As the evenings get darker quickly, and the cold spells come to chill to the bone, it’s time to look back at a very busy week on the blog.
Yes, it’s Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond
Dusk over Solihull
Dubai Air Show
It was a busy week at the Dubai Air Show, with plenty of orders – yet tinged with sadness due to the death of a pilot who crashed in a fighter jet demonstration. H
Here’s our coverage from the show, with some headlines pulled out.
Our Digests
- Dubai Air Show Airshow Order Digest Day 1 – The Day Boeing Roared
- Dubai Air Show Digest Day 2 – Revenge of Airbus
- Daily Digest Day 3 – More Orders, More Commitments
Some headlines
- Dubai Air Show: Emirates signs for further Boeing 777X aircraft
- Qatar Airways passes over 100 installations of Starlink connectivity
- Emirates and Safran to bring seat manufacturing to Dubai
TRIP REPORT: New Aircraft, Old Friends
Three trip segments from the Chicago trip this week. Lots more next week, and maybe a post out-of-order, depending on how publishing goes…
- To Heathrow and Terminal 3
- Elegantly Lounging Around Heathrow Terminal 3
- AA87 London Heathrow – Chicago O’Hare (Main Cabin Extra)
Routes and Networks
- Iberia to connect Madrid and Toronto with an Airbus A321XLR – with over a year’s worth of A321XLR operation, Iberia targets North America for another route
- Condor to add Frankfurt to London Gatwick to its network – When an airline has to make its own feeder network
- easyJet sets out its Summer 2026 plans, with 16 new routes from the UK – Planning for summer 26 started… a long time ago.
Passenger Experience
- Air Cambodia Becomes Launch Customer for New Business Class on ATR 72-600 Featuring ‘X-Space Table – Someone finally brought X-Space
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
With the dust of the Dubai Air Show settling, it’s back to normal – well, as normal as anything can be at Economy Class and Beyond. Thus, we’ve got more than a few trip report segments heading out to the public this week, along with our usual mixture of news, views and anything else that grabs my eyes
And who knows? Maybe an escape in the future.
Until next week, Happy Landings!
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