Emirates has officially announced that it will be significantly increasing capacity on its popular Dubai-Munich service effective 01JUN16.
Currently, EK operates a triple daily nonstop service using an A380 double daily + daily B 777-300ER. However, from 01JUN, all 3 daily flights will be exclusively operated by the 3 class A380 offering a more standardized product across the board.
EK is also taking full advantage of Lufthansa's withdrawal of the route which creates a big capacity/demand gap considering that the O&D demand between MUC and DXB in 2015 was 280,000 passengers !
The state of Iran has officially announced that it has placed a US$ 25 billion order with Airbus for the supply of 118 aircraft to completely replace Iran Air's aging fleet. The break down is as follows:
12 A380s
16 A350-900s
45 A330s
45 A320s
The government has said that it is in talks with Boeing too for an order for 100 planes as well as ATR/Bombardier/Embraer for another order of up to 40 regional jets.
Thai Airways has revealed via filing to OAG, the interior cabin configuration of its fleet of Airbus A 350-900s of which the airline has ordered 12 units.
TG's A359s will seat 321 passengers in a dual class layout with 32 business class + 289 in economy class. The first route shall be Melbourne-Bangkok nonstop on a daily basis effective 01JUL16.
