Blog 34: Latest Airline News 5/11-5-12/23
Today’s latest aviation news roundup features a trio of big stories breaking headlines this week.
MYAirline Airbus A320-200
Malaysian startup low-cost airline MYAirline has launched its inaugural Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Bangkok, Thailand. The airline was originally founded on January 11 of this year. MYAirline operates an exclusive fleet of Airbus A320-200 aircraft in a single-class configuration. The airline is positioning itself as a new world airline that prioritizes safety and comfort with affordable flying and superior quality services. Inclusivity is imperative to MYAirline with gender-neutral uniforms, a unique jacket with white pants and matching sneakers.
Norse Atlantic Boeing 777-300 on the tarmac
Norse Atlantic Airways, the latest European startup airline offering long-haul nonstop service between European cities and North America, is ending its flights out of Berlin, Germany, specifically Berlin-Brandenburg Airport. The last flight out of Berlin looks to be October 27, 2023. Norse Atlantic offered 3-weekly flights to Los Angeles, California (LAX), and Fort Lauderdale, Florida (FLL) and daily service to New York-JFK, which was also served from Norse Atlantic’s hubs at Oslo (OSL), Paris (Charles De Gaul - CDG), Rome (FCO), and London-Gatwick (LGW). Norse Atlantic has been thoroughly and slowly terminating service out of Berlin, since first starting last year (2022). Both Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles have been eliminated, with only New York-JFK being serviced through October, then that will stop. No official reason has been given. Partnership connections will still be valid, it just means passenger who want to fly Norse to the United States will have to connect to one of their other major hubs, such as Paris or Rome.
Philippine Airlines’ Airbus A350-1000 concept mockup
The flag carrier of the Philippines (IATA code: PR) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French manufacturer Airbus to supply nine new Airbus A350-1000 long-haul aircraft. PR aims to fly these aircraft on newly enabled transpacific and transpolar routes in both directions from Manila to North America (USA), Canada, plus the US East Coast and hopes to reinstate the nonstop services between the Philippines and mainland Europe - suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic. The existing A350-900s are in a 3-class configuration, Economy, Premium Economy, and Business class - the new A350-1000s will be much the same. Their fleet consists f almost all long-haul aircraft, A330-300s, A320 family, and A350-900 aircraft. For their part, Airbus is thrilled.
