We’re deep into February, with Lent, the Lunar New Year and Ramadan all occurring on the same week. But the news cycle doesn’t stop – so it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman (60613) steaming at rest whilst it waits for its passengers on a charter by Vintage Trains. The Scotstman is travelling around a lot at the moment, with stops at the Great Central Railway, East Lancashire Railway, as well as its home, the National Railway Museum in York, and at Locomotion in Shildon.
TRIP REPORT: Growing Old in Style
Well, we’re heading northwards in this week’s segments. I had hope to get more out, but things have been… yes, well. Final three parts next week!
- Back to Istanbul Airport and the Turkish Airlines Business Class Lounge
- TK1753 Istanbul Airport to Oslo Airport (BUSINESS CLASS)
- Another Four Hours at Oslo Airport
Routes and Networks
- AirAsia X plans to try flying to London again, whilst establishing a Bahrain Base – Let’s see if AirAsia X can make London work again.
- Aer Lingus to launch seasonal (and temporary) service to Barbados from Dublin – Recovery service for Manchester services.
- Air India pushes forward with its planned Summer 2026 deployments – and a big deployment of the new equipment too.
- Porter Airlines heads off to Austin and Chicago O’Hare – Mr Porter seeks new destinations.
- Iberia to offer over 1.2 million seats to the USA this summer – A busy summer for Iberia
- Malaysia Airlines to add a third daily service to Doha – More connections between KL and Doha.
New Aircraft News
- Vietnam Airlines finalises an order for Boeing 737 MAX aircraft – Another order signed.
Passenger Experiance
- Lufthansa Expands Allegris seat availability on its Boeing 787-9 fleet – 25 out of 28 seats available. But plenty of upsells still.
- Emirates prepares for the month of Ramadan – Focusing on the passenger experience for those celebrating the month of Ramadan.
- Lufthansa unveils its retrofitted A320 cabin – With new overhead bins too.
Rail News
- Manchester Piccadilly Station closes for major work for the week – and is still closed at the time of writing. Reopens Monday
Pretty Pictures
- Brussels Airlines unveils its newest Belgian Icon – Welcome Tintin in Space.
- Thai Airways Airbus A350-900 at Oslo Airport
Next Week
I’m hoping that many things will resolve themselves in the background this week, as there’s been a fair bit going on in my personal life that has not been welcomed.
That’s the best way of putting it, and as much as I’m willing to disclose.
I’m hoping to get the final parts of my Asia trip published next week, which should bring an end to another epic trip report, whilst I start to ramp up for another trip in a few weeks (providing the stars align).
On top of that, we’ll have our usual mix of news, views, and anything else that grabs my fancy to write about.
Until then, Happy Landings!
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