It’s Saturday again, and I’m in a coffee shop on Saturday evening. Again.
It must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Because everything is better under a glitterball – The Nightingale, Birmingham
Public Service Annoucement
If there’s a blog entry I’d direct you to read, over all the content I’ve published recently, there’s a trip report segment called Challenging Me. A walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, with a few mental pushes forward.
It talks about life after my accident and some of the challenges I’ve encountered on the way. It also talks about how I push myself forward, both in physical and mental health… even on the crappiest of days. It’s worth more of a read than usual.
TRIP REPORT – Polishing Silver
For those of you who joined me for the “doing things in San Francisco bit, thank you. It’s a little different to the normal pace of things we do here.
Next week, it’s going to be a five-parter – content every weekday (provided I remember to hit the publish button). Expect transcontinental seat shenanigans, long haul sleeps and an open bet – how fast can I transit Heathrow airport?
- Asian Eats around San Francisco
- Challenging Me. A walk across the Golden Gate Bridge, with a few mental pushes forward
- Ferrying around the Bay with Golden Gate Ferry
- Of Dragons and Lions, San Francisco Chinatown
British Airways Big Passenger Experience Announcements
On Monday, British Airways invited their VIPs (thus I wasn’t invited ) to a shindig in London, where a series of announcements were made. I’ve gone through the most interesting bits for me.
- British Airways plots plans to return to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok – Daily to KL, Winter sun to Bangkok
- Diving into British Airways new shorthaul seat for its latest Airbus A320neo – Enter Meridian
- British Airways to add free inflight messaging – All we need for you to access it is… information.
Passenger Experience
- Cathay Pacific extends its premium catering offering with Duddell’s – Hong Kong flavours in Business and First Class.
- Emirates prepares for Ramadan in the Air – In time for the Holy Month.
New Aircraft news
- American Airlines to order 260 narrow body aircraft – Airbus, Boeing and Embraer share the spoils of victory
- Ethiopian Airlines signs for up to 20 Boeing 777-9s – “Agree to purchase” eight of the newest 777s… that are still going through validation
Rail
- Grand Union Trains gets the green light for services – Let’s see if they can deliver in 2025.
Pretty pictures
Next week
With the real world being more of a pain up the backside than normal (who would have thought it would take 2 weeks+ to get a site survey for some ssRAMS?), we might be a little content-light.
As in the evenings, I’ve got to start loading up a bag or two.
So on top of the trip report, we’ll have our usual mixture of news, views and thoughts on the events delivered in our own usual way.
Until then – happy landings!
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