Boeing 797/NMA - my analysis
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Background: Since 2015, numerous airlines across the world especially the three major U.S. carriers i.e. Delta, American and United along with a few European/UK ones have requested Boeing to produce a true successor to the ultra popular Boeing 757 which is capable of transporting 180-200 passengers across the Atlantic Ocean. Currently, the only modern option available in the market is the Airbus A321NEOLR (with 2 ACT) but that aircraft under realistic operating conditions can fly a maximum of 7 hours 30 minutes nonstop with 160 or 170 passengers in a premium two class configuration i.e ..read more
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Kenya Airways announces New York JFK-Nairobi nonstop
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Kenya Airways has officially announced that it shall be launching new nonstop daily service between Nairobi and New York's JFK airport effective 30OCT18. NBO Airport was awarded Category 1 status by the U.S. FAA recently and as a result this flight which had been years in the making is now finally available for booking.  The schedule is as follows: Days - Daily Aircraft - B787-8 (234 seats i.e. 30J + 204Y) KQ 002 Dep NBO 2325 Arr JFK 0625+1 KQ 003 Dep JFK 1225 Arr NBO 1055+1 NBO-JFK is a 15 hours nonstop flight. Over the past 12 months, 37,000 passengers flew P2P between New Y ..read more
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USA Indigo Partners breakdown of 430 A320NEO family order
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Indigo Partners USA who own investment stakes in several low cost airlines worldwide officially firmed up the purchase of their record breaking deal with Airbus for 430 Airbus A320NEO family aircraft.  The breakdown of the order was 274 A320NEOs + 156 A321NEOs which will be split among the below mentioned airlines: 1. Frontier Airlines USA - 100 A320Neos + 34 A321Neos 2. Jet Smart Chile - 56 A320Neos + 14 A321Neos 3. Volaris Mexico - 46 A320Neos + 34 A321Neos 4. Wizz Air Hungary - 72 A320Neos + 74 A321Neos  In addition to the above order, Wizz Air als ..read more
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Royal Air Maroc orders 4 B789s
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Royal Air Maroc (RAM) has been officially disclosed by Boeing as the un-identified customer who has ordered 4 Boeing 787 aircraft previously.  RAM ordered all 4 B787s to be the larger and more popular -9 version.  It is expected that these 4 units will eventually replace RAM's 4 B763ERs thus making the long haul wide body fleet revolve around the B787 family exclusively.  ..read more
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Cathay Pacific announces Washington DC nonstop
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Cathay Pacific has officially announced that it will be launching new nonstop service to the U.S. capital city i.e. Washington DC effective 15SEP18 as the carrier looks to fill the gaps in its long haul route network where both demand and yields are high especially on the P2P market segment.  It shall end up being the longest flight operated by CX across its network nonstop and will be flown using an Airbus A350-1000. The schedule is as follows: Days - 1/2/4/6 CX 860 Dep HKG 1835 Arr IAD 2220  CX 861 Dep IAD 0115 Arr HKG 0510+1  Cathay also disclosed the LOPA of its new A ..read more
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Emirates announces London Stansted
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Emirates has officially announced that it shall be launching its 10th daily nonstop flight into the London marketplace by adding a new service to STN-London Stansted airport. The new daily flight will be operated using a B77W (3 class) effective 08JUN18 onwards scheduled as below: EK 033 Dep DXB 0930 Arr STN 1410 EK 034 Dep STN 2110 Arr DXB 0705+1 Overall for London, EK flies 6 times daily to LHR + 3 daily to LGW and now daily to STN.  Comments: Personally speaking, this B77W should have been used to boost EK's Africa presence by operating daily DXB-FIH-BZV-DXB triangular serv ..read more
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Malaysia Airlines increases Austral-Asia capacity in Summer 2018
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Malaysia Airlines has officially announced that it will be aggressively increasing capacity in key markets where there is both high volume passenger plus cargo demand from the on set of the IATA S18 season. The main highlights are as follows: ADL - frequencies increased from 4 to 5 weekly using an A333 DPS - capacity increased from triple daily B738 to daily A332 + double daily B738 ICN - frequencies increased from 10 to 12 weekly using an A330 DAC - frequencies increased from 2 to 3 daily effective 01AUG i.e. daily A332 + double daily B738 PVG - capacity increased to double d ..read more
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Singapore Airlines increases Auckland frequencies
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Singapore Airlines has officially announced that due to rising demand both from its home hub base as well as from Europe especially UK for its Auckland bound services, it shall be increasing frequencies as a result from the on set of the IATA W18 season.  Currently, SQ operates to AKL daily nonstop using an A380, however from 28OCT these will be boosted to double daily i.e. daily A380 + daily B77W ..read more
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Qatar Airways increases Rome and Milan
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Qatar Airways has officially announced that it shall be increasing its footprint in Italy with additional frequencies to both Rome and Milan effective 21Dec17 onwards. FCO - services increased from 14 to 17 weekly MXP - services also increased from 14 to 17 weekly ..read more
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Air China announces major European capacity increases
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Air China has officially announced that due to consistent rising demand between mainland China and the top metro cities of Europe, it shall be embarking on an aggressive expansion plan to Europe from the on set of the IATA S18 season. The main highlights are as follows: PVG/CDG - frequencies increased from 5 to 6 weekly nonstop flights using an A332 PVG/BCN - frequencies increased from 3 to 4 weekly nonstop flights using an A332  CTU/CDG - capacity increased from 3 weekly A332s to 3 weekly A333s PEK/FCO - capacity increased from daily B789 to daily B77W (2 class) PEK/LHR - capacity ..read more
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