SWISS receives its first two Airbus A320neos with Airspace
First flight in January 2022
PASSENGER EXPERIENCE
INCLUDES PASSENGERSELFSERVICE
PASSENGER EXPERIENCE
INCLUDES PASSENGERSELFSERVICE
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Caribbean Airlines starts Boeing 737 MAX flights
First of 12 737 MAX 8 ordered by Caribbean Airlines
Iraqi Airways receives its first Airbus A220
Iraqi Airways has taken delivery of its first out of five A220-300 aircraft from Airbus. Upon entry into service, Iraqi Airways will become one of the first airlines to operate the A220 in the Middle East region. Cabin layout The…
Chair Airlines receives its first Airbus A320
Swiss airline Chair Airlines has taken delivery of its first Airbus A320. The new aircraft is larger than the other operated by the airline. It has a single class with 180 seats over 30 rows in 3-3 layout. The Zurich…
Hokkaido Air System retires its last Saab 340
Also the last Saab 340 in commercial service in Japan
Norse Atlantic Airways receives first aircraft and operator’s certificate
First of 15 Boeing 787 Dreamliners
Air France Sisley Beauty treatment in La Premiere Lounge
Air France’s La Première passengers at Paris-Charles de Gaulle can now enjoy a new beauty treatment centre in partnership with Sisley, the French phyto-cosmetology company. The “La Première Sisley beauty institute” offers Air France’s La Première passengers a range of…
Canada Jetlines receives its first aircraft
Canadian startup Canada Jetlines has taken delivery of its first aircraft. The Airbus A320-200 is on lease from Jackson Square Aviation. The airline plans to start operations in early 2022 with flights from Canada to sun and leisure destinations in…
Vietjet receives its first wide body A330
Vietjet has received its first wide body aircraft, an Airbus A330, at its Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport base. The aircraft, delivered on the 10th birthday of starting operations, is the first of three A330s ordered by…
Peach receives Japan’s first A321LR
Japanese low cost carrier Peach has taken delivery of its first Airbus A321LR at its Kansai base. Peach is also the first Japanese airline to use the aircraft. The aircraft will operate regular flights from Osaka (Kansai) to Sapporo (New-Chitose)…
Robots deliver food and retail to passengers at Cincinnati Airport
Available from select stores at Concourse B
French bee takes delivery of its first A350-1000
French low cost airline French bee has taken delivery of its first A350-1000. The airline will fly the aircraft exclusively on flights between Paris Orly and Saint Denis de La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. The aircraft, on lease…
Vueling and Barcelona El Prat trial biometric boarding
Facial recognition at self bag drop, security access and boarding
Kuala Lumpur International installs 100 self bag drops
Kuala Lumpur International has completed an extensive technology upgrade that includes 100 self-service bag drops. The self bag drops are available for domestic and international passengers at terminals KLIA and KLIA2. The slimline self-service kiosks are biometric-enabled and feature wireless…
Emirates receives the last ever A380
123rd A380 for Emirates
Seychelles International installs biometric checks for arriving passengers
A new biometric system that screens arriving passengers has been installed at Seychelles International Airport on the island of Mahe. Arriving passengers walk through a ‘tunnel or biocorridor’ that identifies them uses facial recognition, checks their temperature and determines their…
Eurostar launches biometric trial for check-in at London St Pancras
World-first for train enables passengers to complete ticket and passport checks securely at home
Spirit introduces its biometric self bag drop at Dallas Fort Worth
System already in use at Chicago O'Hare and New York La Guardia
Largest self bagdrop in USA opens at Denver
Went live with Southwest Airlines early in November 2021
WestJet trials biometric boarding at Calgary
All companies involved are Canadian
