Miscellaneous airline bits & bobs

[flying.monkeyz]

Hong Kong Airlines confirms Gatwick for London flights

Hong Kong Airlines will start selling tickets for its flagship, all-business class daily route between London and Hong Kong in December, with flights launching in March next year.

As reported by Business Traveller (see online news July 20, 2011) the route will be served by specially configured A330-200 aircraft fitted with two different types of business class products, with 34 full-flat Club Premier seats and 82 cradle style Club Classic seats.



http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...to-go-on-sale-

Hong Kong Airlines has confirmed that it will base its flagship London to Hong Kong route out of the newly renovated North Terminal at Gatwick airport.

Starting March 8 the carrier will operate the daily flight HX876, departing Gatwick North Terminal at 2130 and arriving in Hong Kong at 1805 the following day. Flight HX875 will depart Hong Kong at 2350, arriving back in London at 0555 the next day. Tickets for the service will go on sale in December.



http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ck-for-london-

[flying.monkeyz]

KLM to adopt fully flat beds in business class

Dutch airline KLM is poised to join the flat bed club. Starting in May 2013 it will begin installing proper flat bed seats across its long-haul fleet which will replace the current angled lie-flat versions.

According to respected Dutch travel website zakenreis.nl the development has been confirmed by KLM's managing director Erik Varwijk. It will take 2.5 years to retrofit KLM's fleet with the new seating.



http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...business-class

[flying.monkeyz]

Emirates to take delivery of Boeing’s 1,000th 777

Aircraft manufacturer Boeing is nearing the milestone of its 1,000th B777, with Emirates set to take delivery of the aircraft in March next year.

Boeing says assembly of the B777-300ER aircraft has commenced at Boeing’s factory in Everett, with a ceremony held to mark the start of production.

Emirates currently has 95 B777 aircraft in its fleet, the most of any carrier, and the milestone aircraft will be the airline’s 102nd 777 when it is delivered next year.

United Airlines was the launch customer for the twin-engine B777 back in 1995, and Boeing has taken a total of 1,295 orders for the aircraft from 64 carriers.

http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...-s-1,000th-777

[flying.monkeyz]

Jetstar rolls out iPad on flights

In-flight entertainment has been taken up a notch with the introduction of iPads on board Jetstar's flights. The low-cost carrier held its inaugural iPad flight on an A320 from Auckland to Melbourne on November 8, where passengers were offered to try out the tablets for free.

This option is now available on selected Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft serving routes longer than two hours, including Jetstar’s trans-Tasman, Australian domestic, and short- and long-haul international services. The rate for hiring the iPad, subject to availability, ranges from A$10 to A$15 (US$10 to US$15) for the whole journey. Jetstar's A320 aircraft will have 24 iPads available for hire.



http://www.businesstraveller.com/asi...pad-on-flights

[jimyvr]

I RESPECT your rights to voicing your concerns. In case you haven't notice, many of the discussion in this forum started with news / articles from some other sources.

You always have a choice. If it upsets you so much, you can always ignore this forum.

Have a pleasant day ahead.

But unlike you, starting a thread dedicated to copying and plagiarism.

[Lobster]

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[flying.monkeyz]

Please note that the copying of entire articles is against copyright rules and against the SQT ToS

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From now on please only copy the minimum amount needed to get a sense of the story (as a rough guide it should not be more than 2 paragraphs) and then post the link for interested people to follow so they can read the whole article.

Thank you
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Wilco. Even better actually. Saves me plenty of time.

[flying.monkeyz]

DUBAI: Emirates orders another 50 777-300ERs

Emirates has ordered an additional 50 Boeing 777-300ERs valued at $18 billion, the largest commercial aircraft order in the airframer's history.

Continue reading at http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...300ers-364744/

[jimyvr]

Wilco. Even better actually. Saves me plenty of time.

Saves you plenty of time? It saves you even more time if you didn't "volunteer" to post these at the first place.

[flying.monkeyz]

Saves you plenty of time? It saves you even more time if you didn't "volunteer" to post these at the first place.

I like to share news and discuss.

[viraj735]

I like to share news and discuss.

And who exactly is discussing all these links?

[flying.monkeyz]

Indian gov’t to look at how to help struggling Kingfisher Airlines

NEW DELHI — India’s prime minister said his government will look into ways of helping cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., which canceled hundreds of domestic flights last week.

Continue reading at http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...YHN_story.html

[alberttky]

Emirates has ordered an additional 50 Boeing 777-300ERs valued at $18 billion, the largest commercial aircraft order in the airframer's history.

Continue reading at http://www.flightglobal.com/news/art...300ers-364744/

Bloody crazy airline! Where the heck are they gonna park all these aircraft??

[alberttky]

NEW DELHI — India’s prime minister said his government will look into ways of helping cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., which canceled hundreds of domestic flights last week.

Continue reading at http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...YHN_story.html

Perhaps the boss has been doing too much and ignored the financials at his airline.

[alberttky]

Hong Kong Airlines has confirmed that it will base its flagship London to Hong Kong route out of the newly renovated North Terminal at Gatwick airport.

Starting March 8 the carrier will operate the daily flight HX876, departing Gatwick North Terminal at 2130 and arriving in Hong Kong at 1805 the following day. Flight HX875 will depart Hong Kong at 2350, arriving back in London at 0555 the next day. Tickets for the service will go on sale in December.



http://www.businesstraveller.com/new...ck-for-london-

With just one flight a day I doubt it's gonna last long.