Today, Lufthansa Airlines took physical delivery of their first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental. Although the first 7478I was delivered back in February to the government of Qatar, this is the first Intercontinental to be delivered to an airline. ’œWe are excited and thrilled to welcome the 747-8 Intercontinental to our fleet,” said Carsten Spohr, CEO of Lufthansa […]
Turkmenistan Airlines was founded in 1992 and is the flag carrier of Turkmenistan. The airline operates an almost all Boeing fleet consisting of the 717, 737-300, 737-700, 737-800, Boeing 757-200, 777-200LR (in VIP configuration), An-2, Mi-8 and the Il-76TD used for cargo operations. Turkmenistan Airlines carries out schedule flights to 15 different cities with-in Europe […]
It was surreal pulling up to the Emirates Airline training facility in Dubai to find that part of the building was designed to look like an airliner — engines and all. In retrospect, it shouldn’t be too surprising, since this is the land of bigger and better and Emirates Airline seems to fit right in. Emirates […]
Christmas has come a bit early for those of us that live in Seattle. All Nippon Airways (ANA) has recently announced that they will start service from Tokyo’s Narita Airport (NRT) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) a bit early this year. Previously, ANA announced starting service between NRT and SEA using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner […]
To be honest, when I received an email saying a frustrated passenger made a music video to let off some steam after an airline lost his bag, I was very close to deleting it. First off, this concept as been done and secondly — well — sometimes bags get lost and it is by no means is […]