Local and Global Experiences
Boeing delivered its 2,000th airplane, a 737 MAX, to Chinese airline Xiamen Airlines on 29 November 2018. Boeing delivered its first 1,000 airplanes to Chinese airlines over four decades. The next 1,00 have now been delivered over the past five years. One in four Boeing-made commercial jet goes to a […]
United Airlines’ newest premium seating, United Premium Plus will be on sale from 3 December 2018 for travel on selected international flights starting from 30 March 2019. The new premium economy seats will be available on 21 routes by the end of May next year. United Premium Plus comes with […]
ANA Mileage Club, the frequent flyer loyalty programme of Japan’s All Nippon Airways, members can book premium economy seats with ANA International Flight Awards for travels from 1 April 2019. Reservations and ticketing will start from 5 December 2018 at 3 pm (Japan time). Members will also be able to […]
Chapati Party with aircraft registration 9V-TNA, Scoot’s first of 39 Airbus A320neos on firm order, took to the skies on its first commercial flight on 29 October 2018 at 4 pm as flight TR610 from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal 2 and landed in Bangkok Suvarnabhumi. The scheduled flight was about […]
Air New Zealand has added a new non-stop evening flight from Changi Airport to Auckland departing Singapore at 6.40 pm and arriving in Auckland at 9.30 am on 28 October 2018. This flight will be the airline’s only service between Singapore and New Zealand. The flight time between Singapore and […]
Singapore Airlines will be adding Seattle as its fifth US city in its route network. The new non-stop flights from Singapore Changi Airport will be launched on 3 September 2019. It will operate three times weekly initially. In October 2019, SIA will increase the frequency to four times weekly. This […]
AirAsia is launching four times weekly direct flights from Singapore to Ipoh from 2 December 2018. This is the low-cost carrier’s 16th route from Singapore. The flight between the two cities takes 1 hour 30 minutes. AK1310 departs Singapore at 11.40 am and arrives in Ipoh at 1 pm on […]
Finnair will be adding three new routes to Bologna, Bordeaux and Porto for the peak summer season in 2019. The oneworld member airline will operate its Airbus A319 aircraft to these routes via Helsinki. Capacity to other popular summer destinations will also be added. Finnair will fly up to three […]
Jetstar Asia and Tourism Northern Territory celebrate 10 years of direct flights between Singapore and Darwin by unveiling a special livery featuring landmarks of Northern Territory, Australia designed by local Singaporean Artist Ben Qwek. The new livery on a 13-year old Airbus A320 aircraft with registration number 9V-JSB was unveiled […]
When it comes to flying, what I enjoy most onboard is a good rest as well as the inflight dining. So when Dennis and I flew back from Frankfurt to Singapore after sailing the River Rhine on the inaugural sailing of U by Uniworld’s The A, earlier this […]
All Nippon Airways will be introducing daily non-stop flights between Tokyo Haneda and Vienna International Airport on 17 February 2019. It will be operated with a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The aircraft has 48 Business Class seats and 167 Economy Class seats. ANA has partnered with Austrian Airlines, a member of […]
KLM has introduced an Augmented Reality service to help its customers determine whether their hand baggage is of the correct size. The service is available for iPhone users (6s or above) in KLM’s Messenger. KLM’s AR hand baggage check uses a transparent, virtual KLM suitcase that is placed in reality […]