Economy Class & Beyond

Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines expand codeshares

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Qatar Airways and Malaysia Airlines are building on their strategic partnership, following Malaysia Airlines' announcement to launch a non-stop service from Kuala Lumpur to Doha from 25 May. The two airlines will significantly expand their codeshare cooperation, allowing passengers to connect via their hubs in Kuala Lumpur and Doha. The codeshare expansion will add 34 … [Read more...]

Heathrow Express names carriages of its trains after cities of the world

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Heathrow Express has been busy as its new fleet of trains has entered service. Yesterday, they unveiled a fleet of newly named train carriages at a special event held at Paddington Station. The carriages are named after twelve cities from around the globe, in a celebration of international travel, following a competition with Heart Radio to find the public’s … [Read more...]

Panasonic Avionics to into IFE systems aboard Bamboo Airways

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Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways is preparing to add to its long haul passenger experience, with the airline selecting Panasonic Avionics hardware for in-flight entertainment and connectivity. The agreement will cover the installation of in-flight entertainment and connectivity systems (IFEC) for the Vietnamese airline’s widebody fleet. Panasonic … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 at London Heathrow

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350-1000 at its home base of London Heathrow Airport as it resets between duties. Virgin Atlantic operates a fleet of nine Airbus A350-1000 aircraft in its long haul fleet, with five additional aircraft to come. The airline also operates the Airbus A330-300 … [Read more...]

The Crystal Cabin Awards – Finalists Announced

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One of the major Passenger Experience highlights of the year is coming soon - with the Crystal Cabin Awards finalists announced. The Crystal Cabin Awards from 2019 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. As usual, there are 8 awards up for grabs. We'll go through the finalists here  Cabin Concepts  Finnair, PriestmanGoode and Tangerine, Collins Aerospace … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (14/15th May)

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We're running a bit late, as the Eurovision Song Contest has just concluded - so time for some quick headlines. It's time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. I get a feeling I'll be seeing more of these corridors - Sandwell General Hospital.  Passenger Experience easyJet to re-launch its “Fearless Flyer” courses - Tools to help you gain … [Read more...]

Crossrail gets the green light to start operations on 24th May

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One of the last major regulatory hurdles for the opening of the Elizabeth Line/Crossrail has been cleared, with the Office of Rail and Road delivering final authorisation for the line to be opened. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has issued approvals for all the Elizabeth line stations – with the exception of Bond Street – confirming the stations and … [Read more...]

Southwest to install some interesting passenger experience upgrades

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It seems some major passenger experience improvements are inbound for Southwest Airlines - with a few surprisingly minor detail things that have caught my eye. Southwest goes ViaSat, upgrades Anuvu's equipment Southwest is to deploy next-generation Ka-band satellite in-flight connectivity (IFC) system to be factory-installed on all new aircraft deliveries, starting … [Read more...]

SWISS and SBB to launch a Munich-Zurich Airport “SWISS Air Rail” route

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Swiss International Air Lines is deepening its collaboration with SBB Swiss Federal Railways to expand its intermodal rail/air travel product under the new name of ‘SWISS Air Rail’. SWISS is adding Munich Hauptbahnhof in Germany to its intermodal SWISS Air Rail network. The new Munich-Zurich Airport route joins the existing rail/air services between Zurich … [Read more...]

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