We’ve hit the end of another week, where I remember the joy of peak-time commuting and also the joys of trains.
But the end of the week means only one thing on this blog – it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Making Tracks inside Chester Cathedral – with Pete Waterman and his Railnuts team with their Guinness World record for the largest portable model railway called “Making Tracks IV”. It’s on display at Chester Cathedral until 31st August. More at https://chestercathedral.com/events/event/23347/2024/08/17
Passenger Experience
- Delta Air Lines commences free Wi-Fi Rollout on international routes – All it will cost is a little… information.
- Lufthansa’s Allegris finds a new home – Shanghai – Four destinations now with Allegris.
Routes and networks
- Singapore Airlines adjusts capacity for Summer 2025 – More frequencies, but farewell, for now, Houston.
- Etihad Airways to deploy an A380 to Mumbai – Celebrating 20 years of serving India with an A380 for four months.
- Air Canada to resume Ottawa to London Heathrow route… and hint about the A321XLR – The route is interesting, but the possibilities are endless.
- Emirates to send its refitted Boeing 777-300ERs to Zurich and Riyadh – two more destinations for the new refits to go
New Aircraft News
- Virgin Australia signs for Embraer E2 jets – What’s that Skippy? Eight Embraer E190-E2s?
- airBaltic to add to its Airbus A220 fleet – More A220-300s for the launch customer
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
I’m currently playing a wonderful debate in my head Hote Chain 1 versus Hotel Chain 2. With me in the middle. I’m also wrapping up a couple of things in the background too
So as it is still August, it’s still pretty quiet on the news front, so we’ll have our usual mixture of news, views and whatever else that comes out of my fingers as I type this blog.
Until then, happy landings.
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