Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-312 ER 9V-SWG (msn 34572) SFO, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Singapore Airlines (Singapore) will add Munich on March 28, 2010. The new route will be operated with Boeing 777-300 ERs five times a week.
News link:
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporebusinessnews/view/1024930/1/.html
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British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-BNLO (msn 24057) (Face to Face) SFO, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
British Airways (London) is promoting the importance of “face to face” meetings rather than electronic communications. It recently added “Face to Face” sub-titles to its Boeing 747-436 G-BNLO (msn 24057).
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/British-Airways-FacetoFace-prnews-1188231913.html?x=0&.v=1
Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.
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Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin. N331UA gets the final water cannon salute.
United Airlines (Chicago) as previously reported, retired the last Boeing 737 on Wednesday evening (October 28). Despite a snowstorm in Denver, Boeing 737-322 N331UA (msn 24192) arrived at the San Francisco base ironically just as the sun was setting. The airport gave the traditional water cannon salute on landing ending an long era.
British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-BNLO (msn 24057) (Face to Face) SFO, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
British Airways (London) has added additional “Face to Face” sub-titles by the nose of Boeing 747-436 G-BNLO (msn 24057) in support of the special program.
Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.
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In other news, British Airways added the daily London (Heathrow)-Las Vegas Boeing 777 route yesterday (October 25).
Virgin America A320-214 N628VA (msn 2993) (08-HBO Entourage) SFO , originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Virgin America (San Francisco) is teaming up with Google to offer free in-flight WiFi services on all flights between November 10, 2009 and January 15, 2010.
Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.
Press release:
finance.yahoo.com/news/Virgin-America-Teams-Up-With-prnews-4141705682.html?x=0&.v=1
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WestJet Airlines (Calgary) will fly from both Calgary and Edmonton to Hawaii for a short period in the spring. The company will fly once a week from Calgary to both Honolulu (March 7 through April 25, 2010) and Kahului (Maui) (March 6 through May 1) and also from Edmonton to Kahului (March 5 through April 30).
Press releases:
finance.yahoo.com/news/Aloha-Calgary-Calgarians-are-cnw-3997020790.html?x=0&.v=2
finance.yahoo.com/news/Aloha-Edmonton-Edmontonians-cnw-3455108162.html?x=0&.v=2
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Taxiing at San Francisco now with Blended Winglets (winglets were added about two weeks before repainting), Southwest has retained a "Silver One" logo by the nose. Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.
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N629SW prepares to taxi from the gate at Los Angeles in the gray fuselage version of "Silver One". Copyright Photo: Roy Lock.
Southwest Airlines (Dallas) has repainted its Boeing 737-3H4 N629SW (msn 27704) known as “Silver One” into the current 2001 colors. N629SW originally was introduced in a metal top scheme in June 1996 celebrating its 25th Anniversary (Silver Anniversary). In 1999 the metal top was replaced with gray paint.
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N387SW taxies at San Jose before it was repainted in the new colors. N387SW is relatively new and was originally delivered to WN on June 29, 1994. Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.
Southwest Airlines’ (Dallas) flight WN 2294 operating last evening (July 13) with Boeing 737-3H4 N387SW (msn 26602) between Nashville and Baltimore/Washington (BWI) was forced to make an emergency landing at Charleston, WV after a one foot by one foot wide hole was discovered in the rear fuselage top (passengers could see the sky)! WN is inspecting its entire 737-300 fleet.
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Boeing 737-429 N42XA (msn 25729) of Xtra Airways prepares to depart from San Francisco in the new look. To see how N42XA was formerly painted please click on the photo. Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.
Xtra Airways (formerly Casino Express) (Elko) introduced this updated color scheme in December 2008.
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A close-up of N644AS at San Francisco. Copyright Photo: Mark Durbin.
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Alaska Airlines (Seattle/Tacoma) has started adding “WiFi Inflight” stickers.
In other news, the company will operate again to Bethel, Kotzebue and Nome depending on the ash conditions from Mount Redoubt on a day by day basis. Aircraft resting overnight at Anchorage are being wrapped in a protective plastic sealant.
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