We’re getting to the end of the week, with the full January blues settled in. It’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Maybe Google needs to learn to Undo things, after a week like this week.
Travel Technology
- TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5i Chromebook – What are the compromises moving to ChromeOS? – What’s the price of living in a Google focused world…?
- Google sticks it to legacy G-Suite/Google Workspace “Free” users – Pay up or get out – and the answer is $6-7 upwards a month. We’ll have lots of coverage on this over the next week or so.
Routes and Networks
- USDOT Approves Norse Atlantic Airways’ Application for Transatlantic Flights – paving the way for the Spring startup of Norse Atlantic
- Virgin Atlantic and LATAM announce a codeshare agreement – Why have friends when you can have more codeshares?
- Virgin Atlantic to restart Tobago service – Back to more sun for Virgin Atlantic
- Ryanair prepares to scale up services at its Dublin base – It’s amazing what “launch aid” can do for a network
Passenger Experience
- ZIM to manufacture premium economy seats for Lufthansa Group – Well, let’s hope it’s a generational improvement over the PC-01. My back has not forgiven me for that
- SWISS to introduce its first Airspace by Airbus Aircraft – New cabins for SWISS, inbound
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
With the sales ending, I have a few travel tickets to buy for some upcoming trips. I’ve also got an eye closely locked on Google and its GSuite end-of-life announcement and I am coming up with some options for those of you who are hit hard by it.
And judging by some of the conversations I’ve had, it has caught a lot of people off-guard.
We will also throw in our usual mix of news, route updates and things that keep me interested.
Until then – stay safe out there.
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