Although Dubai-based Emirates and Doha-based Qatar are constantly in the spotlight, there are a few other decent full-service carriers in the Middle East. Today we’ll compare the economy class experience between Saudi Arabia’s Saudia and Abu Dhabi-based Etihad. Both are excellent products (especially compared to anything in North America) so it will be quite the […]
At Simple Flying, we love our old school aircraft. The Boeing 707 is a classic example. Boeing built 865 of them between 1958 and 1979. Like most aircraft types, there were several variants. But it is a little known quirk of aviation history that Boeing built a 707 variant just for Qantas. The unique Qantas […]
Africa’s leading airline has announced plans to build a brand-new $5 billion mega airport in Addis Ababa. Ethiopian Airlines says it expects to have outgrown its current base at Bole International Airport within the next three or four years. Ethiopian Airlines has ambitious expansion plans. Photo: Tomás Del Coro via Flickr Ethiopian Airlines announced some […]
Airbus performed the first fully automatic vision-based take-off using an Airbus Family test aircraft on January 16, 2020. The automatic take-off was enabled by image recognition technology installed directly on the aircraft, instead of relying on an Instrument Landing System (ILS). A crew of five people, composed of two pilots, two flight test engineers and […]
When the Boeing 737 MAX was grounded by aviation authorities in March 2019, nobody expected it to last as much as it has. Latest MAX operator schedule changes indicate that the 737 MAX could stay put for at least a few more months and Boeing will see its famous narrow-body, once called a game-changer, grounded […]
A Thai Airways A380 operating as flight TG920 from Bangkok to Frankfurt, had to make an emergency landing at the Istanbul Airport on Friday. This was due to a medical emergency. The early morning landing was made at Istanbul as it was the closest airport with the capacity to host an emergency landing. Thai Airways […]
Your aircraft’s engine is on fire – but you might not need to worry (too much). Back in April, we wrote about a UTair Boeing 737 that was filmed with flames spewing out of the engine. Fearing for their lives, some passengers climbed out of the emergency overwing exit on the opposite side. After convincing […]
Xiamen Airlines, an all-Boeing operator, is planning to add the first Airbus-made aircraft to its fleet by leasing ten A321neo from 2021. The news from a formerly exclusive Boeing Chinese client comes a day after the United States and China signed a Phase One trade deal, likely to help Boeing sell more of its products […]
Low-cost Kazakh airline FlyArystan carried over 700,000 passengers in its first eight months of operations. This was spread out across more than 4,000 flights that took place between May 1st and 31st December 2019. It appears that the airline has found a market for itself with strong demand. A FlyArystan has a fleet of four […]
United Airlines has announced a new hourly shuttle service between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport. Most of these flights will be served by United Express’ Bombardier CRJ-550. United’s CRJ-550s will help serve professionals that need to travel regularly between Washington D.C. and New York. Photo: United Airlines. Photo: United Airlines […]
