Air New Zealand to quit London-Los Angeles route Air New Zealand is to close its last remaining UK route from next year. Air NZ had been operating the London to Los Angeles as a fifth freedom route after cutting its other London – Hong Kong route some years ago. The…
BA aircraft leasing Due to the ongoing issues with the B787 Trent 1000 engines, BA have been leasing aircraft to fill the gaps. They have been using Air Belgium A340 planes on the Cairo route, which actually are a pretty good substitute with aisle access flatbed seats. They have now…
Virgin Atlantic announces codeshare Virgin Atlantic has announced its intention to enter into a joint venture with China Eastern and Air France-KLM, providing customers with increased choice and connectivity across Europe and China. The announcement reaffirms the airline’s commitment to the Far East and Shanghai as a destination, which recently…
Flybe renamed Virgin Connect In an unsurprising move Flybe yesterday announced that it would be renamed Virgin Connect in 2020. Flybe was bought by the Connect Airways consortium consisting Stobart Group and Cyrus Capital as well as Virgin. Connect Airways CEO, Mark Anderson said: “We are hugely excited by this milestone in…
BA’s new First class There has been a lot of speculation about the refurbished B777-200s first class, as Alex Cruz had previously confirmed that BA were planning to install some new BA First seats based on an upgraded version of the B787 seats. We had been expecting them to install…
BA launches the first refurbished B777-200 with Club Suites Today the first Boeing 777-200 that’s been fitted with the new Club Suite operates its maiden flight. We hope to bring you a review in a few weeks time. What we don’t know fully is what will be fitted in First…
TLFL Christmas Party For the first time, TLFL will be holding a Christmas party in central London on Thursday 21 November 2019. The venue will be revealed closer to the time but I can confirm that Paul, Claudio and I will all be in attendance and we hope to have…
BA Bangkok aircraft finally changes It is well known that the BA aircraft on the London- Bangkok route are putting it kindly, somewhat past their best and do not even have First. They have been operating their older B777-200ERs, my least favourite aircraft in the BA fleet on the route….
Qantas new A380 First and business class first look Yesterday I wrote about the newly refurbished A380 that will be flying on the London route initially. Qantas have now released photos of the new First class seats. These are the same seats as before that have been refurbished. I really…
Air France unveils its first A350 Air France and KLM used to be rather behind the drag curve with their business class but they are now starting to catch up with the competition. Given their very cheap sales fares, good connections to regional airports, and the fact that you will…
