Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (31st May)

As we head out of May and into the Mid-point of the year, it’s still the end of a short week, but busy enough.

It must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.

There’s always an Aviation Angle – National Express West Midlands, in an Emirates advertising livery (Colmore Row, Birmingham). 

Data Storage Adventures

Something different this week from your writer’s pen, as I go about upgrading my storage solution at home. Some more next week – I have another hard disk to install after I hit publish…

• Part 1: Some Background and “Why Now?”
• Part 2: Which NAS to go for?
• Part 3: Build and Configuration of the UGreen NASync DXP4800

New Aircraft News

• Vietjet expands its Airbus A330neo order to 40 aircraft – Doubling the existing commitment.
• Air Niugini adds a further two Airbus A220 aircraft – Further aircraft for the Papua New Guinea airline.
• Royal Jordanian takes delivery of its first A320neo – On a lease from Avolon.

Seating

• Thai Airways to use the Recaro R3 seat for their upcoming A321neo aircraft – “Premium” economy seats for a premium A321ne.o
• Eurowings to introduce a Business Class Seat for Medium Haul Services – Could we finally see the re-introduction of reasonable seats for mid-haul services in Europe?

Passenger Experience

• Five Guys to open an outpost at Heathrow Terminal 5 – Well, it will give somewhere for the ex-British Airways Slivers to hang out when their status expires.
• Cathay Pacific introduces new ‘Chinese Classics’ dining offerings for Business class customers – Chinese flavours for the Hong Kong Airline.

Trains

Don’t ask why, but we’ve had a major push with rail this week. When combined with the multi-modal agendas we all have when travelling, expect some more rail news.

• South Western Railway returns to nationalised ownership – One down, two more expected this year.
• Arlanda Express to purchase new trains from Stadler  – FLIRT’s on their way up to Sweden.
• Flix to order Taglo High Speed Trainsets – FlixTrain to get a major glow-up

We’re going to continue with the Data Storage Adventure, as I continue preparing the storage device for five years (and probably more ) of very hard work.

On top of that, we are starting to close in on the Paris Air Show, and the first invites have been sent out for events already. Whilst Economy Class and Beyond won’t be on the ground (as I’ve got the joy of a migration project), we’ll keeping a very close eye remotely.

But for now, we’ll have the usual mixture of news, views and anything else that catches my eye as the week progresses.

Until then, Happy Landings!

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