One Mile at a Time

MAY 7, 2024

Riyadh Air is Saudi Arabia’s ambitious new airline , which will launch flights in the summer of 2025. So far, the airline has publicly confirmed an order for Boeing 787s. We’ve known for some time that Riyadh Air intends to acquire narrow body jets. Has Riyadh Air ordered the 737 MAX or A320neo?

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 20, 2025

In December 2019, United Airlines placed an order for 50 A321XLRs , which is Airbus new ultra long range and fuel efficient evolution of the A321. In this post, I want to take an updated look at Uniteds A321XLR cabins, as we kind of have a sense of what to expect from Uniteds new narrow body product.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 21, 2025

While the airline still hasnt revealed exactly what we can expect onboard these jets, these planes will are long overdue for the airline, so Id like to go over what we do know. These are the only factory fresh narrow body aircraft that the Abu Dhabi-based carrier has on order.

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One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Saudi Arabia is in the process of launching an ambitious new airline, which is expected to launch operations in the coming year, and then grow at a very fast pace. What to expect from airline startup Riyadh Air Riyadh Air is the name of Saudi Arabia’s new national airline, owned by the country’s Public Investment Fund.

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Aerotime

JANUARY 6, 2025

British Airways, the national carrier of the United Kingdom (UK) and one of the defining airlines within the contemporary aviation world, offers its engineers a career without limits. At London-Heathrow, British Airways operates to and from Terminal 3 and the airlines busiest worldwide hub, Terminal 5.

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Narrow-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 284

Aerotime

JULY 9, 2024

With one eye firmly fixed on accelerating its ambitious route expansion plans, Turkish Airlines has entered into a lease agreement with Irish-based leasing giant AerCap for ten new Airbus A321neo passenger jets. According to ch-aviation, the airline currently operates 65 A321s and 58 A321neos within its fleet. Ahmet Bolat.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Well, American now seems ready to admit that changes are needed will the airline actually be serious about these changes, or is this just lip service? It is abundantly clear the competitive battleground in the network airline business has, like never before, shifted sharply to product and customer service.

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Aerotime

AUGUST 2, 2024

KLM’s first Airbus A321neo aircraft performed its maiden flight on August 1, 2024. In a post on its social media channels , the Dutch flag carrier announced that its first ever Airbus narrow-body aircraft had conducted a test flight out of the manufacturer’s facilities at Finkenwerder airport (XFW), near Hamburg.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 6, 2025

I just flew Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 Class J on the short 70-minute flight from Tokyo (HND) to Sapporo (CTS). Domestic aviation in Japan is fascinating, given that airlines have dedicated fleets used exclusively for flights within the country, and many of those planes are wide body aircraft.

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One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Riyadh Air is Saudi Arabia’s ambitious new airline , which will launch flights in 2025. Back in 2023, the airline placed an order for up to 72 Boeing 787-9s , as this will be the carrier’s primary wide body aircraft. The airline aims to fly around 200 jets within five years of launching operations, which would be by 2030.

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Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

Air Astana has announced that its Almaty (ALA) to London Heathrow (LHR) route will be operated nonstop with Airbus A321LR aircraft as from October 4, 2024. This 3,500-mile route will thus become one of the longest being operated by this model of Airbus narrow-body aircraft anywhere in the World.

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Aerotime

JULY 3, 2024

The company aims to provide an exclusive experience, recreating the defunct US airline’s classic routes but on an upmarket basis, using the narrow-bodied aircraft fitted with just 50 business class seats. Pan Am later succumbed to increased competition on many of its routes.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In late 2021, the airline was privatized, with Tata Group, the company that founded Air India, once again being in control of the national carrier, and trying to bring it back to its former glory. As youd expect, this is no small task, given how much worse the airline became over the decades.

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Aerotime

MAY 3, 2024

The Dubai-based airline announced the launch of a global drive to recruit pilots across its First Officers, Direct Entry Captains, and Accelerated Command Programmes: We've unveiled exciting updates to our pilot recruitment process. The airline continues to welcome DECs for its fleet of A380s.

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Simple Flying

APRIL 6, 2025

The Airbus A321XLR (Extra Long Range) is a game-changer in the aviation industry, offering airlines the ability to operate long-haul flights with the efficiency of a narrow-body aircraft.

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Aerotime

MAY 22, 2024

Saudi Arabia’s startup international carrier Riyadh Air has announced that the airline intends to start pre-certification flights in September 2024 and remains on track to commence scheduled passenger services in the middle of 2025. 2024, the airline’s order for narrowbody jets should be done “within the next weeks”.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 17, 2024

This is the carriers single largest narrow body aircraft type. As the company describes this decision, the 737 MAX has 20% lower costs per available per mile compared to the current A320-family aircraft that Rouge operates, so this will enhance Rouges competitiveness in leisure markets.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Air Canada plans new 777 & 787 business class For some time, Air Canada executives have been hinting that the airline would introduce a new business class product. So if an airline is going to take delivery of new jets in the coming years, its logical that theyd feature an updated product.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

The airline has 155 of these planes on order, which will be delivered through 2027. The airline has been taking delivery of these jets quickly, and Deltas A321neo fleet is now approaching 70 aircraft. Its interesting how premium economy is increasingly being offered by US airlines on premium domestic routes.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 23, 2025

There are several advantages for an airline to source its planes from one manufacturer. Let's use an example: if an airline is looking to purchase 30 mainline narrow-body aircraft and 10 wide-body planes, the following options are available: One key benefit is pricing.

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Narrow-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 101

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Ive gotta be honest, it feels kind of weird to board a narrow body jet on Cathay Pacific, because Im so used to the airline only flying wide body jets pre-pandemic. Cathay Pacific has long been into this hard shell concept, though this particular seat is new to the airline.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 16, 2025

American Airlines has announced plans to modify its boarding process. How American is updating its boarding priority American is modifying its boarding priority as of May 1, 2025, in a move that the airline describes as being focused on making the boarding process simpler and more straightforward.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Anyway, in this post I want to share some impressions of Uniteds new narrow body aircraft interiors and the soft product, and then soon Ill have a full review of the flight. I mean, all of the big three US carriers have very similar seat pitch and width in domestic first class, so its not an area where any airline stands out.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The intent is that the interiors will be very similar to those on the Airbus A321XLRs that the airline will soon start taking delivery of. The first plane should be reconfigured in early 2027, and the idea is to bring the aircraft interiors up to the same standard as the latest generation aircraft the airline is taking delivery of.

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Narrow-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 103

Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 6, 2025

Australian-based passenger airline, Skytrans, has received its air operator certificate (AOC) to begin operations with narrow-body aircraft in the region, and has welcomed the first Airbus A319 to its fleet. Total domestic air passenger travel in Australia is predicted to grow by around 2.6

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 7, 2024

This is a modified version of the Vantage XL seat, which youll find on a variety of airlines. Anyway, its the best that the airline has to offer, so if you do fly Delta business class, youll ideally want to end up on these planes. What are Delta One Suites in business class like?

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Simple Flying

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The introduction of the Chinese COMAC regional C909 (formerly ARJ21) and narrowbody C919 airliner (a Boeing 737 and Airbus A321 competitor) is changing the dynamics of the Asian commercial aviation market. There is now a third option for narrow-bodied aircraft (or a fourth option counting Embraer's E-jets ).

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Aerotime

OCTOBER 13, 2024

The Romanian national carrier, TAROM, is set to sell its last active Airbus A318 narrow-body aircraft as part of its ongoing restructuring process, marking a significant transition for the airline. Amid its restructuring efforts, TAROM is committed to reducing its fleet from the previous total of 18 aircraft to 14.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 3, 2025

For the final segment of our royal visit to Versailles , I flew United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8 first class on the 2hr20min flight from Washington (IAD) to Miami (MIA). United has been doing an impressive job upgrading its cabins on narrow body aircraft, and it was nice to finally experience that. Well done, United!

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Airline Geeks

AUGUST 15, 2024

EL AL, the Israeli national flag carrier, has finalized an agreement with Boeing to purchase up to 31 737 MAX jets, replacing existing narrow-body aircraft.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 19, 2024

In late 2022, Croatia Airlines announced plans to refresh and simplify its fleet in a pretty exciting way. With the first new aircraft expected to enter service in the coming weeks, the airline has just revealed a new brand identity. Let’s go over everything we can expect from the “new” Croatia Airlines.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Skytrans, an Australian-based passenger airline, a part of Avia Solutions Group and the first ACMI provider in Australia within the group, has officially added a new Airbus A319 model to its fleet. This type of the aircraft is clearly dedicated for ACMI and charter operations.

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Aerotime

MARCH 31, 2025

Phase two of the project will see the facility expand to 12 maintenance bays, positioning Punta Cana as a strategic MRO hub for airlines operating in the region. 50% of the hangar facilitys construction has already been completed. The third and final phase will grow the facility to 20 maintenance bays.

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One Mile at a Time

MAY 29, 2024

After losing many billions of dollars, the airline changed course, and tried to shrink into profitability. Now that this has been accomplished, the airline is instead trying to grow, but in a more sustainable way. That’s exciting, since currently Etihad doesn’t have flat beds on any narrow body aircraft.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 16, 2024

In this post I thought it would be fun to take a look at the airlines that offer the best inflight entertainment. What makes for good inflight entertainment Airlines have come a long way on the inflight entertainment and connectivity front. The airline uses OnAir for a vast majority of its fleet, which has low speeds.

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Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 5, 2025

FL Technics is currently constructing a new 20,000 sqm MRO hangar at the second busiest airport in the Caribbean, Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ), which it hopes will support the growing fleet of narrow-body aircraft in the region.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 9, 2025

I was looking forward to this flight, as it was my first time flying a Cathay Pacific narrow body aircraft. The A321neo is a fairly recent addition to Cathay Pacifics fleet, though over time itll become an increasingly popular aircraft for the airline. The crew tried to reset it, with no luck.

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