In this issue:

• Latest Fleet and Network Update With TAP Air Portugal CEO
• From the A380 Cockpit: Learning to Fly a Behemoth
• Lufthansa B787-9 Update + Condor Reveals New Cabin of A330neo
• World’s Top 10 Strange Airlines (That I want to fly on…)
• Tara Air Flight went Missing with 22 Onboard in Nepal
• Video: Flying the Largest Boeing Aircraft – 747-8 Cargo SilkWay West

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Latest Fleet and Network Update With TAP Air Portugal CEO

TAP Air Portugal will operate its entire fleet this summer as the national carrier prepares to operate 90% of the capacity it offered in summer 2019.  “We are lucky to have one of the youngest Airbus fleets in Europe,” TAP CEO Christine Ourmières-Widener told me. “But we are also having discussions with suppliers, the chain […]

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From the A380 Cockpit: Learning to Fly a Behemoth

The Airbus A380 is the biggest airliner in the world and must surely represent the pinnacle of a pilot’s flying career? This was one of the questions I posed to Lufthansa’s two A380 chief training captains, Richard Lenz and Geert Pruess. “Absolutely!” they replied simultaneously, at the beginning of an exclusive interview I did with […]

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Lufthansa B787-9 Update + Condor Reveals New Cabin of A330neo

From fall 2022, guests aboard Condor's new long-haul A330neo will experience an interior that sets new standards. The aircraft will take off in a three-class configuration: A total of 310 seats will be available, 30 for Business Class, 64 for Premium Economy Class and 216 for Economy Class. Guests will experience the new cabin for […]

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World’s Top 10 Strange Airlines (That I want to fly on…)

The wacky, the wild, the damned and the beautiful: we’ve done a deep dive and found some of the strangest and most exotic start-ups in airline history. 1. Pet Airways Headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, Pet Airways was an airline that specialized exclusively in air transportation of pets. In other airlines, pets are transported through […]

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Tara Air Flight went Missing with 22 Onboard in Nepal

On Sunday 29th May, a Tara Air DHC-6 Twin Otter aircraft with registration 9N-AET went missing while performing a flight from Pokhara to Jomsom, Nepal. According to The Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal, 19 passengers and three crew members were onboard the aircraft. It departed from Pokhara at 9:55 am local time. Four passengers were […]

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Video: Flying the Largest Boeing Aircraft – 747-8 Cargo SilkWay West

Hello from Baku, Azerbaijan. This week, I am flying on Silkway West B747-8 Freighter from Baku to Amsterdam. The B747-8F is fully loaded with 120 tons of cargo with takeoff weight of over 400 tons!

Before the flight, Samir from Silk Way Group gave me a special tour of the modern cargo facility in Baku, which features an automated cargo crane system and a dedicated large cold storage warehouse. Silk Way West currently operates 12 B747 Freighters in the fleet. The ramp at Baku was buzzing with activities.

Inside the Boeing 747, I met with Captain Rasim, who showed me the advanced loading of cargo inside B747-8F. I was the only passenger onboard this cargo plane. We departed Baku over the city, then headed towards the Caucasus, Georgia, across the Black Sea towards Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Germany, and our final destination Amsterdam in the Netherlands.

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