It's Tuesday and it's still my week off - so it's time for some more airplane art. This time we have an US Airways Airbus A321-200 arriving at its home of Phoenix Sky Harbour Airport, which would form the onward service to New York-JFK. US Airways, of course, merged with American Airlines - this aircraft was flying for the merged entity at that time in 2015 (and when … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – airBerlin Airbus A330-200 at Chicago O’Hare International Airport
It's Monday and it's my week off - so it's time for some more airplane art. As it's my week off, I'm going through my archive of images that I haven't released and picked out (that's seemingly on my laptops storage device) This time we have an airBerlin Airbus A330-200 being towed at Chicago O'Hare Intentional Airport. The recent history of airBerlin before its … [Read more...]
Airplane Art – All Nippon Airways Boeing 787-9 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
It's Sunday again so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, resting between duties is an All Nippon Airways Boeing 787–9 at Kuala Lumpur International Airport as it awaits its next return duty back to Tokyo and Japan. All Nippon Airways was the launch partner of the Boeing 787 and operates all three types of the Boeing 787 family (787-8, 787-9 and … [Read more...]
A personal note from your editor and writer… (Minimal Posts for next week)
Good afternoon my readers, colleagues and friends. Please sit tight for an announcement from the sofa of Economy Class and Beyond. What's happening? From the week commencing 5th of July, I'll be putting Economy Class and Beyond on the back burner for around 7 days or so. The blog will cover important stories during this time as time allows. As well as this, there … [Read more...]
Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (5th July)
It's that time of the week again, where I take a look back at the ups and downs of the Aviation world. Yes, it's Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. The Starman himself - David Bowie. Art by Annatomix. The Saga of the Boeing 737 MAX Boeing and the FAA start 737 MAX certification flights - This was written after the first flight was completed. Now all flights have … [Read more...]
Air France to cut 7,500 jobs
It seems that COVID-19 has hammered Air France hard, with over 7,500 jobs to be cut from Air France and HOP! Air France Airbus A319 taking off from Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond With a drop of 95% of revenue during the crisis and the recovery being very slow due to the changing picture of COVID-19, Air France predicts that it will not see the same … [Read more...]
UK Government sets out its lists of travel corridors and countries that you can travel to
The UK Government after setting up its Quarantine on arrival plan has back-pedalled hard, with the announcement of travel-corridors. Of course, the Government has made life difficult - as always. There are two lists The first list covers countries which you can travel to and not require placing yourself in Quarantine/Self-Isolation on Return. Note, if you transit via a … [Read more...]
British Airways primes its longhaul network
British Airways is getting ready to restart parts of its network, in readiness to welcome passengers again through July. Expect to see more larger aircraft in the sky with the Chatham Dockyard tail - British Airways Boeing 787-9 arriving at London Heathrow, Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline will attempt to restart services to more places across its network - at … [Read more...]
Iberia pushes its Domestic and European network restart
Spanish carrier Iberia is preparing to restart its Spanish Domestic and European short-haul network, with routes launched for July and August. The revised flying programme is focused on Spanish Domestic destinations, as well as European cities. Long-Haul destinations, however, do not appear part of the plan at this time. A total of 50 destinations are planned to be … [Read more...]
Grand Central prepares to restart services
Open Access operator Grand Central is preparing to reintroduce rail services between West Riding and North East to London. The services will restart from the 26th of July, with a "measured" return to service, with the following service pattern Two Return services a day between Bradford Interchange and King's Cross, calling at Bradford Interchange, Low Moor, Halifax, … [Read more...]
