Aerospace Diary

Delhi is the second destination for Lufthansa’s Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental that touched down in Delhi. Lufthansa’s first B747-8 has been deployed on the Frankfurt-Washington route, also a popular connection from India. The aircraft is configured with 8 First Class, 92 Business Class and 262 Economy Class seats. Two B747-8 are scheduled for delivery in 2012. Among the destinations that Lufthansa will serve with them is Bengaluru. Lufthansa has ordered a total of 20 B747-8. Flight Schedule  Frankfurt (FRA) – Delhi/India (DEL) Flight schedule (all times stated are local times) NEW from 6 August 2012 Operates daily LH 760              Frankfurt 13.45 hrs             Delhi 00.35 hrs (+1) LH 761              Delhi 02.25 hrs     Fra...

Neelam Mathews April 10, 2012 Even as India procrastinates and continues to be on an insular mode on granting permission to permit the A380, Singapore Airlines’ three daily services on the Singapore-London route will all be operated with the Airbus A380 from 1 June 2012. Currently, two of the services are operated with the superjumbo while one is operated with the Boeing 777-300ER. From 1 June 2012, the third daily service, departing Singapore as flight SQ308 and returning from London as SQ319, will be operated with an A380 as well. The switch to the larger A380 will increase seat capacity on the route by 17% a day. London was Singapore Airlines’ first destination in Europe to receive the superjumbo, in March 2008. This was increased to double-daily A380 operations six months later. Singapore Airlines currently operates the A380 to 10 destinations: Sydney, London, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Zurich, Los Angeles, Frankfurt and New York. The world’s first carrier to o...