We’ve come to the end of another interesting week. Well, interesting doesn’t even the half it.
Time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
I’m down-route this week—no guesses where in the world I am. At least the Chicago River is a only little green after St Patrick’s Day.
Baby when the light, go out (A Heathrow Omnishambles)
Heathrow Airport suffered a power cut early on Friday morning, throwing the entire operation under the bus. It’s recovering, but keep checking your flights, in case there are cancellations.
- Heathrow Airport prepares to re-open to traffic after the power cut
- Heathrow Airport *CLOSED* until 23:59 on 21 March (Now to reopen)
Papers, Please… or not, as the case may be
- EU Entry Exit System/ European Travel Information and Authorisation System Delayed. Again – Come back in the Autumn. The EU might have at least one of these systems running by then.
New Aircraft News
- Malaysia Aviation Group (Malaysia Airlines) to pick up further Boeing 737 MAX aircraft – 30 Orders, 30 Options.
- FedEx Express to add a further 10 ATR72-600F to its fleet – FexEx Express calls extra turboprop aircraft
Routes and Networks
- Emirates to add seven further A350-900 routes – with the first route to Asia too with the A350
- Uganda Airlines to operate London Gatwick, launching European services – four times a week with an Airbus A330-800neo.
Passenger Exeprierance
- Air India reveals its first modernised A320neo – More three-class A320neo aircraft.t
- Lufthansa sets out Allegris First Class network… as well as future passenger experience improvements ahead – More for all classes ahead.
Air+Rail
- Condor announces Air+Rail expansion with DB – Expanding Condors Air+Rail footprint.
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
Things should hopefully have settled down for my return to the UK next week. I’ll also be taking some time for myself during this point – as I’m in the middle of a rather busy time of year as I ramp down from the US trip and up to Aircraft Interiors Expo 2025.
We’ll have our AIX 2025 pages open over the next two days (and if you want to make an appointment at AIX 2025, reach out).
Until then, fingers crossed that your airport of choice remains open… and happy landings.
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