Last Week on Economy Class and Beyond (6th January)

It’s that time of the week again where I take a look back of the whyfors and happenings at Economy Class and Beyond

New Aircraft News

• Qatar Airways buys 5% of China Southern Airlines – an interesting move by Qatar Airways to say the least. And sure to annoy Amercian Airlines
• JetBlue firms up an order for 60 Airbus A220 aircaft – firming up the paperwork and pushing the A220 into acceptance.

Routes and networks

• Finnair adds extra capacity to London for Summer 2019 – Feel extra flights and an A330 with Finnair over the summer

On the rails

• REMINDER: UK Rail ticket prices go up (2nd January) – time to pay more to ride the railway… and some ways to say a few pennies.

Train vs Plane

In the battle of Train vs Plane – who wins between London and Brussels?

• Train vs Plane – Back to Brussels Airport and the British Airways Lounge
• British Airways BA399 Brussels Airport to London Heathrow – CLUB EUROPE
• Heading back to Marylebone and heading home
• Who wins the Brussels Edition?

Review 2018

Time to step back in time as I go through the highlights of the blog and what I found interesting in 2018

• January – April
• May to August
• September to December
• My year in review – and a year of improvements

Pretty pictures

• Airplane Art – Swiss International Air Lines Airbus A340-300 taking off from Zurich

Next Week

Whilst I’m low on travel experiences for a bit, I do have some geeky things lined up on the blog. In particular:

• I’m kicking off a series about life with the Canon EOS R and how I’m adapting to it as my primary camera.
• There’s going to be some travel technology too – providing I can get the bits in to start this project off..
• And I have some very interesting data that I’m working from the UK Border Agency. Very interesting data that I should be able to release Monday

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