December 22, 2023News

LATAM Airlines Orders More Boeing 787s

South American airline group LATAM has announced that it has ordered five additional Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This order will further strengthen its rank as the largest operator of such type of widebody jet in Latin America. Also, the group has confirmed that these five aircraft will be powered by General Electric (GE) Aerospace’s GEnx-1B engines. This move makes the Chile-based LATAM the first airline in Latin America to opt for the GEnx powerplants. The group last utilised a GE Aerospace engine nearly twenty years ago.

With the latest order and other scheduled deliveries of the same aircraft in the coming years, LATAM’s fleet will comprise 46 Boeing 787s. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, that is an increase of 20 aeroplanes. The twin-engined widebody long-haulier can fly 300 passengers 7,565 nautical miles, just over 14,000 kilometres.

LATAM Airlines currently has 332 aircraft in its fleet, comprising 56 Boeing passenger aircraft (767, 777 and 787), 256 Airbus jets (A319, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo) and 20 freighters. Earlier this year, it took delivery of the first of 76 Airbus A321neo on order.

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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.

Also Read: airBaltic Connects Tampere With Palma De Mallorca

May 8, 2024

LOT Polish Airlines To Add Three Embraer Jets Soon

Poland’s flag carrier, LOT Polish Airlines, has decided to lease three new Embraer E195-E2 jets from lessor Azorra. The first of the trio will join the carrier’s fleet by July end, while others should get into action within Q3 of 2024. LOT says the transition of flight crews from E1 to E2 aircraft won’t take more than a few days.

The Embraer E192-E2, a single-aisle jet, can seat a maximum of 146 passengers. However, LOT Polish Airlines has chosen a relatively comfortable layout of 136 seats in a single class. The airline’s fleet presently comprises 43 Embraer E-Jets, making it one of the largest operators of the said aircraft family in Europe.