Cathay Pacific will now fly to Christchurch, New Zealand from December 1st through to February 28th 2018. The airline plans to use their A350-900 aircraft on the route. Cathay’s A350-900 is a 3 class aircraft with 38 lie-flat Business Class seats, 28 Premium Economy and 214 Economy seats. At this stage the airline will run […]
If you didn’t get a chance to try or see the Singapore A350 while it operated flights to Melbourne last year, you’ll now have another chance. Airlineroute.com has reported that the airline will bring their A350-900 back to Melbourne in May and June of 2017. The airline did this last year for a few weeks and […]
The China-based carrier Xiamen Airlines will be increasing their Sydney services in the Northern summer season. The airline currently operates Xiamen – Sydney twice a week but will now increase to 4 times a week. The added flights are set to start from the 23rd of June to the 29th of August. Here is the […]
Cathay Pacific has introduced a new menu for both First and Business Class guests. The new menu is part of a partnership with the Italian Michelin starred restaurant Tosca. For those not familiar the Tosca restaurant is located at the Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, the world’s tallest hotel. Here are the new menus: First class Fresh […]
Malindo Air has released their February in-flight magazine route map, and this issue has a new destination on it, Brisbane. There has been talking about services for a while now, but this could now be a sign that the route is definitely going ahead. The image was posted by Airlineroute on Twitter today. The airline already operates […]
British Airways will be adding a brand new set of menus for both club world and first class from the 1st of May exclusively for London – Hong Kong services. This is taking place to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the London – Hong Kong route. Here are the new menus for both First and […]
At a press conference, today held in Abu Dhabi CEO of Etihad Aviation Group James Hogan and CEO of Lufthansa Group Carsten Spohr announced plans to greater enhance their partnership. For a few weeks, there have been many rumors about a possible merge between the airlines or even Etihad joining Star Alliance, but both have been false. Per […]
Thai Airways were supposed to start sending their brand new A350 to Melbourne from September 16th last year however, that hasn’t gone exactly to plan for the airline, it’s gone really bad. I’ve written a few post’s in the past about their delays into Melbourne… Thai A350 Melbourne Services Now Start On The 24th Of […]
Cathay Pacific has today commenced A350 services into Melbourne Airport. This is the first aircraft up gauge for Melbourne from Cathay for this year, From march 1st the Hong Kong-based airline will upgrade the CX163/178 service from an A330-300 to a 3 class 777-300ER. Here is the A350 schedule: CX105 leaves Hong Kong at 12:05 […]
Singapore Airlines has signed a new strategic partnership with french crystal glass company Lalique. The new partnership will see Singapore Airlines carry luxury items by Lalique just for Suites and First Class passengers. The airline currently uses Salvatore Ferragamo amenities in first and suites. Per Singapore Airlines, “We are very pleased to partner with Lalique to […]
Not sure if this is a good or bad thing, but Reuters are reporting that both Etihad and Lufthansa are currently in talks about a possible merger. Per Reuters, According to the paper, managers from both companies have for weeks been examining the possibility of Etihad taking a 30-40 percent stake in Lufthansa via a capital increase […]
I never really post about Economy class seats or offerings, but when I saw this, I had to post it. Emirates have introduced new economy blankets that are made out of 100% recycled plastic bottles. The blankets are using technology by ecoTHREAD. Per Emirates, The environmentally-friendly blankets were designed in partnership with Buzz, the world’s […]