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. Riyadh Air expected to take delivery of its first jet in the second half of 2026.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 3, 2025

Thats largely because the airline has lacked a long term strategy due to constant financial issues, and that has made it tough to actually invest in the passenger experience. For the past several years, the airline has been in rehabilitation, and is trying to turn itself around.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 28, 2025

United Airlines has just reached a pretty impressive milestone, as the Chicago-based carrier became the first in the world to have a mainline fleet of 1,000 aircraft. United is the largest airline in the world by several metrics United just reached a noteworthy milestone. Looking at 2024 numbers: American had $54.2

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Simple Flying

JANUARY 18, 2025

In January 2025, there are seven aircraft types that flew between London Heathrow Airport and destinations in the United States. Six of these types were wide-bodied aircraft, and one was narrow-bodied. million seats. Air traffic has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and is reaching new heights.

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One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Thai Airways will be updating the interiors of its narrow body jets, which should give the airline a lot more flexibility with fleet planning. When Thai Smile was still in operation, Thai Airways only had wide body aircraft in its mainline fleet. I’d say that’s a win-win for both the airline and consumers.

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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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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. As you can tell, Etihad chose the second longest range version of the jet, so well talk more about why in a bit.

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Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

Saudia Group is currently in talks with both Boeing and Airbus over the possibility of placing an order for new wide-body aircraft, according to Reuters. Saudia Group hit the headlines only a few weeks ago by announcing an order with Airbus for 105 A320neo family aircraft.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Aircalin, the international airline of the South Pacific French territory of New Caledonia, has placed a fascinating aircraft order. The airline plans to configure the planes with more than 320 seats each, spread across three cabins (business, premium economy, and economy). Im not sure I can fully make sense of the logic.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 26, 2024

It looks like Indias largest airline, IndiGo, has plans to launch long haul flights earlier than initially planned. IndiGo nears deal for Norse Atlantic Boeing 787s IndiGo is a powerhouse in Indian aviation, but up until now, the airline has almost exclusively operated narrow body jets, and hasnt operated long haul flights.

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One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Ethiopian Airlines is Africa’s largest airline, offering a significant amount of both short haul and long haul capacity. Ethiopian Airlines business class seats by aircraft type Ethiopian Airlines’ long haul fleet currently consists of 60 wide body aircraft, including Airbus A350s, Boeing 777s, and Boeing 787s.

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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. Upon delivery, both jets were immediately ferried to Victorville (VCV), where they entered storage.

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One Mile at a Time

MARCH 14, 2025

Theres now an exciting update , as the first of these jets has landed in Zurich, and will be entering service in the coming weeks. Edelweiss modernizing fleet with Airbus A350s Up until now, Zurich-based Edelweiss Air has had a fleet of 18 aircraft, including 13 Airbus A320s and five Airbus A340-300s. Lets cover all the details.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 21, 2025

The air traffic controller cleared the jet to vacate the runway, and then taxi via taxiways C and A. However, while vacating the runway via taxiway C and turning onto taxiway A, the aircrafts right main gear went into the grass. At the same time, youd think the controller wouldnt have given the instruction to make that turn.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

For one, ITA Airways A321neo might be the swankiest narrow body jet operated by any global airline, and really puts even other quality airlines to shame. Ive never had this level of service on a sub-three hour flight on any airline in any cabin. Even that looked comparable to what youd find on a wide body jet.

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One Mile at a Time

JULY 25, 2024

For those not familiar, Abra Group is the parent company of both avianca and GOL, which are two of Latin America’s biggest airlines. Given the size of avianca’s network between places like Bogota and Madrid, the airline should have no problems filling these aircraft. The airline argued it was just too big of a plane.

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One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 6, 2024

We recently saw Alaska Airlines complete its acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines. The company is now working toward getting both airlines on a single operating certificate, meaning that on the back-end, the two airlines will become one. The airline is light on details when it comes to what exactly this entails.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 9, 2024

I don’t think this should surprise most people, though it’s always interesting to hear an airline executive provide some insights… American SVP explains carrier’s domestic wide body strategy All of the “big three” US carriers operate wide body aircraft on some domestic flights.

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Simple Flying

AUGUST 12, 2024

The Boeing 777 is one of the most popular wide-bodied aircraft ever made. Most airframes have joined or will join the fleet of major airlines like Emirates or Singapore Airlines, but some, like the one we will discuss today, are destined for private individuals and heads of statelet's take a deep dive.

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Simple Flying

MARCH 17, 2025

The Boeing 777X is the newest wide-body aircraft manufactured by Boeing to take to the skies. It is the newest iteration of the critically acclaimed Boeing triple seven family of wide-body, long-range, twin-engine jets.

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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. Douglas states that the new wide body order will be placed by 2025.

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One Mile at a Time

JULY 22, 2024

Korean Air is on quite the wide body aircraft shopping spree. The airline recently placed an order for 33 Airbus A350s , and has now placed an order for two of Boeing’s wide body aircraft variants… Korean Air orders up to 50 Boeing wide body jets Korean Air has just placed an order for up to 50 Boeing jets.

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One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Details of All Nippon Airways impressive aircraft order All Nippon Airways has just revealed an order for dozens of new aircraft. While this largely includes additional frames of aircraft the airline already flies, it also includes a new aircraft type.

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One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 21, 2024

Discover Airlines ( formerly known as Eurowings Discover ) has announced plans to grow its fleet, and to also introduce a new passenger experience. Discover Airlines growing fleet to 33 aircraft by 2027 Discover Airlines is planning on expanding its fleet in the coming years.

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One Mile at a Time

APRIL 29, 2024

In April 2023, Austrian Airlines revealed plans to refresh its long haul fleet, replacing its existing wide body aircraft with Boeing 787s. Austrian replacing 767s & 777s with 787s Austrian’s active long haul fleet currently consists of nine aircraft, including three Boeing 767-300ERs and six Boeing 777-200ERs.

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One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Brussels Airlines, which is part of Lufthansa Group, has announced plans to expand and improve its long haul service. Brussels Airlines acquiring more Airbus A330s Brussels Airlines’ long haul fleet currently consists of 10 Airbus A330-300s. Heck, the airline even has a lounge in Brussels that’s dedicated to Africa flights.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Last year, Lufthansa Group placed an order for 10 Airbus A350-1000s, in addition to some other wide body aircraft. The airline group has just increased that aircraft order by 50%, to 15 jets. Some of these jets will be going to Austrian and SWISS. billion at list prices.

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One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 25, 2024

In September 2022, American Airlines revealed its new business class seats, which will be known as Flagship Suites. American’s new Flagship Suite business class seats As of 2025, American Airlines will be installing new business class seats, which will be called Flagship Suites. Let’s take a look at the details.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 3, 2024

Qatar Airways is reportedly nearing a massive aircraft order, which would take the carrier’s capacity to the next level… Qatar Airways to order 200 Airbus & Boeing jets Reuters reports that Qatar Airways is nearing a decision on a major wide body aircraft order, which is expected to be split between both Airbus and Boeing.

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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 in addition to the six former Bamboo Airways jets joining the carrier’s fleet.

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One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The 777X is Boeing’s new flagship aircraft. While the jet was initially supposed to enter commercial service in 2020, that timeline has been pushed back considerably. Emirates is the single biggest customer for the 777X , as the airline has 205 of these jets on order, and is using these to replace Airbus A380s, as those jets retire.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 7, 2024

The 777X is Boeing’s new flagship aircraft, which is badly delayed. The jet was supposed to enter service in 2020, but has been delayed until at least 2025, due to certification issues. While Boeing is still officially hoping that the plane will enter service in 2025, it seems many airline executives now think 2026 is more realistic.

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One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 18, 2024

While I imagine an investigation will be performed, the current theory is that this might partly come down to jet blast from another aircraft. According to reports, a vehicle may have driven between the two taxiing aircraft, with the belief being that the jet blast from the A350 caused the cargo container to fly into the 787’s engine.

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One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Alaska Airlines recently acquired Hawaiian Airlines, and Alaska Air Group is wasting no time with making changes. Thats kind of unprecedented, because with virtually every airline merger weve seen of domestic carriers, one brand survives. On the back end and internally, the two airlines will be one. Well, now we know.

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One Mile at a Time

MAY 20, 2024

Saudia Group has just placed a massive narrow body aircraft order , which is described as the largest aircraft order in Saudi Arabian aviation history. Saudia Group has ordered a lot of Airbus jets! Saudia currently has 21 Boeing 787s, with an additional 38 on order (split between the 787-9 and 787-10).

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One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In October 2022, Air Côte d’Ivoire placed a fascinating wide body aircraft order, and the airline even plans to introduce a first class product. I wanted to take an updated look at this, as the first jet is expected to be delivered in the near future. This new A330-900neo order seems to be part of a swap.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 10, 2024

Delta adds premium economy on transcon route Delta primarily flies wide body aircraft between New York (JFK) and Los Angeles (LAX), given what a competitive market it is. On most frequencies, Delta uses Boeing 767s, which aren’t exactly modern jets, but at least offer a pleasant economy experience.

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