It’s been a week of hiding in air-conditioned offices and considering relationships with an electric fan as hot weather has grabbed the UK and Western Europe like no one’s business. However, the show must go on, so under heat and far too much water, it must be time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Looking down the Birmingham Canal – Winson Green, Birmingham.
Trip Report: More Innovations In Hamburg
We’re heading to the closing stretch on this trip report, with a few more parts in my publishing pipeline. It should be done next week, but for now, please enjoy another three parts.
- Off the Camera Roll. Some Photographic Adventures around Hamburg
- Escape from the Messe and Back to Hamburg Airport
- The Hamburg Airport Lounge, and another dose of the European Entry/Exit System
Finlets. Wait. Finlets?
- Delta Air Lines to deploy Finlets on its Boeing 738-800 and 737-900ER… wait.. Finlets? – If you haven’t read this, this would be my go-to and read article. It’s interesting.
New Aircraft News
- Thai Airways takes delivery of the first of four new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners – With GE Engines.
- Azerbaijan Airlines takes delivery of its first A321neo, as well as another A320neo – two new toys in a week
Routes and Networks
- Norse Atlantic Airways adds further routes to Thailand –
- Asiana Airlines to exit Star Alliance in December 2026 – and rather messily too.
Connectivity
- United Airlines accelerates its Starlink rollout, with the first widebody compleed – and a busy timeline for future rollouts.
- Iberia commences flying with Starlink – with an Airbus A330-300
Rails
- Travelling by rail in the UK this week? Might not be the best of ideas – And it’s still not. Try Monday onwards when the heat eases off a little.
Pretty Pictures
Next Week
With temperatures due to drop next week, things should be a little more normal in the UK, as well as at Economy Class and Beyond towers. Your author has planned out the last three parts of the current trip report, with BA being BA.
On top of that, we’ll have your usual mixture of news, views and anything else that grabs my attention.
For now, stay chilled and happy landings!
Editor’s note: Yes. We’ve gone really early to publish with this today. Your editor is finishing this in a coffee shop before heading back out into the blast furnace that’s Birmingham City Centre and their home.
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