Sunday Reads: Our Most Notable Stories This Week

Welcome back to Simple Flying’s Sunday Reads weekly digest for its second iteration in the month of August. This edition sees multiple stories on both quadjets and turboprops, so we have something for everyone at both ends of the size spectrum!

Emirates will only add one regular A380 destination in August. Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying

Emirates Adds Just 1 New A380 Destination For August

With Emirates having added several destinations to its Airbus A380 network in July, you might have been hoping for similar growth in August. However, its recovery on this front appears to have stalled somewhat, with just one new route for the superjumbo.

Lufthansa Withdraws Another Boeing 747-400 From Storage

Staying on the subject of quadjets, there seem to be brighter days ahead for Lufthansa’s Boeing 747-400 fleet. Indeed, the German flag carrier has recently removed another Boeing 747-400 from storage, with a total of eight set to return to the skies.

Lufthansa removed one of the two Boeing 747-400s parked at Twente Airport. Photo: Getty Images

Amazon’s ATR Cargo Planes – What We Know So Far

At the smaller end of the spectrum, online shopping juggernaut Amazon has amassed a reasonable fleet of cargo aircraft to expedite its long-distance shipping. While Boeing 767s have become a staple of the fleet, Amazon is also set to receive ATR turboprops to carry its various packages on shorter routes. You can read more about these freighters here.

How Amazon’s ATRs might look like in the livery of its Boeing 767s. Image: Simple Flying

Air India Plans To Keep Its Boeing 747 Fleet

Back on the subject of colossal widebody quadjets, Air India has been in the news recently for its commitment to its remaining Boeing 747s. Despite being 26 years old on average, the airline is said to “have no plans to phase out the operation of the Boeing 747.” This will come as good news to aviation enthusiasts in the country. You can read more on this here.

On average, Air India’s 747s are at least twice as old as its other aircraft types. Photo: Getty Images

Why United Airlines Flew The Boeing 737-500 After The Type’s Retirement

Simple Flying took some time this week to examine the life of United Airlines’ Boeing 737 Classic series fleet. The short-fuselage 737-500 was of particular interest, as it effectively had two lives at the carrier. You can read more about United’s 737-500 operations here.

United initially retired the 737-500 in 2009. However, the airline’s merger with Continental saw the type return to its fleet. Photo: Aero Icarus via Flickr

Review: Flying On A 40-Year-Old Isles Of Scilly Skybus Twin Otter

Simple Flying recently had the chance to fly from Land’s End to St Mary’s in the Isles of Scilly on a de Havilland DHC-6 ‘Twin Otter.’ The flight on the 40-year-old Isles of Scilly Skybus turboprop made for an eventful but memorable and rather different trip!

Land’s End-St Mary’s is by far the airline’s most frequent route. Photo: Jake Hardiman | Simple Flying

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