Shenzhen Airlines, a subsidiary of the Air China group, announced plans to increase seating density on seven Airbus A320neo jets. This will allow the airline to respond to rising demand in China’s domestic flight market without purchasing new aircraft. Specific seat counts for the newly arranged aircraft are currently unavailable; it is expected to bring […]
Travel Radar•Billy Stack20 Aug
Lufthansa operated its first flight equipped with Starlink high-speed internet on 19 August 2026. Airbus A320neo D-AINM inaugurated the service on flight LH234 from Frankfurt to Rome, becoming the first aircraft across the Lufthansa Group to feature the technology. The satellite-based system is designed to provide fast, reliable connectivity from take-off to landing on short- […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban19 Aug
Airbus A320neo D-AINM inaugurated the new high-speed internet service between Frankfurt and Rome, starting a rollout that will eventually cover around 850 Lufthansa Group aircraft
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier19 Aug
Business class on narrow-body jets within Europe is known for being lackluster, generally just consisting of economy seats with blocked middles and improved service. In 2025, a Lufthansa Group carrier announced it would install more comfortable seats in business class on narrow-body aircraft. Ironically, it wasn’t a full-service airline like Lufthansa or SWISS, but instead the group’s low-cost carrier, Eurowings.
One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig19 Aug
For the 2027 summer timetable, the airline will operate two Airbus A320neos instead of two Airbus A220-300s. While the A220-300 offers 145 seats, the A320neo has capacity for 180 passengers....
Stepping into the cockpit of an Airbus A320neo after flying the Boeing 737 MAX reveals a world of differences.
This winter, IndiGo is upgauging a clutch of international flights from the 186-seat A320neo to the 232-seat A321neo; same slot, same frequency, but 46 additional seats per departure that the airline now has to fill. IndiGo’s move away from a single-fleet-type model to run multiple sub-fleets is well documented elsewhere. What’s less written about is […]
NetworkThoughts•Network Thoughts18 Aug
SWISS will increase capacity at its Geneva base during the 2027 summer season by replacing two Airbus A220-300s with larger Airbus A320neo aircraft. The change will increase capacity on the busy Geneva–London Heathrow route, where the two A320neos will primarily be deployed. The route is one of SWISS’s highest-demand services from Geneva. The Airbus A220-300 […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban17 Aug
Russian narrowbody flew more than 4,000 km from Irkutsk to Zhukovsky, although the ferry flight cannot be compared directly with commercial range figures
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier17 Aug
Airbus ordered hydraulic and sensor checks after sensors were removed and wiring inspections were flagged for VT-EXO.
Pratt & Whitney has been working relentlessly on its HS+ retrofit kit, but will it finally see an end to the A320neo's engine durability issues?
The new wireless internet service will debut on board an Airbus A320neo.
AirlineGeeks•Zach Vasile14 AugSaudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flyadeal will launch non-stop flights between Riyadh (RUH) and Mumbai (BOM) on Oct. 3, 2026, making Mumbai its second destination in India after Hyderabad (HYD). The airline will operate the route five times a week with Airbus A320neo aircraft, adding more than 7,400 seats between the two cities each month. Flyadeal […]
Travel Radar•Andreea Georgescu14 Aug
Airbus is not far away from unveiling its largest A220 variant yet, but what does it mean for the A320 family and could Airbus be set for major change
Airbus and Boeing have more than 12,000 A320neo-family and 737 MAX aircraft awaiting delivery, although the smaller E2 cannot replace them on every route
Air Data News•Ricardo Meier11 AugAerFin and Lufthansa Technik have signed a new multi-platform component agreement aimed at improving material availability and providing greater flexibility across the aviation supply chain. Under the agreement, AerFin will provide Lufthansa Technik with access to serviceable material covering a range of Airbus and Boeing aircraft, including the A320ceo, A320neo and A330 families, as well […]
AviTrader•Heike Tamm11 Aug
High-speed Internet will be available free of charge for Lufthansa Group Miles & More members and Travel ID users. Aircraft from Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines will be...
Lufthansa Group will introduce free, high-speed Starlink inflight internet on a Lufthansa-operated Airbus A320neo on August 19.
AviationSource News•Len Varley11 AugLufthansa Group will launch its new Starlink-powered high-speed inflight internet on 19 August, beginning with a Lufthansa Airbus A320neo and starting a fleet-wide rollout that will eventually cover around 850 aircraft. The new Lufthansa Group Wi-Fi uses Starlink’s low-Earth-orbit satellite network, providing sufficient bandwidth for services such as video streaming, cloud-based work and other data-intensive […]
Aviation24.be•André Orban10 Aug
All Lufthansa Group airlines will have Starlink by 2029.