After a sun and rain-filled trip, I’m back in Britain and remarkably not jetlagged, even if I took a few days off blogging.
But it is time to be back in the hot seat, with the editing instance open, putting in lines of text that might make sense if the grammar checker can understand what I’m typing.
Yes, it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
The Golden Gate Bridge – Marlin County Side, as I walked back through the other way.
Miles and Points
- Revenue based earning is great…. for airlines. Passengers? Not so much – My leader article for the week. Based on actual numbers. And thank you for the support on this one this week.
Routes and Networks
- SAS to expand its operations to Atlanta – Getting cosy with its new friends
- Qantas to operate Darwin to Singapore, with an Embraer E190 – Four hours and forty-five minutes in an E190. Yikes.
- Turkish Airlines to launch a route to Melbourne, Australia – Three times a week to Melbourne
New Aircraft News
- Akasa Air to add a further 150 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to its fleet – The first 737 MAX order since the door incident.
Staff Experience
- Brussels Airlines introduces new uniforms – new uniforms, and maybe more importantly, new inclusivity policies.
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
I’m lining up a lot of post-trip content over the next few days – with seven flights and four hotels – these might come out at some speed. Or not – depending on life.
The trip report has entered the state of “there are headings and some text”, so that’ll be a few weeks before it kicks off.
On top of that, we’ll have news, views and anything else that grabs my interest as the week progresses.
Until then, happy landings.
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I’m suggesting that my clients avoid Delta due to the fact that they are buying Airbus and not Boeing for their long haul flights. They are ignoring US built aircraft for at least half their long haul needs.