On the A330s and A340s, the crew sleeping places are in a kind of capsule under the cabin floor. By removing that, Lufthansa can take more cargo on longhaul flights. That is a lucrative exercise, since air freight prices are relatively high due to the corona crisis. At the same time, there is still plenty … Read more
Nobel points out the importance for local residents. “Per aircraft that lands and takes off from Lelystad Airport, there are approximately 150 people with serious noise nuisance, and there are more than 100,000 per flight from Schiphol. This will give us a fairer distribution of nuisance.” The number of night flights at Schiphol can also … Read more
Gaddafi flew the aircraft between 2006 and 2011, then in the colors of the national airline Afriqiyah Airways. The Airbus (5A-ONE) had already been delivered to the royal family of Brunei in 1996, and ended up with the Libyan dictator via Saudi Arabia. During the Libyan civil war in 2011, the aircraft fell into the … Read more
The Boeing 737 MAX 8 replaces the older Boeing 737-800 at the Dutch branch of TUI fly. The MAX is not only quieter but also considerably more economical, which significantly reduces the fuel bill. There are 189 seats on board, just like in the Boeing 737-800. The fourth aircraft was initially scheduled to arrive at … Read more
The 43.8 meter long Boeing 737 MAX 10 can carry up to 230 passengers over a distance of 6,110 kilometers. This makes it the longest variant of the MAX family, but has a shorter flight range: the MAX 8 and 9 can fly 6,570 kilometers, while the MAX 7 has a non-stop range of 7,130 … Read more
Lufthansa had a total of seventeen A340-600s. Last year, the company indicated that seven would leave permanently, and the other ten very likely. Recently, CEO Carsten Spohr said in an interview that he has no plans to hire them again. The twelve now up for sale are the D-AIHB, D-AIHC, D-AIHD, D-AIHE, D-AIHF, D-AIHH, D-AIHK, … Read more
Both the British and Dutch health services report the mutated virus, which is spreading faster than the already known virus. Great Britain is usually an important market for KLM and KLM Cityhopper, which transports many travelers from the country to Schiphol to offer connections to connecting flights. The flight ban came into effect at 6.00 … Read more
The Public Entity Bonaire (OLB) confirms this to our reporter. Reporter Dick Drayer, who is active for – among others – Reismedia and Curaçao.nu, says the OLB has confirmed him the improved color code for Bonaire. Drayer has spoken to several sources for the change of codes on the other islands. With code yellow for … Read more
In the 1920s and 1930s, KLM already pioneered flights to the former Dutch East Indies. The Amsterdam-Batavia route, started in 1929, was the world’s longest scheduled service for many years. The first transatlantic flight followed in 1934, from Amsterdam to Curaçao via Suriname. The long-haul flights operated by KLM made countless stops along the way, … Read more
This is what the fleet page looked like at first: And this is how it looks now: The reorganizing Etihad Airways has a total of ten Airbus A380s. The iconic aircraft, with room for 486 passengers, have been stationary since the beginning of the corona crisis. They were previously the flagship of the Etihad fleet. … Read more