For those parents in the United Kingdom, it’s the time of the year where annual leave goes down like a stone, summer club costs go through the roof and peak rates apply for holidays. Yes, the summer school break has begun.
For the rest of us, we’re in a hot July still and past the mid-point of the month. Therefore, it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond
Or if you’re in the City of Birmingham, this year’s summer trail is Bulls in the City. There are 128 of them dotted around the area. Find out more at https://bullsinthecity.co.uk/.
The Fallout of Wizz Air Abu Dhabi
With Wizz Air deciding to suspend operations of its Abu Dhabi operation, there has been a lot of shifting and moving around as others seek to take advantage of the situation
- Wizz Air to fold its Abu Dhabi operation – The big announcement on Monday
- Etihad Airways to launch seven new routes – Etihad’s response on Tuesday
- Air Arabia to increase capacity at Abu Dhabi – and up to four more aircraft to support Air Arabia on Wednesday
Routes and Networks
- American Airlines lines up winter routes from Chicago, Philadelphia and Miami – Focusing on Mexico, South America and the Caribbean
- Emirates to add a third daily service to Dublin – Another 350 seats a day to Dublin, with a Boeing 777-300ER
- Delta expands flights from LA to Hong Kong… and Chicago – I’m a star in Hong Kong, I’m a star in LA… From Hong Kong to LA… ooooooh
New Aircraft News
- AEGEAN to purchase new Airbus A321neo XLR aircraft – With a…. fast… delivery timeline
- Gulf Air to add further Boeing 787 Dreamliners to its fleet – Funny what happens after high-level state visits…
Loyalty
- Qatar Airways introduces Privilege Club Pro – Points Subscription Packages – Pay for points… and maybe Qualifying Points, if you have the cash
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
As insinuated above, we’re now into the summer break, where airlines get on with the hard task of getting people from A to B, and most of the PR teams also take a bit of a break too.
At Economy Class and Beyond towers, your author is also planning on trying to get away too (and right a few wrongs from my last vacation). But first, I need to look and reconsider frequent flyer schemes and work out what we are all the designs of those schemes are currently smoking.
So, we’ll have headlines when we get them, thoughts and some analysis as well, but over the next five to six weeks, expect the headlines to slow a little.
Until next week, Happy Landings!
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