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Virgin Atlantic relaunches flights to Shanghai

Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner G-VNYL (msn 37981) SEA (Bruce Drum). Image: 104713.

Virgin Atlantic is restarting its much-anticipated flights to Shanghai, re-establishing essential business and leisure connections between the United Kingdom and China.  The daily service resumed on May 1, 2023.

The move comes following a relaxation in travel restrictions between the two countries, which sees the borders reopening to foreign nationals for the first time since December 23, 2020. Shanghai is Virgin Atlantic’s final route to be re-instated following the global pandemic, having been impacted by suspensions and closures since February 1, 2020.

Virgin Atlantic’s Shanghai flights will continue to operate on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner. The return to China will complement the rest of Virgin Atlantic’s global route network which includes the USA & Caribbean, South Africa, Nigeria and India. The airline’s Tel Aviv service has doubled capacity this summer, operating a double daily service.  New routes to the Maldives and Turks and Caicos will also commence later this year.

Top Copyright Photo: Virgin Atlantic Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner G-VNYL (msn 37981) SEA (Bruce Drum). Image: 104713.

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WestJet celebrates its inaugural flight to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport

WestJet Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner C-FAJA (msn 64982) AMS (Ton Jochems). Image: 960153.

WestJet on April 30 celebrated the departure of flight WS80 from YYC Calgary International Airport to Tokyo’s NaritaInternational Airport.

Tokyo service will operate on the airline’s 787 Dreamliner three times per week through October 28, and will return in Spring 2024. Guests travelling between Calgary and Tokyo can expect an elevated experience onboard including Western and Japanese inflight meals, Japanese entertainment options and the comfort of Japanese announcements and menus.

RouteFrequencyDepartureArrival
Calgary – Tokyo 
(Narita)		3x weekly15:1016:15 (next day)
Tokyo (Narita) – 
Calgary 		3x weekly18:1512:15


Top Copyright Photo: WestJet Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner C-FAJA (msn 64982) AMS (Ton Jochems). Image: 960153.

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EgyptAir to launch nonstop Cairo – Newark flights

EgyptAir Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner SU-GER (msn 38798) AMS (Ton Jochems). Image: 960406.

EgyptAir has announced it will launch a new route connecting its Cairo hub with Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).

The new route will start on June 3, 2023 and will operate three days a week with Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft.

The new route will compliment exisiting service to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

Top Copyright Photo: EgyptAir Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner SU-GER (msn 38798) AMS (Ton Jochems). Image: 960406.

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Neos Airlines launches flights from Toronto to Milan and Amritsar

Neos Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner EI-NEO (msn 38785) VRN (Marco Finelli). Image: 941412.

Neos on April 6 launched a new weekly route from Amritsar’s Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport to Toronto (Pearson) in Canada on April 6, 2023 via its Milan (Malpensa) hub.

Neos was born in June 2001 and, once it obtained the Air Carrier Certificate on March 7, 2002 from the National Civil Aviation Body (ENAC), its first Boeing 737-800 I-NEOS “City of Milan” took off from Milan Malpensa the following day to Senegal (Dakar and Cap Skirring).

Ceremony at Toronto (Pearson)

Regular flights started in October of the same year as the only Italian air carrier being authorized to fly the route Italy-Cape Verde, followed by routes to the Canary Islands in August 2003 and to numerous important holiday destinations in the Mediterranean in the summer of 2004.

Long haul flights finally started in December 2004 and are currently performed by six Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners.

Top Copyright Photo: Neos Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner EI-NEO (msn 38785) VRN (Marco Finelli). Image: 941412.

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Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights to Kuala Lumpur

Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ET-AUR (msn 38793) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 943204.

Ethiopian Airlines has announced that it will resume its services to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on March 25, 2023.

The flight will be operated four times a week with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner as per the below schedule. 

Ethiopian Airlines first commenced its service between Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with a thrice-weekly service back in 2012. However, the flight was suspended later in 2021. 

Top Copyright Photo: Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner ET-AUR (msn 38793) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 943204.

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Photo: Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner D-ABPE (msn 62143) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 960041.

Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner D-ABPE (msn 62143) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 960041.

Lufthansa’s fifth Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, named “Düsseldorf”, pending delivery from Boeing.

Top Copyright Photo: Lufthansa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner D-ABPE (msn 62143) PAE (Nick Dean). Image: 960041.

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