We’re halfway through March, and with lighter evenings comes more news headlines.
Yes, it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
It’s fun, fun, fun, on the trams, trams, trams – Midland Metro tram approaching Upper Bull Street stop, as I switch from one office to another.
TRIP REPORT: Miles to Bucharest
We’ve come to the end of another Trip Report – I hope you’ve enjoyed some travel insights and foolishness from your writer. Hopefully, I’ll have some new travel insights soon.
- BA887 Bucharest Henri Coandă to London Heathrow Airport (Club Europe)
- Two Trains, A Tube and a Bus to Home
- Silver Retained. But New Battles Await
New Aircraft News
- Airbus secures an order from Jackson Square Aviation – 50 A320neo family aircraft on their way
- AGEAN discloses a further order for Airbus A321neo aircraft – Up to 58 new aircraft on their way to Aegean
- Edelwiess takes delivery of its first Airbus A350-900 – using ex LATAM Brasil Aircraft
Passenger Experience
- Southwest Airlines introduces luggage fees, as well as other changes – yes, basic fares on the way – What made Southwest Different has been swept away.
Routes and Networks
- Qatar Airways adds extra summer capacity on a number of routes – including more capacity to London Heathrow.
Loyalty
- Virgin Atlantic Holidays to offer double tier points for Flying Club Members – Nice if you fly, and possible to get Silver… if you spend over £4000
On the Rails
- CrossCountry Trains unveils its first refurbished train – One Refurbished Turbostar. May more to go (as well as the Voyager fleet)
- Great Western Railway to take on Class 175 trains – New homes for the Corada 1000 units
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
There’s a lot going on at Economy Class and Beyond in the background as we head into on of the busiest periods that we have, with a couple of trips in the background.
In addition, we’re opening up our Aircraft Interiors Expo pages and bookings shortly, as we build up to one of the biggest trade shows that we attend.
On top of that, we’ll have our usual mixture of news, views and maybe some travel advice too. It’ll depend on a lot of things, including my ability to rest.
Until then, Happy Landings!
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