Fleet
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Brussels Airlines: Fleet Composition and Outlook
Despite serving a large number of Sub-Saharan African destinations, Brussels Airlines operates a rather small fleet of 57 aircraft, of which only 11 are wide-body planes. Those eleven wide-body planes, furthermore, are older generation A330-300s, with the rest of the fleet entirely made up of narrow-body A320 family aircraft. Among those 46 narrow-body aircraft, only…
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Korean Air Fleet Guide 2026 – Aircraft Type Breakdown & Future Plans
With the Asiana acquisition, the Korean Air fleet is evolving rapidly, with changes taking place right now and more to come in upcoming months and years. The fleet is a very interesting one, featuring still both the A380 and the Boeing 747-8i, of which Korean Air is one of the few operators worldwide. The airline…
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Which Emirates 777s Feature The Game Changer First Class?
For many years Emirates has been considered the “Game Changer” of commercial aviation. The innovations standards of service introduced by the Dubai based airline set the bar for many years. However competition, particularly around the gulf, has gotten fierce over over the past decade. Etihad and Qatar Airways have put on a real fight with…
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Air Serbia’s Second Regional Jet – A Small Step Forward for the Fleet
Air Serbia is a very peculiar airline. Despite Serbia being geographically situated in Europe it isn’t part of the European Union, meaning it doesn’t face many of the limitations its EU counterparts have been suffering since the start of the Russo-Ukranian conflict. The airline has been trying to affirm itself as a travel option for…
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Where Does ITA Airways Fly Its Airbus A350-900s?
There’s not too long to wait until the first Airbus A330-900neo planes will join the ITA Airways fleet in the coming month of June 2023. However until that moment the most modern long range plane in the Italian flag carrier’s fleet will be the Airbus A350-900. This is by far, currently, the most comfortable aircraft…
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Emirates Summer 2025: More A350 Destinations and Services Across the Network
The Airbus A350-900 is only a newcomer to the Emirates fleet, however, it’s already going places. The airline is including the ultra-modern aircraft in more of its operations and, with more units present in its fleet, is planning to shift gears once again for the 2025 summer season with new destinations and services. In this…
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Inside Qantas’ A380 Fleet: Current Routes, Aircraft Status, and Future Plans
The Airbus A380 has been a tricky aircraft for all airlines to use to its full potential. Very few airlines have truly harnessed all that the mighty airbus jumbo can bring to the table. Emirates aside, all airlines which have taken delivery of the A380 have had some issues making the economics of this giant…
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KLM Completes Its Premium Economy Retrofitting on Boeing 777 Fleet
As mentioned time and time again here on flightsmilesandpoints.com airlines are in what can only be described as a race to introduce Premium Economy as an onboard product. A hybrid product between Business Class and Economy Class which caters to the growing demand for affordable yet comfortable travel. Among the airlines moving in this direction…
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Boeing Monopoly is Over at Icelandair – First A321 Lands in Keflavik
Icelandair, Iceland’s national carrier is quite a unique airline in terms of business model. The carrier operates a hybrid business model mainly focusing on intercepting demand for cheap flights between the US and Europe with a rapid stopover in Reykjavik Keflavik international airport. Operating quite a large number of destinations with not all that much…
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The Delta Air Lines Fleet – Peculiarities Of a Huge Airline
Delta has steadily grown to become the US’s largest and most profitable airline. From its hubs it transports passengers across the globe. Such a huge operation needs a just as huge fleet to make all operations flow seamlessly day in and day out. Before kicking things off let’s talk about how we got to the…