Tag: B777X
The paradox of the health crisis: there will be even more flights!
The health crisis has put air transport in the spotlight. Some will see it as a superb sleight of hand at best, or a veritable intellectual swindle at worst, but we've managed to go from a health crisis to...
When will the Boeing 777X finally enter service? And do we still need it?
The Boeing 777X, successor to the famous 777, was scheduled to make its first commercial flight in 2021. Between technical problems and a health crisis, its release is constantly being postponed, to the point of asking whether such an...
Air France: an order for 10 A350s and still questions
Air France-KLM has announced an order for 10 Airbus A350-900s to replace aircraft leaving the fleet in the coming years. A decision that clears up certain grey areas but does not answer all the questions.
Air France-KLM press release
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Air France: a large A220 order and some concerns
If we were to judge the vitality of an airline to expand its fleet or at least to renew it, we cannot say that Air France has been reassuring in recent years. Since the 2013 order for 28 A350s...
Lufthansa will soon charge for seat selection in business class
Lufthansa has just announced that from now on the choice of certain seats in business will be charged.
No sooner had Emirates begun to get the backlash from its customers with an "unbundled" business class offer, than Lufthansa found...
British Airways will not take used A380s
After having considered buying used A380s, British Airways gave up because of the cost of the operation.
As part of the renewal of its long-haul fleet, British Airways has chosen to order 42 B777-9s, but Airbus has tried to exist...
Will first class disappear from airplanes?
Renamed by some, removed by others, are the first classes doomed to disappear from the sky?
There is no denying the facts: the number of airlines offering true first class has been decreasing over the last 20 years and, for...
Boeing presents the 777-9X to its employees
It is in a special context that Boeing presented its future B777-9X to its employees.
The 777-9X was supposed to fly its first hours this week, but that will come later. In the middle of the B737 MAX-8 "Gate", the...
What to replace the A380 with?
Now that the A380 program has come to an end, it remains to be seen which aircraft the airlines will choose.
In fact, this raises two questions: which aircraft for those who want to acquire long-haul aircraft and which aircraft...