It’s the end of the week again, and we’re on the cusp of Easter (and for those of us in some civilised places, an extra long weekend).
But it’s still Saturday again, and it must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Passenger Experience
- Refreshed Costa Coffee opens at Heathrow Terminal 4 Arrivals – More coffee!
- Scandinavian Airlines to reintroduce European business class – But not until October.
- Lyft to purchase FREENOW and increase its coverage in Europe – Lyft finally looks overseas to boost its presence.
- Singapore Airlines prepares to invest in its lounges at Changi Terminal 2 – Three lounges up for refurbishment.
- Air New Zealand’s first retrofitted Boeing 787-9 rolls out – No SkyNest… yet.
IFE+C
- Discover Airlines to be the first customer for Panasonic’s Multi-Orbit Connectivity – More mulx
- American Airlines to launch a free in-flight Wi-Fi Product – For those aircraft with Intelsat or Viasat equipment installed.
New Aircraft News
- Then there were six – Etihad Airways welcomes its latest Airbus A350-1000 – More of the way.
- Hunnu Air takes delivery of Mongolia’s First Embraer E195-E2 – First of two Embraer E2 for the Mongolian carrier.
The Business of Aviation
- Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways deepen their Joint Venture – With plans to go further in the world.
Trains
- Lumo to allow seat selection… and introduce some new seat covers – Good luck in kicking someone out of your seat on a train.
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
A fair bit is going on in the background at Economy Class and Beyond, as we recover from our major travel period and start to put pen to paper (or keyboard to text document), We’re at a point where the first trip report might head out next week (providing I get some of the final bits lined up) and the other one is missing some reviews to be written.
We are also going to start working through our post-Aircraft Interiors Expo coverage, and we’ve got more than a few stories to work through.
On top of that, it might be a short week, but we’ll be keeping an eye on the headlines.
Until then, Happy Landings!
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