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By Aaryan Panwar April 25, 2022 2 years 454 words

Singapore Airlines Increases India Capacity

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Singapore is now lifting almost all the Covid restrictions from Tuesday, which also includes ease in travel restrictions for the passengers. The ease in travel restrictions will make travel easier for fully vaccinated passengers. With no testing required, Singapore Airlines is once again all set to target the Indian markets with the help of the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. Let us know more about it in this article.

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About Singapore Airlines Airbus A380s

Singapore Airlines started flying again to Indian destinations from mid-March. The airline is flying to Mumbai and Delhi with the help of Singapore Airlines Airbus A380. Singapore Airlines flew mumbai for the first time after two years and almost after a gap of one year to New Delhi. It was a great sight for the aviation spotters on both the airports to see the massive superjumbo Airbus A380 back.

Singapore Government has been working on reducing the Covid restrictions from last three months, following which the government has also decided to remove multiple covid tests which were needed on arrival for the passengers from 26th April. Fully vaccinated passengers will not have to undergo any covid tests on arrival in Singapore. SIA sees this as a great opportunity to focus on the Indian markets and is hence planning to use the superjumbo Airbus A380 on multiple Indian destinations.

SIA will be majorly focusing on New Delhi and Mumbai and is also collaborating with the low-cost carrier Scoot to increase its presence in the Indian aviation market after the pandemic.

SIA will be flying to 13 cities across India

SIA and scoot will be flying to 13 cities across India just like Qatar Airways. Singapore Airline will be flying to major Indian cities like New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Ahemdabad, Hyderabad and Kochi focusing on premium customers. On the other side, Scoot will be flying to destinations like Amritsar, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Trivandrum, and Visakhapatnam where demand for a low cost carrier is more.

Singapore also works as a transit destination for passengers. Since the Indian covid restriction for connecting travel has been lifted, SIA just like before the pandemic is aiming to connect the Indian passengers to Australia and West Coast.

Singapore Airlines Airbus A380

Singapore Airlines is trying hard to recover in the Indian market and is keeping the fares low. Tourism travel is expected to increase with the covid restrictions being lifted in Singapore. Dubai and Maldives have been the most travelled destinations by the Indian passengers as they were open to travel through the pandemic.

Let us know your views in the comment section below!

By Aaryan Panwar April 21, 2022 2 years 576 words

Emirates Has No Plans To Stop Russia Flights

Emirates president Sir Tim Clark has once more said that the airline has no such plans of not flying to Russia. Sir Tim says that such steps will not be taken …

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Emirates president Sir Tim Clark has once more said that the airline has no such plans of not flying to Russia. Sir Tim says that such steps will not be taken by the airline until it is instructed to do so. The Emirates president says that the airline plays an important role in keeping Russia well connected to the world and thinks that the passengers flying on the Dubai – Moscow route have nothing to do with the current situation in Ukraine and they should not be penalised for it.

In a recent interview with BBC’s Middle East business correspondent Sameer Hashmi, The Emirates president said that the airline will not stop operations on the Russian routes until the owner of the airline which is the Government of Dubai directs him to do so.

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Emirates president Sir Tim Clark said,

If we are told to stop we will stop, unless we are told otherwise, we will continue,” Sir Tim said. This message from Emirates isn’t new. Rather, it is a line Sir Tim has repeated since other airlines began pausing their Moscow flights and banning Russia-based airlines from their airspace two months ago.

Emirates continues operating daily flights to Moscow

Emirates continues to fly on the Dubai-Moscow route daily through its flagship aircraft Airbus A380-800. The airline operates one or two flights everyday between Dubai and Moscow. FlyDubai which is another low-cost airline owned by the Government of Dubai also flies on the Dubai-Moscow route twice a day.

The Emirates president says that it is not his decision if the airline will operate on the Russian route or not. The airline carries humanitarian supplies on the flight for Russia into Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. “We are catering to people who are on the periphery of the main issue here, and that is probably the way the government looks at it,” he told the BBC.

Previously, the Emirates boss has highlighted the importance of facilitating NGO and diplomatic passenger traffic in and out of Moscow. He added as far as cargo goes, Sir Tim says Emirates doesn’t carry goods subject to sanctions. “All we’re doing is being an enabler, facilitator, without taking a political position on this for the time being,” the Emirates President said in March.

The west may not approve the airline’s decision pf still flying on the Russian route but the airline has no such plans. The Emirates president says that the airline is making good profits, most of the Emirates Airbus A380s are in service and only a few Emirates Boeing 777 are parked. The President says that we are short of crew members which is the reason the airline is not able to operate fully. He also said that Emirates is not facing any kind of demand shortage.

“If we can have all our aircraft flying today, 270 of them then we would. I can’t because I am just short of crew,” Sir Tim told the BBC. The pandemic saw Emirates lay off thousands of workers, but now Sir Tim wants to hire 3,000 to 4,000 cabin crew and pilots to cater to that roaring demand and get those parked planes back in the air.

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By Aaryan Panwar February 1, 2022 2 years 576 words

Air Canada To Start Flying 767 Freighters To Frankfurt

Air Canada is set to start flying its converted Boeing 767 cargo aircraft to Frankfurt Airport later this year on a regular basis. Rather than disposing of its Boeing 767 aircraft, …

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Air Canada is set to start flying its converted Boeing 767 cargo aircraft to Frankfurt Airport later this year on a regular basis. Rather than disposing of its Boeing 767 aircraft, the Canadian carrier decided to put them to use with a second life as freighters following the huge demand that such types have seen since the onset of the pandemic.

Frankfurt Airport is one of the busiest in Europe when it comes to freight traffic. In addition to its regular passenger traffic, the airport welcomes freight in the bellies of passenger planes, such as British Airways’ A380s, alongside dedicated cargo aircraft such as those flown by Lufthansa Cargo. Despite suppressed passenger traffic 2021 was a record year for cargo at Germany’s busiest airport.

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Air Canada’s Freighters To Frankfurt

Throughout the pandemic, Air Canada continued to operate a robust schedule of transatlantic flights from its home to Germany. Undoubtedly, cargo will have played a role in these flights. It seems that demand for cargo on such routes is so high that air Canada has enough for dedicated freighters.

While the airline is yet to reveal a start date for these regular flights, it will start operating freight-only flights to the key cargo hub later this year. To facilitate this arrival, the airline has increased its cargo handling capacity at the airport by 35%. The airline already uses 5,000 square meters of space for its cargo operations at the facility. This won’t be the first time that the converted aircraft have visited Frankfurt. The first aircraft, C-FPCA, flew to Frankfurt eight times in December 2021. Air Canada’s Freighters To Frankfurt

Commenting on the planned transatlantic launch, John Lloyd, director for Europe, Middle East, and India at Air Canada Cargo, remarked,

“This represents a significant improvement for Air Canada Cargo in Frankfurt as the cargo base plays a key role in our global route network. In addition, we are increasing our potential by ramping up handling with the expected start of regular freighter operations at this key hub.”

A large Air Canada hub pre-COVID

Frankfurt has traditionally been a large hub for Air Canada, even before the pandemic. According to schedule data from Cirium, the airline’s operations at the airport peaked in July and August 2019 with 186 flights to the airport each month. This equates to 6 flights a day from multiple Canadian cities.

Across most of the industry, the worst month experienced was April 2020. Interestingly, this wasn’t the case for Air Canada’s Frankfurt Airport Operations. According to Cirium’s data, 50 flights were scheduled for April 2020. Just 34 were planned for April 2021, however. Air Canada’s Freighters To Frankfurt

February 2022 sees 77 flights scheduled (2.75 per day). July and August are set to be the busiest months this year with 155 flights each (5 a day). It should be noted that this has the potential to change as the COVID-19 situation develops.

Air Canada has passenger flights to Frankfurt planned from four points of origin this year,

YUL – Montreal
YVR – Vancouver
YYC – Calgary
YYZ – Toronto

In 2019 the airline additionally operated some flights from Ottawa (YOL).

What do you make of Air Canada’s cargo Boeing 767 plans for Frankfurt? Let us know what you think and why in the comments!

By Aaryan Panwar February 1, 2022 2 years 566 words

India Ends B787 Sale And Leaseback Following Tata Sale

Air India’s flagship aircraft, the Dreamliners, are now fully owned by the carrier after the Government of India decided to terminate the sale and leaseback agreement of the 787s. With the …

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Air India’s flagship aircraft, the Dreamliners, are now fully owned by the carrier after the Government of India decided to terminate the sale and leaseback agreement of the 787s. With the airline moving from public to private ownership, the Tatas start their AI journey with complete control of the carrier’s entire Dreamliner fleet.

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Lease pacts canceled

While handing over the airline to the Tata Group, the Indian government also terminated the sale and leaseback agreement of 21 Air India Dreamliners. According to a report by the Economic Times, the government paid all the outstanding lease payments, thus bringing the 787s under full ownership of the carrier. India Ends B787 Sale

However, terminating such an agreement prematurely comes with penalties, which the Indian government has also cleared off.

ET spoke with people familiar with the matter, who commented,

“The lease agreements were very costly. Also, the pandemic has made aircraft cheaper and the underlying leasing rates more feasible. Now, of course, the Tatas will have to ink fresh SLB agreements, if they want to do so.”

Indeed, it remains to be seen whether the new owners will sign a new agreement with an aircraft lessor to raise funds or figure out other fleet management plans.

Air India’s fleet has a total of 27 Dreamliners. Twenty-one of those were leased, and six were already owned by the airline. India Ends B787 Sale

Fleet optimisation

The Tata Group has its work cut out for itself. The Government of India attempted to iron out some issues plaguing the carrier before the handover. It has taken over the majority of the carrier’s debt and cleared the dues to all vendors and suppliers. In addition to that, as pointed out in the ET report, around 1,300 crore (approx. $174 million) worth of arrears have been paid off to employees.

However, many believe that the cost to turn around AI’s fortunes could run into billions. The Tatas have taken over 15,000 crore (approx. $2 billion) worth of AI’s existing debt, but it does not include the expenses of fleet renewal and refurbishment.

The airline’s Boeing 777s are in dire need of a makeover to align with the Tatas’ vision of a world-class carrier. The present configurations of these aircraft are not suitable to compete with most other international carriers. The management will have to decide whether it’s more economical to bear the mammoth costs of refurbishing the 777s or phase them out with better alternatives.

Then there are the grounded planes that haven’t clocked in any flying hours in a while for want of new engines. Again, fitting them out with new engines will cost millions per aircraft, and the Tatas could decide to get rid of them entirely.

Should AI be merged with other airlines under the Tata brand – Vistara being the top candidate – it could also benefit from Vistara’s existing longer range 787-9 airplanes. However, Bhaskar Bhat, the chairman of Tata SIA Airlines, which owns Vistara, has squashed rumours of any immediate merger.

It seems that AI’s new owners have a long road ahead to solve the carrier’s fleet issues.

By Aaryan Panwar January 26, 2022 2 years 473 words

Watch the Largest Indian Air Force flypast with 75 planes

The Iconic Indian Republic Day parade witnessed a grand flypast of 75 aircrafts performed by the Indian Aircraft for the first time. The record breaking Largest Indian Air Force flypast marked …

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The Iconic Indian Republic Day parade witnessed a grand flypast of 75 aircrafts performed by the Indian Aircraft for the first time. The record breaking Largest Indian Air Force flypast marked the ‘Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav’ celebration with beautiful formations performed by the modern Indian Air Force aircrafts. The most advanced aircraft Rafale also took a part and performed grand formations.The flypast concluded with 17 Jaguar fighter aircraft flying in the ‘Amrit’ formation to commemorate the 75 years of Independence.

Largest Indian Air Force Flypast

For the first time, viewers got to see breathtaking visuals of fly-past formations from the cockpit. Special arrangements were made to introduce the cockpit view and pilot view of the flypast. A total of 59 cameras and 160 personnel have been engaged for this cockpit coverage of the IAF’s flypast.

The cockpit view of #Rahat formation comprising five ALH ac flying in five ac #Arrowhead formation. The formation flying at 60m AOL over water channel North of Rajpath. #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav #RepublicDay pic.twitter.com/ImuOMv8zWP

— Indian Republic Day Celebrations (@indianrdc) January 26, 2022

The fly-past included Tangail formation which saw one Dakota and two Dornier flying in Victory formation. This was a tribute to the Tangail airdrop operations of the 1971 War.

There was also a Meghna formation of 1 Chinook and four Mi-17s. The fly-past began with the ‘Dhwaj’ formation with four Mi-17 aircraft, followed by ‘Rudra’ and ‘Rahat’ formations with four and five Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH), respectively.

Grand finale of the Republic Day parade – the fly-past with 75 aircraft of the Indian Air Force pic.twitter.com/k2SnYgTYeC

— ANI (@ANI) January 26, 2022

Vintage, as well as current modern aircraft like Rafale, Sukhoi, Jaguar, Mi-17, Sarang, Apache and Dakota, will display different formations — including Rahat, Meghna, Eklavya, Trishul, Tiranga, Vijay and Amrit — at the fly-past, the MoD stated. Among the other aircraft that displayed their might at the parade are Indian Navy’s MiG29K, P-8I surveillance aircraft and Jaguar fighter jets.

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For the first time, viewers of the Republic Day Parade 2022 got to see breathtaking visuals of fly-past formations from the cockpit. Special arrangements were made to introduce the cockpit view and pilot view of the flypast. A total of 59 cameras and 160 personnel have been engaged for this cockpit coverage of the IAF’s flypast. The special arrangement was made as this year’s flypast was the ‘grandest and the largest with the participation of 75 aircraft marking the 75 years of the Independence, commemorating which India is celebrating the Azadi ka Amrut Mahotsav.

Let us know what you think about the flypast in the comment section below!!

By Aaryan Panwar January 26, 2022 2 years 554 words

United Airlines – Second Largest Fleet in the world

United Airlines is one of the largest fleet in the world by size. The Chicago-headquartered Star Alliance founding member has well over 800 aircraft at its disposal, with jets of varying …

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United Airlines is one of the largest fleet in the world by size. The Chicago-headquartered Star Alliance founding member has well over 800 aircraft at its disposal, with jets of varying shapes and sizes from multiple manufacturers. Let’s take a closer look.

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Boeing narrowbodies

According to data from ch-aviation.com, United Airlines’ present fleet consists of a whopping 866 aircraft. Just over half of these (460 planes) are narrowbody aircraft produced by US-based manufacturing juggernaut Boeing. They come from the 757 and 737 families.

As far as the 757 is concerned, United flies 51 examples of the standard 757-200, with an average age of 25.4 years old. Its 21 stretched-fuselage 757-300s are younger, at 19.5 years old on average.

The dominant force at United when it comes to Boeing narrowbodies is the 737NG (‘Next Generation) series. The wide-reaching US legacy carrier flies four variants of this sub-family, with the oldest being its 53 737-700s. The airline also has 141 examples of the popular 737-800, 12 stretched 737-900s, and 136 extended ranger 737-900ERs at its disposal.

United has also begun modernizing its narrowbody fleet with the addition of aircraft from the new Boeing 737 MAX family. To date, it has received 16 737 MAX 8s and 30 MAX 9s. It also has outstanding orders for 67 and 36 of these respectively, as well as 255 MAX 10s.

Airbus narrowbodies

Unlike at Southwest Airlines, whose sizeable fleet as per our exploration, United’s narrowbody setup isn’t an all-Boeing affair. Indeed, it also flies two Airbus A320ceo (‘Current Engine Option’) variants. The most numerous design from this series is the A319-100, of which it presently has 97. Another six are set to arrive from easyJet in years to come.

Moving up in size but ever so slightly down in number, there are also 96 Airbus A320-200s in United’s present fleet. At 23.5 years on average, these are rather old in the grand scheme of things. However, the airline’s Airbus narrowbody fleet will get a more youthful feel in the coming years with the arrival of some 120 extra long-range A321XLRs.

Boeing widebodies

Long-haul flights also form a key part of United’s day-to-day operations. For these services, the carrier has a large widebody fleet that consists entirely of Boeing jets. This is, however, set to change, as the carrier has 45 examples of the Airbus A350-900 on order.

United’s oldest widebodies are its Boeing 767s. The carrier flies 38 767-300ERs, as well as 18 rare 767-400ERs. These are 26 and 20.4 years old on average respectively.

United’s Boeing 777 fleet is a mixed bag when it comes to the aircraft’s average ages. Some of them are rather old, with its 19 777-200s and 55 777-200ERs sporting respective average ages of 24.9 and 21.9 years. Meanwhile, the figure for its 22 777-300ERs is just 4.1.

The most modern widebody jets that United flies are its aircraft from the 787 ‘Dreamliner’ family. Its fleet features all three variants, with the least numerous being the short-fuselage 787-8. The mid-size 787-9 ranks highest with 38 examples present, with the stretched 787-10 completing the set with 13 examples. United also has 10 more 787-10s on order.

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