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Boeing celebrates delivery of Oman Air’s first 787 Dreamliner KUALA LUMPUR: Boeing and Oman Air celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first Boeing 787 Dreamliner. The airline ordered six 787-8s in November 2011 as part of its expansion plans. “We are delighted to receive our first Dreamliner which combined with Oman Air’s awardwinning service will provide an excellent travel experience for our customers. “Our decision to invest in this game-changing airplane underlines our confidence in the 787 and the value it will add in terms of reliability, operational efficiency and comfort,” Oman Air Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Gregorowitsch said in a statement. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an all-new, super-efficient family of commercial airplanes that brings big-jet ranges and speed to the middle of the market. In response to airlines’ overwhelming preference, Boeing designed the 787 family with superior efficiency, which allows airlines to profitably open new routes to fly people directly where they’d like to go in exceptional comfort. Since entering service in 2011, the 787 family has opened more than 50 new non-stop routes around the world. Oman Air has announced that it will deploy its first Dreamliner on services to Saudi Arabia and Europe. “We’re proud to have Oman Air join our growing base of 787 customers in the Middle East and around the world. “Our partnership with Oman Air dates back almost 15 years during which time the airline has been operating the 737 family. We’re delighted to help introduce Boeing twin-aisle airplanes into its growing fleet,” Boeing Commercial Airplanes President and CEO Ray Conner said. Boeing currently has eight 787 customers in the Middle East with a total of 175 Dreamliners ordered and 140 in backlog. Boeing has also been contracted by Oman Air for a suite of services to support the upcoming entry into service of its 787 Dreamliners and to ensure ongoing efficiency and cost savings for its fleet. These services will help Oman Air minimise the time and cost of maintenance while increasing airplane availability. -- Bernama
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EU aviation agency issues safety note over Caspian missiles BERLIN — The European Aviation Safety Agency has issued a safety bulletin to airlines and authorities regarding Iranian and Iraqi airspace after Russian warships in the Caspian Sea last week fired cruise missiles toward week fired cruise missiles toward Syria. EASA said in a bulletin dated Friday that "before reaching Syria, such missiles are necessarily crossing the airspace above (the) Caspian Sea, Iran and Iraq, below flight routes" used by commercial aircraft. The agency says it has no specific recommendations at this point and was issuing the bulletin to inform airspace users about the potential hazard. EASA said it will be amended "if more specific information is received" about the situation. Russia said last week that it was using warships in the Caspian Sea to target the Islamic State group in Syria. Air France said Monday that it "has temporarily applied special rules with regard to overflying Iran and the Caspian Sea." It said they were implemented Saturday following its security division's recommendations. The airline didn't elaborate in a brief statement, but noted that it doesn't fly over Syria and Iraq anyway.
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Singapore Airlines to fly Airbus A350 to Amsterdam, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta (1) Singapore Airlines will take delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 in January 2016 with Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta and Amsterdam chosen as first routes for the next-generation jet. The Star Alliance member and Virgin Australia partner revealed its plans for the A350 during a media briefing at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France. Inaugural A350 commercial services will make short hops from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta for the purposes of crew familiarisation with the all-new aircraft through to April, before spreading its wings onto the 13 hour Singapore-Amsterdam route. The airline expects to have at least three A350 jets in its fleet by April and 11 by years' end, out of a total of 63 orders and a further 20 options up its sleeve. It's a massive commitment by Singapore Airlines costed at US$19.2 billion (A$26.2 billion) at list price, although airlines never pay the manufacturer's published price, and speculation suggests deep discounts close to 50% for large and prestigious orders. The A350 would give Singapore Airlines the “potential to open new routes, enhancing our network and further strengthening the Singapore hub" said Singapore Airlines' SVP Marketing Planning, Ms Lee Wen Fen. Three classes, ~300 seats Singapore Airlines' first tranche A350s will be fitted with business class, premium economy and economy seating, but not first class. "The seat configuration is almost nailed down, I presume it's going to be close to the 300-seat mark" Mr Tan Pee Teck, Singapore.
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(2) Airlines' Senior Vice President for Product & Services, told Australian Business Traveller following an A350 media briefing in Tououse. The A350's pointy end will feature the same superb business class seats as SQâ€&#x;s newest Boeing 777s.
Further down there'll be a smaller premium economy cabin with seats in a 2-4-2 arrangement, which Tan says will be "a somewhat new seat" compared to those of the A380 and Boeing 777-300ER, "but the look and feel will be more or less the same."
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Economy seating will be the same as on the airline's newest Boeing 777-300ERs and arranged in a 3-3-3- layout. However, a Singapore Airlines executive has indicated to Australian Business Traveller that later A350 deliveries could include a two-class version without premium economy and slated for medium-range flights where the „better than economyâ€&#x; cabin has limited appeal. "The exact number (of A350s) for long-haul flights is still something to be pinned down but certainly the first batch that will come in will be earmarked for long-haul flights and will have premium economy" Singapore Airlines Executive Vice President Commercial, Mak Swee Wah, told Australian Business Traveller during last year's launch of the airline's new premium economy seats. The Singaporean flag-carrier will be the fifth airline to fly the
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(4) A350 following Qatar Airways, Vietnam Airlines, Finnair and Brazilâ€&#x;s TAM (part of the newly-branded LATAM Airlines) in December, while Asian neighbour and competitor Cathay Pacific will collect the keys to its first A350 in February 2016. Singapore Airlines is also eager for an 'ultra long-range' version of the A350 which would allow it to resume non-stop flights between Singapore and the USA, potentially including a 19 hour trek to New York.
Read: 'Ultra long range' Airbus A350 will mean non-stop 19 hour flights and Airbus confirms ultra long-range A350 for Singapore Airlines Also on Singapore Airlines' roadmap is a new raft of Airbus A380s from 2017, which will debut all-new first class suites and business class seats.
Read: Singapore Airlines' new A380 first class suites, business class in 2017 Chris Chamberlin travelled to Toulouse as a guest of Singapore Airlines and Airbus (additional reporting by David Flynn)
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EASA issues missile advisory to airlines The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a Safety Information Bulletin (SIB) following Russia‟s use of cruise missiles against Syrian rebel forces last week. The SIB, addressed to “national aviation authorities and aircraft operators,” sets out the publicly available information on the missile routes, which crossed three countries to their targets. EASA makes clear that its information on the incident comes from only publicly available sources and its SIB carries a map supplies by Russia‟s defense ministry. This shows the path of the missiles—Russia says 26 were fired from four naval vessels against 11 Syrian targets—from the southwest corner of the inland Caspian Sea. Their path took them southwest across the northwestern tip of Iran, before turning west across Iraq and then across Syria. EASA said the missiles were “below flight routes which are used by commercial transport aeroplanes.” The Kalibr missiles, which use a terrain-following guidance system, normally fly a few hundred feet above the ground. Several were filmed flying in daylight at low altitude across Iraq. EASA said it has “no specific recommendations” on the issue, and published the SIB simply “to inform airspace users about the hazard. EASA will amend this SIB if more specific information is received related to that situation.”
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