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Avatar Airlines wants to fly Boeing 747-400s with low fares and a lot of...
Avatar Airlines (Las Vegas) is a proposed new airline that wants to operate high-density Boeing 747-400s on popular domestic routes with attractive low fares. The new airline has reported its has...
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QANTAS Airways brings the Los Angeles Dodgers and Arizona Diamondbacks to...
QANTAS Airways (Sydney) has issued this statement about the Opening Series of Major League Baseball in Sydney, Australia between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks: Major League...
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El Al upgrades its premium cabins
El Al Israel Airlines (Tel Aviv) has announced it is upgrading its Tel Aviv-New York (JFK) route with new Business Class “bed-like” seats and a renewed First Class to be completed by end of May 2014...
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ANA to operate its last Boeing 747 flight on March 31 with JA8961, will be...
ANA (All Nippon Airways) (Tokyo) as planned and previously reported, plans to operate its last revenue flight (NH 126) with the Boeing 747-400 on March 31 between Naha, Okinawa and Tokyo (Haneda)...
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Delta launches international Wi-Fi service on its Boeing 747-400s
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) will launch international Wi-Fi service on flights 283 and 295 equipped with Ku-band satellite Wi-Fi on Boeing 747-400 aircraft departing Los Angeles International Airport...
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United Airlines honors its top 100 employees with a special airplane
United Airlines (Chicago) Boeing 737-900 ER took to the skies on Friday (March 28) to honor the company’s top 100 employees. The new Boeing 737-900 ER features the company’s “United 100″ logo on the...
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ANA today operates the last Boeing 747 flight ending an era
ANA (All Nippon Airways) (Tokyo) today (March 31), as planned, operated the last Boeing 747 flight. The pictured Boeing 747-481 (D) JA8961 (msn 25644) with 497 passengers and 17 crew members operated...
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Delta and Virgin Atlantic launch Seattle/Tacoma-London Heathrow flights
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) continued its rapid expansion in Seattle/Tacoma with the launch of new daily nonstop service from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to London Heathrow Airport on Saturday,...
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Lufthansa’s pilots start their three-day strike virtually grounding most of...
Lufthansa‘ (Frankfurt) pilots started their three-day strike today (April 2). The strike has virtually grounded the German airline except for a few short-haul and long-haul international flights....
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Will Air France-KLM ditch their freighter fleet?
Air France (Paris) and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam) may leave the dedicated air freighter business after five decades according to Bloomberg Businessweek. The freighter division has been beset...
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ANA’s last Boeing 747 (JA8961) arrives in Tupelo, Mississippi to be parted out
ANA’s (All Nippon Airways) (Tokyo) last Boeing, the pictured 747-481 (D) JA8961 (msn 25644), as planned, arrived at Tupelo, Mississippi to be parted out on Thursday (April 17). The Jumbo was met by...
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Philippines to retire the last Boeing 747 in May
Philippines (Philippine Airlines) (Manila) will retire 20 aging aircraft from its fleet this year including its last Boeing 747-400 later in the month of May. The 747s are being replaced by newer...
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British Airways launches new routes from London Heathrow to Mykonos and...
British Airways (London) yesterday (May 3) added new service to the island of Mykonos in Greece twice a week from London’s Heathrow Airport. Today (May 4) the company is starting new flight to...
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Philippines will now retire the last Boeing 747 on August 31
Philippines (Philippine Airlines) (Manila) is now planning to operate the last Boeing 747 revenue flight on June 30. According to Airline Route, the final roundtrip will be operated on June 30 (see...
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Air New Zealand to retire the last Boeing 747 on September 10
Air New Zealand (Auckland) as planned, is phasing down its aging Boeing 747-400 fleet as new Boeing 777s and 787s arrive. The Boeing 747 fleet is now down to two aircraft (ZK-NBV and ZK-SUH) with an...
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Delta launches nonstop Seattle/Tacoma-Hong Kong flights, calls SEA a “hub”...
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) issued this statement about its new Hong Kong service and its new “Seattle hub”: Delta Air Lines yesterday (June 16) launched nonstop service from Seattle-Tacoma...
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Air China is gradually phasing out the Boeing 747-400
Air China (Beijing) is gradually phasing out its aging Boeing 747-400 fleet. The Jumbo is being replaced with newer Boeing 777-300ERs. The fleet is now down to four aircraft. The flag carrier is...
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Lufthansa and Air China to strengthen their partnership
Lufthansa (Frankfurt) has issued this statement: Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, and Song Zhiyong, President and Executive Director of Air China...
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Air France-KLM revise their earnings forecast, stock declines over 5%
Air France-KLM Group (Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) (Amsterdam) has issued a profit warning, lowering it profit forecast from 2.5 billion euros to around 2.25 billion. The stock tumbled...
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Delta suspends its flights to Israel due to the on-going violence
Delta Air Lines (Atlanta) today suspended all flights to Tel Aviv, Israel due to nearby rocket attacks according to CNN. Today’s flight DL 469 from New York (JFK) diverted to Paris (Charles de...
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