Delta Plans Atlanta-Seoul Service from 2017, with Expanded Korean Air Codeshare

The service will be operated by 291-seat Boeing 777-200LRs, each configured with 37 Delta One business class seats, 36 Delta Comfort+ seats and 218 Main Cabin seats.

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Etihad Airways will replace leased Jet Airways Boeing 777-300ERs on its Abu Dhabi-San Francisco route with its own 777-200LRs, and Jet Airways 777-300ERs on its Abu Dhabi-New York JFK route with its own 777-300ERs.

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According to Air India, the 16 hours 5 minutes flying time for its non-stop San Francisco-Delhi flights will be fully three-and-a-half hours less than the flying time any other airline (notably Emirates and other Gulf carriers) offers for its one-stop service on the route.

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Delta Air Lines is planning to begin daily service between Los Angeles International Airport and Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on July 9, pending U.S. Department of Transportation and Chinese government approval.

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More than a month before it even begins flying the route, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways has announced it will increase the frequency of its new service to Dallas/Fort Worth from three times weekly to a daily round-trip from April 16.

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According to Delta, completion of the installations in all its international-service widebodies makes it the only U.S. carrier to offer flat-bed seats and direct aisle access in the business class cabins on all its overseas long-haul flights.

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Boeing has delivered to Turkmenistan Airlines, Turkmenistan’s national flag carrier, the first of two new 777-200LR (Longer Range) passenger widebodies the carrier ordered from the manufacturer.

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Boeing achieved a net total of orders for 1,203 commercial aircraft in 2012, the second-largest annual number in the company’s history. The manufacturer also delivered 601 commercial jets, the most since 1999.

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Washington Dulles International Airport is the seventh gateway for Emirates in the United States, and the carrier’s Dubai-Washington service is the 12th new route to join the airline’s international network in 2012.

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On July 20, Korean Air finalized an order for two Boeing 777-300ERs, taking its order total for the type to 16. On the previous day, Ethiopian Airlines ordered an additional Boeing 777-200LR Worldliner, to add to the carrier’s existing fleet of five 777-200LRs.

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The Boeing 787 Dreamliner will make its Middle East debut at the Dubai Airshow, which is being held from November 13 to November 17 at Dubai’s Airport Expo.

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Boeing has delivered Qatar Airways’ 100th airliner, a Boeing 777-200LR, at a ceremony at the manufacturer’s widebody assembly plant at Everett, Washington.

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Air Austral’s first 777-200LR will enable the airline to fly non-stop from Mayotte, an island chain and French Department north of Madagascar, to Paris.

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The last of Delta Air Lines’ 18 Boeing 777s, each with 45 BusinessElite seats per aircraft, and all 21 Boeing 767-400ERs – each of which has 40 BusinessElite seats – have been retrofitted with full flat-bed seats. Each seat includes direct aisle access.

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A Boeing 777-200LR of Qatar Airways has arrived at Le Bourget for display at the 49th International Paris Air Show.

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Boeing’s two new 747-8 models – the Intercontinental passenger version and the Freighter version – will make their international debuts at the Paris Air Show, joining the 787 Dreamliner as highlights of the company’s presence during the show.

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Qatar Airways will serve Montréal non-stop from Doha three times a week, on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays, with Boeing 777-200LRs.

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The airline, which says it recorded a significant increase in revenue for the Americas in 2009-10, will soon offer more than 15,000 seats on 98 round-trip flights each week between Dubai and the U.S.

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Qatar Airways has announced it has ordered two additional Boeing 777-200LRs, in a deal Boeing values at $501 million at average list prices.

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