We’ve passed the joy of Shrove Tuesday, Pancakes and all, and are fast heading to the end of February. It must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Under the glass – Inside the International Convention Centre, Birmingham. We’ve had also a record week of headline spelling mistakes. It’s fun when the Spelling and Grammar checker decides not to check the title field of a post…
Routes and Networks
- Emirates continues to scale up its Cairo flights – Going up to four flights a day, three of those with Airbus A380
New Aircraft News
- Scoot goes… Embraer! – Nine E190-E2 inbound. An experiment? Maybe.
- ITA Airways introduces its first A320neo to its fleet – The first blue A320neo for ITA Airways
- Qantas adjusts fleet plans, with additional capacity inbound – Sometimes, you can get a few bargains in the used market.
Seating
- Air New Zealand introduce an Economy Scretch product – Extra legroom for long-haul segments
- Qantas details its First and Business Class concepts for “Project Sunrise” – And both Safran products
- Jet2 selects Acro Seating for their new aircraft seats – a big win for Acro Aircraft Seating
The business of aviation
- When an airport admits its had a poor year – Schiphol Groups results in, with big losses – Yikes. That’s a PR and a half.
O’Hare. Good idea, Bad idea
I’ll let you work out which is which.
- Chicago O’Hare re-instates airside bus connections between Terminal 1/3 and 5 – Good idea
- Chicago O’Hare International moves Uber and Lyft pickups away from Terminal 5 – Boneheaded Idea.
Passenger Experience
- Air Malta selects BlueBox’s Blueview Platform for Wireless Inflight Entertainment – More Wireless IFE ahead
- Cathay Pacific collaborates with Duddell’s for a new menu – Lots of local delights.
Modal Shifts
- KLM extends its Air-Rail partnership with Thalys – KLM buys more seats between Amsterdam and Brussels
- Want to escape the Great British Tomato shortage? Eurostar has an answer… – Well, it is better than shopping for Turnips in the supermarket, isn’t it?
Pretty pictures
Next Week
There are a few things simmering in the pot at Economy Class and Beyond at the moment, with some travel technology reviews being wrapped up, along with me in conclusion planning for my next big trip.
We’ve got a few more closer-to-home things (as well as stuff that has been stuck in editing purgatory), which will exit over the next few days too.
On top. of that we’ll have our usual mix of news, views, thoughts and madness.
As usual, be safe and patient when you travel. And Happy Landings.
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