Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Oct 2, 2012 The buzz is getting stronger. Qatar Airways may soon become the first Gulf carrier to join the oneworld alliance, probably on Oct 8 in New York, Aerospace Diary learns. CEO Akbar Al-Baker has denied the development. Qatar Airways, has a fleet of 111 aircraft, with 214 planes on order, including options. Qatar's not-yet delivered 787 at the Farnborough Air Show- Wing waggle and more!

Posted by- Neelam Mathews Jan 16, 2012 The Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 is now flying to Frankfurt and New York,with the inaugural Singapore - Frankfurt - New York service having departed Singapore shortly after midnight today. It will then depart the German city at 0820hrs and arrive at New York’s JFK airport at 1110hrs, all times local. The daily A380 flights will replace an existing daily Boeing 747-400 service to JFK Airport via Frankfurt, representing a daily increase of 25% in seat capacity, says SIA. Frankfurt and New York will be Singapore Airlines’ ninth and tenth destinations to receive the superjumbo. Frankfurt is Singapore Airlines’ fourth point in Europe to be added to the list, after London, Paris and Zurich, while New York is the second point in North America, after Los Angeles. The Singapore Airlines A380 has proven exceptionally popular with customers, with strong loads on all routes it serves. The world’s first carrier to operate the A380 in October 20...