We’ve come to the end of another week. As the sun bakes a city slowly, it must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Through wooded paths – Chester.
New Aircraft News
- Cathay Pacific to order 30 Airbus A330neo – Cathay Pacific dives deeper into The Matrix
Routes and Networks
- British Airways expands capacity and codeshares with Bangkok Airways – More flights to Bangkok as well as codeshares with Bangkok Airways
- Etihad to send the A380 to Singapore, boost connectivity to Thailand – More A380s to high-revenue places, and more holiday capacity to Thailand.
- Aer Lingus adds winter sun destinations – Because some people like to escape a soft day or five from Dublin
Passenger Experience
- IndiGo to deploy Reacro R5 business class seats – Coming to the Airbus A321neo
- Emirates first refurbished four-class Boeing 777-300ER enters service
Status Match
- Royal Jordanian offers up a status match – although I’ve read elsewhere that this has been cut back hard…
Pretty Pictures
Next week
I’m currently spending my time doing some hotel hunting for… reasons. Lots of reasons. On top of that, we are still in the dephts of summer, where when a press release from an airline has the words “sonic branding”
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