It’s that time of the week again where I assemble my work for inspection, laugh at some of the spelling errors and make things look nice.
Yes, it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
It’s Christmas market season in Central Birmingham. Here until 24th December. https://www.thebfcm.co.uk/ if you’re thinking of visiting. Just come on a weekday, as weekends can be rammed solid…
TRIP REPORT: Taking the Long Way (and Back) to Singapore
As you can see, we are near the end of this trip report (with the final part due out over the next few days). I hope you’ve enjoyed this mega-trip report.
- Out of Vantaa Airport and into Helsinki… and a little beyond
- Holiday Inn, Helsinki Airport
- Back to Helsinki Airport and the Finnair Schengen Lounge
- AY841 Helsinki Vantaa to Stockholm Bromma with NoRRA (Economy Class)
- The Slow Return to Arlanda Airport (with a surprise on the way)
- D8449 Stockholm Arlanda to London Gatwick with Norweigan Air Shuttle
- How to get home? Coach or Trains across London?
UK Budget 2024
Taxes rise. Who would have guessed?
Passsenger Experiance
- The full Lufthansa Allegris (with First Class) prepares to take flight – only five months behind…
- Qatar Airways to deploy Thales FlytEDGE IFE on their A321neo – Cloud native IFE launches
- Finnair unveils its first refurbished Embaer E190 – And very Nordic it is too
New Aircraft News
- LATAM to add further Boeing 787-9 aircraft to its fleet – 10, plus five options
- Airbus delivers the first A321XLR to Iberia – Although if you look carefully enough there might be some hidden shamrocks under the Iberia paintwork
- Riyadh Air signs for 60 Airbus A321neo – Boeing for the long-haul, Airbus for the Shorthaul
Routes and Networks
- SWISS set out its Summer 2025 plans – Europe and the World!
Loyalty
- JetBlue expands its Mosaic status match offering – three new airline memberships can take part. Just have over $1000 extra space if you want to maintain the Mosaic Membership…
Rail
- The end of the Euston Rush….? Nah. – I doubt announcing train platforms early at Euston will prevent the rushes there are.
Pretty pictures
Next Week
On the queue for next week are some brand-new travel experiences which we’ll lightly touch in a series of Snapshots (whilst I put together the main trip report – although that’s looking in a reasonable state at this time).
We’ve also got some stories lined up for next week, along with news, views and the usual fun and games we have at Economy Class and Beyond.
Until then, Happy Landings!
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