German newcomer Universal Sky Carrier on the road with the Airbus A340

German newcomer Universal Sky Carrier on the road with the Airbus A340

The two aircraft purchased are an Airbus A340-300 (registration: D-AUSC) and an A340-600 (registration: D-AUSZ). Both machines have flown for South African Airways in the past and are parked in Johannesburg as of 2020. The A340-300 has 253 seats, of which 215 are in Economy and 38 in Business Class. The larger A340-600 has 317 … Read more

Taylor Swift is getting some good news on a very special day

Taylor Swift is getting some good news on a very special day

Tell me – International superstar Taylor Swift, winner of 11 Grammy Awards, celebrates her 33rd birthday on Tuesday. And the American singer celebrated her birthday by receiving a nomination for the fourth time at the Golden Globe Awards, in the Best Original Song category, for her song “Carolina”. Taylor Swift had previously been nominated 3 … Read more

Air India places record orders for 500 aircraft with Airbus and Boeing

Air India places record orders for 500 aircraft with Airbus and Boeing

These are 400 so-called narrow-body aircraft, single-aisle aircraft. In addition, Air India is on order for 100 multi-aisle widebody aircraft. The deal includes Airbus’ A350 and competitor Boeing’s 787 and 777. Last year ailing Air India was taken over by conglomerate Tata. The airline was kept afloat for decades at the expense of the Indian … Read more

Enjoy your retirement in Mauritius without worrying about your health

Enjoy your retirement in Mauritius without worrying about your health

In addition to its 5 public hospitals – Dr Abdool Gaffoor Jeetoo in Port-Louis, Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam in Pamplemousses, Flacq in Center de Flacq, Jawaharlal Nehru in Rose-Belle, Victoria in Quatre-Bornes and New Souillac Hospital in Souillac – where professional highly skilled health professionals, Mauritius also has no less than 21 private clinics. Among these, … Read more

Norse Atlantic begins scheduled service between Paris and New York

Norse Atlantic begins scheduled service between Paris and New York

Flights depart Paris at 19:45 and New York at 00:30. There are Premium Economy and Economy seats on board the Dreamliner. There is no business class. The French capital will become the fourth European city to connect the Norse Atlantic to New York. The company already flies there from London, Oslo and Berlin. Earlier this … Read more

WestJet no longer needs the rest of the Boeing 787 Dreamliners ordered

WestJet no longer needs the rest of the Boeing 787 Dreamliners ordered

“We recently received our seventh Dreamliner, and that’s all for now. We have canceled the other three planes, as Boeing has major delivery problems. Instead, we bought a large number of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft,” says Pen. Focus on CalgaryIn early October, WestJet announced it would soon concentrate all Boeing 787 flights to Calgary. “So … Read more

Price fighter JetBlue will begin flights between New York and Paris

Price fighter JetBlue will begin flights between New York and Paris

As it expands into the European market, JetBlue says it wants to disrupt the hegemony of traditional airlines, such as British Airways and Air France. “The results from our flights to London show that there is a demand for the combination of high quality service and low prices,” said CEO Robin Hayes. It is expected … Read more

Thai Airways is considering putting the Airbus A380 back into service

Thai Airways is considering putting the Airbus A380 back into service

Thai Airways flew a total of six A380s before the corona crisis, but they were mothballed due to the pandemic. For a long time it seemed that they would disappear permanently: the two devices owned by Thai were sold at the end of 2020 on sale to put. Now, at the end of 2022, no … Read more

Air Belgium denies that the end of the company is near

Air Belgium denies that the end of the company is near

In recent days, various Belgian media have reported an imminent disappearance of Air Belgium. The company’s cash would run out and if ten million euros were not disbursed by the shareholders by the end of the year, the story would be over. Not true, says Terzakis to Belga. “This voice hurts us. It has been … Read more

Air Belgium temporarily confirms the end of scheduled service to Curaçao and Punta Cana

Air Belgium temporarily confirms the end of scheduled service to Curaçao and Punta Cana

Until mid-January, there will be flights to both destinations once or twice a week. Subsequently, in the period around the spring holidays, numerous flights will be made, after which the plug will be disconnected on March 5. An Air Belgium spokesperson cites high fuel prices and aviation taxes in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, as the … Read more