Sunday, October 29, 2017

Talking Points

Meridiana (Italy) will end MD-80 scheduled services October 31st. Limited charter and 'single sector' operations will continue through the Spring

Korean Air considers adding additional 787 orders to replace it's older 777-200ERs

Air China is expected to receive it's first two 737 MAX 8s by October 31st

Southwest introduced live music concerts on selected flights, claiming passengers enjoy the experience (they don't). No website tool exists to determine whether your flight may be thus affected

Southwest plans flights to Hawaii in 2018, and possibly inter-island flights. Hawaiian's stock reacted negatively to this news

United launched Los Angeles to Singapore flights (787-9), the 8,700 mile segment becoming the longest non-stop flight to or from the US

EasyJet to acquire 25 Air Berlin A320s, and a sizable portion of the airline's Berlin Tegel operation for $46M

United retired three 747-400s October 26th-27th. Seven remain in service

China Airlines (Taiwan) retired one 747-400, with four now remaining in passenger service. The airline also operates 18 747-400F freighters

KLM CityHopper retired it's final Fokker F70s October 28th

Jetlines (Canada) plans to inaugurate ULCC service June 1st from Hamilton with 737-800s. Four are planned for 2018, with an additional four annually through 2023

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