Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (10th January)

It’s been a bit of a first week back, as snow has impacted play. Yes, it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.

It’s been a bit of a white covering in parts of the UK, with transport links shut, delays and such. Take it easy, especially if you stray from London. It’s more than a little bit icy out here now…

TRIP REPORT: Growing Old in Style

It’s been a busy week as I’ve tried to push out a lot of the report, as well as get a lot of the content written for it – so much so, I’m trying to get one week ahead of publication at this point. I’ll see how long that dream lasts. Three parts this week, including a comedy part by your writer and editor.

Passenger Experiance

LOT Polish Airlines unveils its new Boeing 737-8 MAX interiors – Featuring Reacro Aircraft Seating.
British Airways to cut its hot breakfast on certain Club Europe Routes from 7th January – Because there’s nothing like telling your customers you don’t matter
Emirates continues its Premium Economy rollout, with new routes and service expansion – with further 777s and A350s picking up the slack

New Aircraft News

STARLUX takes delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000 – Fueling the long-haul ambitions of Starlux
Alaska Airlines goes big, with Boeing 737-10 and Boeing 787-10 orders – 110 firm orders for Boeing
IndiGo takes delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR as it plans its long-haul ambitions – First of Nine this year

IFE+C

Qatar Airways starts its Starlink Rollout on its Boeing 787 fleet -777s and A350s done, onto the 787s

Pretty pictures

SWISS Boeing 777-300ER on final approach to Chicago O’Hare International Airport
Cathay Pacific rolls out its 80th Anniversary retro livery – Cathay introduces its lettuce livery.

Next Week

As January continues, things hopefully will clear up a little with the snow melting and companies coming out with lots of interesting headlines. Meanwhile, another three posts from the Singapore and KL Trip Report are planned for next week, whilst I get another batch of writing and images lined up and prepared.

Until then, stay warm and happy landings!

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