Simple Flying

JANUARY 18, 2025

In January 2025, there are seven aircraft types that flew between London Heathrow Airport and destinations in the United States. Six of these types were wide-bodied aircraft, and one was narrow-bodied. million seats. Air traffic has recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic and is reaching new heights.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 122

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 1, 2025

IndiGo will fly the Airbus A350 as of 2027 IndiGo now has a firm order for 60 Airbus A350-900s, in addition to options for an additional 40 of these jets, meaning the airline would eventually fly 100 of Airbus flagship wide body aircraft. IndiGo has sort of been dabbling with wide body aircraft for some time.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 102

Simple Flying

MARCH 20, 2025

These aircraft provide unparalleled luxury, space, and range, and they are popular among heads of state, corporations, and private high-net-worth individuals seeking exceptional comfort and performance. The BBJ lineup includes both narrow and wide-body aircraft, each with a unique history and clientele.

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Jet Wide-Body Aircraft Airplanes 104

Aerotime

MARCH 17, 2025

The retrofit process for the airlines 40 legacy wide-body aircraft is scheduled to begin with the first Boeing 787 Dreamliner set to temporarily leave the fleet in April 2025 for a makeover, with the refit of its older Boeing 777 aircraft scheduled to start later in 2025.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Stability Tail Airlines 224

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Regarding the developments within the narrow-body network for 2025, the CEO of Magma Aviation said that it is important to note that narrow-body aircraft require a different sales strategy than long-haul wide-body aircraft.

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Aerotime

JUNE 12, 2025

Scherer also reportedly said that delays to A330 and A350 deliveries were being caused by bottlenecks in aircraft cabin equipment and lavatories.

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Wide-Body Aircraft 157

One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

When Thai Smile was still in operation, Thai Airways only had wide body aircraft in its mainline fleet. Once these planes have more premium interiors, Thai Airways will be able to fly these aircraft to all kinds of destinations, including premium ones, where it’s important for the airline to have high frequencies.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 113

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

Its my understanding that Maldivian still plans to acquire further wide body jets, though well see how that materializes. Maldivian plans to fly Airbus A330 to China What does Maldivian plan to do with its first wide body aircraft? The wide-body aircraft can carry over 10 tonnes of cargo on each flight.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Cargo Jet Airlines 113

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 19, 2025

While Riyadh Air plans to not offer first class on its Boeing 787 fleet, the airline does plan to offer a first class product on its future wide body aircraft order, and promises a really high end and differentiated product. Specifically, the airline will install first class on its upcoming wide body aircraft order.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 104

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Back in 2023, the airline placed an order for up to 72 Boeing 787-9s , as this will be the carrier’s primary wide body aircraft. Then earlier in 2024, we learned that Riyadh Air had placed a narrow body aircraft order, though the details weren’t initially revealed.

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Narrow-Body Aircraft Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines 119

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Of course the US legacy carriers need destinations to send their wide body aircraft to in winter, given that Europe demand is softer that time of year, especially with international business travel not having fully recovered. Hawaiian Airlines continues to serve this route.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 113

Aerotime

JULY 21, 2024

Gulf Month by Gabriele Petrauskaite 2021-08-16 The airline flies a mixed fleet, which consists of both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft. How do cabin crew requirements differ across Gulf airlines?

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Wide-Body Aircraft Tarmac Cabin Crew Hangar 293

Aerotime

MARCH 28, 2025

Polands Minister of Infrastructure Dariusz Klimczak has announced that LOT Polish Airlines has expanded its fleet by acquiring two additional Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. The new aircraft will allow for an increase in long-haul flights and the introduction of new routes planned through 2028, he added.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 274

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 19, 2025

ZIPAIRs onboard product is unique This is a major part of Japan Airlines international growth Japan Airlines has been on quite the aircraft shopping spree lately. In March 2024, as part of its latest wide body aircraft order announcement , the company revealed plans to increase international capacity by 40% by the end of the decade.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 99

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 3, 2025

Thai Airways plans new 777 & 787 business class Thai Airways has plans to streamline its business class product on many long haul aircraft, but well have to be patient. Historically, Thai Airways has only had wide body aircraft in its mainline fleet. What do you make of Thai Airways new business class plans?

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 93

Aerotime

OCTOBER 6, 2024

The airline added that the aircraft in its EXPO 2027 livery is a “symbol of our contribution to promoting an event of high importance for Serbia and the region”.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 294

One Mile at a Time

MAY 9, 2025

British Airways has ordered more Airbus A350s My take on IAGs wide body aircraft order I dont think theres anything terribly surprising here. At least my hope is that this is how that plays out, and that most of the jets dont go to Iberia.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 96

One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

I’m sure the Austin route would have survived if it could be operated by a narrow body jet with better economics, but it just doesn’t make much sense with wide body aircraft. I don’t think it will happen soon, but I’d be shocked if Hawaiian’s 787s don’t eventually fly out of the Pacific Northwest.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline Jet 120

Aerotime

JULY 24, 2024

Predictions indicate that most new aviation crews will operate single aisle aircraft. Meanwhile, wide-body aircraft will be the primary choice for flying operations in Africa and the Middle East.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Cabin Crew Cargo Airplanes 269

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

Saudia Group is currently in talks with both Boeing and Airbus over the possibility of placing an order for new wide-body aircraft, according to Reuters. Saudia Group hit the headlines only a few weeks ago by announcing an order with Airbus for 105 A320neo family aircraft.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 269

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Historically, Aircalin has operated its wide body aircraft primarily between Noumea (NOU) and Japan, including Osaka (KIX) and Tokyo Narita (NRT). As its described, this is intended to enable Aircalin to support fleet adaptation, and the carriers long haul network expansion.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline Jet 117

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Air Indias Airbus order is now comprised of 350 jets, including 105 Airbus A320neos, 195 A321neos, 25 A350-900s, and 25 A350-1000s The evolution of this order is quite interesting: When it comes to narrow body aircraft, Air India has heavily modified its A320neo-family order to be more focused on the larger A321neo variant than the smaller A320neo (..)

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Simple Flying

MAY 3, 2025

Many of these airlines operate long-haul routes utilizing Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, a twin-aisle mid-sized, wide-body aircraft known for its range and efficiency. While the aircraft type is standard among airlines, the business class offering is far from uniform.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 76

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 6, 2025

Domestic aviation in Japan is fascinating, given that airlines have dedicated fleets used exclusively for flights within the country, and many of those planes are wide body aircraft. I just flew Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 Class J on the short 70-minute flight from Tokyo (HND) to Sapporo (CTS).

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline Narrow-Body Aircraft 104

World Airline News

JANUARY 7, 2025

Ibrahim Iyas, emphasised the significance of the new aircraft in the companys growth strategy and its impact on the Maldives tourism industry.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 59

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 26, 2025

Im curious to see how the government owned airline configures its 787s, given that TAAGs current wide body aircraft all feature first class. Then the jet briefly flew for Riyadh Air, for demonstration flights. Now itll join TAAGs fleet.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline Jet 123

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 21, 2025

Currently, Etihads narrow body aircraft are operated almost exclusively on shorter flights, and really have quite an uncompetitive product in both cabins. On some routes, Etihad operates both narrow body and wide body aircraft, and the difference is night and day.

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Narrow-Body Aircraft Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines 104

One Mile at a Time

MAY 12, 2025

Alaska even plans to open a flagship international lounge at the airport, though details remain limited. Alaska Air Group has already announced plans to launch a route to Seoul Incheon (ICN) as of September 2025, and plans to add its first route to Europe as of some point in 2026.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 102

One Mile at a Time

MAY 4, 2025

This is the longest range narrow body in production, and were going to see a lot more of these in service over the coming years. Ive gotta be honest, given the option, I definitely prefer a wide body aircraft to a narrow body aircraft.

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One Mile at a Time

NOVEMBER 24, 2024

SWISS is the only major airline in the world to offer first class on all of its wide body aircraft, which includes Airbus A330s, Airbus A340s, and Boeing 777s ( and as of 2025, Airbus A350s ). The airline offers a solid first class , which I rank among the 10 best first class experiences in the world.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 117

One Mile at a Time

MAY 28, 2025

However, there are many medium haul markets that might not consistently have demand for wide body aircraft, but where something better than the typical intra-Europe business class is expected. In the case of Lufthansa or SWISS, were talking about destinations like Amman (AMM), Cairo (CAI), Tel Aviv (TLV), etc.

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One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 28, 2025

Delta will be taking delivery of quite a few wide body aircraft in 2025, but I dont think the overall added capacity will exceed that of United. Its very possible Delta overtakes American in terms of available seat miles, though. Only time will tell!

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Airlines Airline Wide-Body Aircraft Jet 123

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 27, 2025

So far, all we know is that the phased installation will start in late 2025, and itll eventually be available throughout the fleet, including narrow body and wide body aircraft. SAS will introduce free Wi-Fi Scandinavian Airlines Starlink Wi-Fi rollout plan So, when should we expect Starlink to be introduced on SAS?

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Wide-Body Aircraft Airlines Airline 111

Simple Flying

MARCH 17, 2025

The Boeing 777X is the newest wide-body aircraft manufactured by Boeing to take to the skies. It is the newest iteration of the critically acclaimed Boeing triple seven family of wide-body, long-range, twin-engine jets.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 115

One Mile at a Time

MAY 8, 2025

So ahead of the A321XLR entering service, the airline is trialing getting rid of bread and butter on comparable routes on some existing wide body aircraft, to see if passengers notice. The airline isnt necessarily sure how passengers will respond, though.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 94

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 9, 2024

I don’t think this should surprise most people, though it’s always interesting to hear an airline executive provide some insights… American SVP explains carrier’s domestic wide body strategy All of the “big three” US carriers operate wide body aircraft on some domestic flights.

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One Mile at a Time

JUNE 6, 2025

We’ve known that the airline plans to order another wide body aircraft, and until recently, the airline was reportedly deciding between the Airbus A350 and Boeing 777X. The company has huge growth plans, and so far has ordered up to 72 Boeing 787-9s , and up to 60 Airbus A321neos.

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Wide-Body Aircraft Jet Airlines Airline 80