It’s the first of two bank holiday weekends, where Mondays off are a thing, and the DIY shops will no doubt be flooded. But it’s also Saturday, so it must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Tooling towards Old Turn Junction for the Birmingham Canal Old Line, with the Malt House and the National Indoor Arena framing the shot.
TRIP REPORT: Still for the Friends
We’ve had an odd publishing structure for this trip report this week. No matter. We’ll be back on Monday, Wednesday and Friday next week. And maybe a sneaky pos
- Off to Heathrow… a little later than normal
- The Cathay Pacific and American Airlines Lounges, Heathrow Terminal 3
- AA87 London Heathrow – Chicago O’Hare (MAIN CABIN EXTRA)
Routes and Networks
The Business of Aviation
We’re more than aware of Spirit Airlines ceasing flying on Saturday at 03:00EST.
There are plenty of others who have added commentary and colour to the discussion, and we’re not going to add anything further, other than sending good wishes and thoughts to those Spirit members of staff who are now going to have to hunt for new jobs.
New Aircraft News
- Air Canada takes delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR – First of 30
- Copa Airlines signs for 40 more Boeing 737 MAX aircraft – More MAX’s for the Panamanian Carrier
- SCAT Airlines to add further Boeing 737 MAX aircraft – 10 more for Special Air Cargo Transport.
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines turns to Boeing for its fleet renewal – 10 Boeing 787s and 4 737-8s
Accessibility to the air
- easyJet launches further Fearless Flyer courses – Nervous flyer? easyJet can help
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
Given it’s a bank holiday week, we’re going to put a few things on autopilot too (because everyone needs a little time away from a screen and keyboard), with some pre-written content, as well as some AIX content that I wanted to dive a little further into.
On top of that, we’re keeping an eye on the fallout of Spirit Airlines shutting down as well as our usual mixture of news, reviews, views and anything else that grabs your authors’ attention span.
So, until next week, Happy Landings!
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