Hello from a rather cold and distant place. No, not Manchester, Liverpool or Dublin – but Geneva.
It’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Aircraft News
- Air Greenland takes delivery of their Airbus A330-800neo – Just the one.
- Return of the WhaleJet – Etihad to reactivate four Airbus A380s – Welcome back, A380.
Routes and Networks
- Emirate to scale London Gatwick flights to treble A380 flights a day – Over 1000 seats from Gatwick
- WestJet plans major European and Asian expansion! – And yes, that includes Tokyo.
- easyJet adds nine routes from the UK to Europe for Summer 2023 – Cheap summer flights now open for business
Passenger Experience
- Porter Airlines prepares to shake up its passenger experience – And new fare classes too
- SWISS rotates their premium meal options for the winter season – New menus for the next three months
Sustainability in the air
- Virgin Atlantic secures 70 million gallon Sustainable Air Fuel supply – More drops of SAF in the Fuel Ocean
Winter of Discontent
- Christmas disruption at the UK Border – PCS Union calls its workers out on strike – Expect queues at the border
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
I’m back on the ground next week, as we start to barrel towards the end of the year. We will have a lot of coverage of the train strikes that are due to kick off.
I’ll have some passenger experience snapshots too from my Geneva trip.
Until then, Happy Landings!
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