suitable for the 100-135-seat market, the largest A220-300 offers more space with a seating capacity between 120 and 150. Powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines, the jets can fly up to 3,450 nautical miles (6,390km) nonstop. Airbus confirms that, as with the rest of the portfolio, the A220 is compatible with up to 50 per cent Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The manufacturer aims to make all its aircraft capable of operating with 100 per cent SAF by the end of the decade.

Apart from ordering the jets, Air Niugini has also chosen Airbus for flight planning support. Provided by Airbus’ subsidiary NAVBLUE, the N-Flight Planning will help the carrier optimise fuel, cost and time to meet operational needs.

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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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