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Good news. Japan Airlines is implementing a wide-scale network change owing to the new slots they recently got allocated at Tokyo Haneda. As a part of this move, they are going to move the Delhi operation to Tokyo Haneda with effect from end-March 2020.
As the year comes to an end, the London plans of all the major airlines in India still look shaky. But no one is giving up yet. Vistara, IndiGo and everyone want more of London Heathrow and other United Kingdom airports going forward.
Emirates and SpiceJet have signed a codeshare deal which will allow Emirates customers to buy tickets to their destinations inside India on SpiceJet. The deal is supposed to have been live by now, but is not live on either the Emirates or the SpiceJet website so far.
IndiGo may well be moving forward with their plans to go to London on a widebody faster than most people think. Here is an update on how is the IndiGo widebody plan moving forward at the moment.
At an employee event on Friday, Boeing has revealed the biggest variant of the 737 MAX family, which it intends to be the largest version of the 737 MAX family, competing with the A321neo
Emirates made an announcement of a truncated order with Boeing, replacing 30 777X aircraft with 30 787-9 aircraft.
On Day 3, Dubai Airshow still had some action left. Airbus continued to win over Boeing, with a turboprop company making some big deals as well. Here is the lowdown on Day 3 of the Airshow.
Virgin Atlantic Delhi – London Heathrow flights will double down in March 2020, and even the Mumbai flights will be retimed to have an evening departure from London and arrive early in the morning.
Day Two of the Dubai Airshow 2019 was the real day one. Emirates bought 50 A350 aircraft from Airbus, followed by 120 from AirArabia. Etihad and Boeing also had an announcement to make, and Boeing managed to sell some 737 MAX aircraft as well.
Emirates has just signed up with Airbus for 50 A350-900 aircraft, inducting this aircraft into their fleet from 2023 onwards. The new aircraft will also have the Premium Economy product of Emirates and will be used for missions up to 15 hours out.
At the Dubai Airshow Day One, it was a cold day for business. Hardly anything got done, and the day was filled up with cancelled press announcements and many a market forecasts.
