It’s the weekend again, so it must be time for a news roundup.
Yes, it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Dandelion at the Liverpool Festival of Light
Snapshots
Some short-form writing from your author. There is one more snapshot, which should come out on Sunday.
- American Airlines 87 – London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare in Main Cabin Extra
- Holiday Inn/Staybridge Suites, Rosemont
New Aircrart News
- Project Sunrise takes form: Qantas’s first Airbus A350-1000ULR rolls out of the Final Assembly Line – Get ready for 22 hours in the air…
IAG and Starlink
- IAG Group select Starlink Connectivity – An overview of the Starlink upgrade for IAG
- British Airways selects Starlink for in-flight connectivity – And a dive into the British Airways announcement
Routes and Networks
Qatar Airways signs a codeshare agreement with Air Algérie – More codeshares for both airlines
Scandinavian Airlines boosts winter network out of Copenhagen – with a 40% capacity uplift out of the airport
Passenger Experience
- JetBlue lines up its onboard winter wonderland – Pins, Food and Entertainment
- London City Airport to charge for passenger drop-offs – Price to be announced
Loyalty
- Aer Lingus ties up with Tesco Ireland to allow Avios conversions – A chance to earn Avios at an Irish Supermarket.
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
Your author has been busy in the background getting things ready to launch the trip report, with them being stuck in the salt mines late in the evening, putting fingers on the keyboard and creating text that doesn’t look like it’s been chicken-scratched with minimal sleep.
All things being equal, we should be launching it next week.
On top of that, we’ll have our usual mix of news, views and anything else that comes to mind over the next few days.
Until then, Happy Landings!
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