It’s Saturday again, and it’s Pride Weekend in Birmingham. And even though the colours and the wonderful protests are out (because Pride is a Protest), it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
The Bullring Bull looks rather resplendent for pride in Trans colours.
Passenger Experience
- Air New Zealand unveils new amenity kits with Aotea – Local brands getting a big push
- AirFi completes its fleetwide rollout with easyJet (And we’ve tried it) – It’s not a bad solution for Wireless IFE.
- Brussels Airlines and Neuhaus relaunch a rather chocolatey partnership – A reason to go back to Brussels Airlines?
- Brussels Airlines updates its business class short-haul catering – Maybe a better reason if you’re paying the premium fares
The business of aviation
- Lufthansa Group to take a 41% share of ITA Airways – It seems that Lufthansa really wants to be in Italy.
New Aircraft News
Or… Embraer and Azorra talk leases.
- Scoot firms up its Embraer E2 requirements with Azorra for nine aircraft – Firming up the commitment for the introduction of the type in Singapore
- Malaysia’s SKS Airways selects Embraer E2 aircraft – Building out a city airline
Routes and Networks
- SWISS firms up its Short to Medium Haul Winter 2023 timetable – 68 Short to Medium Haul routes, all available for booking
- easyJet to add nine new routes out of the United Kingdom for winter – More new routes and a first for Iceland, too
Points and Miles
- British Airways announces a new round of “Avios Only” flights with five new destinations available – although they’re all probably sold out by now.
Trains and tubes
- Stansted Express to increase Peak time services between London and Stansted Airport – Four times an hour at peak, two off-peak.
- Going to Heathrow by Underground over the Weekend? Plan Ahead – Hint: Take the Elizabeth Line this weekend, unless you love badly timed buses.
Pretty Pictures
Next week
The Birmingham Pride site occupying Smithfield, as well as the Village.
We’re entering the last Bank Holiday before summer, so we’ll be having a quiet few days on the blog. However, we’ll also be in final preparation mode for Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg.
Including me going to get new shirts, as the thought of a travel iron fills me with dread.
And yes, my appointment book is starting to fill up. If you’re exhibiting at AIX and want to catch up, our landing page is here.
Until then, we’ll have our usual mixture of news, views and stored articles that I forgot to push the publish button on.
Stay safe out there and happy landings!
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