We’re passing past the dark months of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, where the evenings are getting a little bit lighter. But it’s always good to look back, in Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
The distant city -Looking at Liverpool from New Brighton
TRIP REPORT: Polishing Silver
Its time for some more premium travel notes from me this week, along with some hotel reviews to keep you amused. Next week, we’re focusing on experiences in the city.
- Return to PHL and the American Airlines Admirals Club (B/C)
- American Airlines AA2663 Philadelphia to San Francisco (US Domestic First)
- Late night at SFO and the Crowne Plaza Burlingame
- The Intercontinental San Francisco (Howard Street)
Routes and Networks
- easyJet to add new routes – including serving for Salerno’s Amalfi Coast the first time – joining Volotea to serve the area (along with Naples airport)
- Emirates inks plans for daily services to Phnom Penh – With a stop in Singapore on the way
- Qatar Airways relaunches its Doha-Osaka Service – Back after a break
Fleet news
- Three more Boeing 787s join the Etihad Airways fleet – with a lot of new products
- Lufthansa City prepares to take flight, with first routes announced – two ex-Eurowings A319s, now in Lufthansa City colours
Loyalty
- Flying Blue (Air France-KLM) is offering a paid status match – for UK Residents – Like any status match, you have to decide if it is worth it
Passenger Experience
- British Airways celebrates its London-Austin route…. in a rather different way – Saucy!
- Condor to add Recaro Aircraft Seating seats on their new Airbus A320neo family aircraft – two families of seats for Condor’s new A320neo family aircraft.
Rail
- FirstGroup to submit plans to extend its Lumo rail services to Glasgow – we’ll see how far these plans go
Pretty pictures
Next week
As I’ve teased, there’s more from my San Francisco trip next week as I do something a little rare for me – travel without any agenda. On top of that, we’ll have to our usual headline scouting, with routes, orders and anything else that tickles my fancy
Until then, Happy landings.
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