3 May 1933. a Fokker FXVIi (F18) operated by KLM Royal Dutch Airlines with the registration number PH-AIP ‘Pelikaan’ landed in Singapore’s Seletar Airport coming from Amsterdam. It was then the first airline to offer a regular scheduled service to Singapore. The Dutch airline continued flying to Seletar until June of 1937 and moved to […]

Etihad Airways unveiled its new loungewear at the ‘Night at the Museum’ event co-hosted with influential fashion luminary Lauren Santo Domingo of Moda Operandi at the Louvre Abu Dhabi. The loungewear will be offered to the First Class guests and those staying in The Residence on board the Airbus A380 fleet. The new Emirati designed loungewear […]

Japan Airlines has launched a new set of ETRO-branded amenity kits in First Class and Business Class last month. JAL is the first airline in the world to give amenity kits bearing the brand of this Italian luxury fashion house. These kits are manufactured by WESSCO International, a design and customer comfort supplying company founded […]

ANA has unveiled the features of its first Airbus A380 that will launch in spring of 2019 on the Tokyo – Honolulu route. The upper deck of the aircraft will feature 8 First Class seats, 56 Business Class seats and 73 Premium Economy seats. The main deck will feature 383 Economy Class seats. First Class […]

25 March 2018. The Mayor of San Francisco proclaimed this date Hong Kong Airlines Day because the airline launched direct flights between San Francisco, California and Hong Kong on this day. The full-service airline celebrated its inaugural flight HX 61 which was operated with an Airbus A350-941 and departed San Francisco Airport slightly past noon. A […]

Lufthansa’s A350-900 aircraft with registration number D-AIXA departed Munich on its inaugural relaunch flight to Singapore as LH 790 on 27 March 2018 at 10.26pm and landed in Singapore at 3.43pm on the 28th March. The return flight LH 791 departed Singapore Changi Airport on 28 March 2018 at 11.25pm and landed in Munich at […]

Singapore Airlines’ newest Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, the world’s first 787-10, landed in Singapore this morning after flying from Boeing’s production facility in North Charleston, South Carolina via Osaka.   The new Dreamliner features the all-new Stelia Aerospace Business class seats which recline into 76″ fully-flat beds, with direct aisle access for all customers. They are arranged in […]

20 March 2008. That’s the date phone calls and SMS messages could be made in flight? Emirates was the world’s first airline to enable mobile phone use on board aircraft. It was on Emirates flight EK751 from Dubai to Casablanca when the first phone inflight was made. Since then, more than 2.8 million calls have […]

HK Express is an official sponsor of the 42nd Hong Kong International Film Festival. The film festival runs from 19 March to 5 April 2018. The low-cost airline hosted a movie screening of “On Happiness Road’ on 22 March 2018 for 130 underprivileged secondary school students. The movie was awarded “Best Animated Featured Film” earlier […]

Qantas has resumed daily A380 services between Singapore and Sydney, Melbourne and London on 25 March 2018. The A380 features 14 seats in First, 64 in Business, 35 in Premium Economy and 371 in Economy. The First Class cabin will be at the pointy end of the main deck while Business Class and Premium Economy […]