Economy Class & Beyond

Wizz Air launch a new base at Sarajevo

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Wizz Air continues to build out its network, with the announcement it is to establish a base at Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Wizz Air Airbus A320 at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The will be the 41st base for the airline, with it basing one aircraft at Sarajevo (an Airbus A320) from May 2021. With it, they will operate nine routes from … [Read more...]

Swiss cuts services to bone out of Geneva

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The pandemic is controlled impact airlines, with Swiss International Air Lines cutting its services to the bone at its Geneva Hub, as well as cutting services out of its base of Zurich Airport.  Swiss Bombardier Airbus A220-100 departing Zurich Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline has reduced its already-downsized flight operations in Geneva to an absolute … [Read more...]

Emirates prepares to restart flights FROM the UK

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Emirates hastily pulled its operations to the UK on Friday with the recent direct travel ban announced. Well, it seems the airline is restarting services on the 2nd February, operating services from the United Kingdom to Dubai, but not carrying passengers from Dubai to London. Emirates Airbus A380 departing Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Instead, the outbound … [Read more...]

Ryanair updates it Boeing 737 MAX plans

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On the back of some terrible results, Ryanair has given a little more clarity of its Boeing 737 MAX 8 200 plans. Boeing Ryanair 737 MAX 8 200 - Image, The Boeing Company With EASA and the UK Civil Aviation Authority recertifying the Boing 737 MAX 8 last week in Europe, the airline is hoping that is variant - the Boeing 737 MAX 8 200 will be certified as well. Subject to … [Read more...]

JetBlue tease their “Mint Studio” seat

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JetBlue has been talking the transatlantic game for some time. Well, it seems they've amped up their game today, with details revealed about their refreshed business class products. Let's take a look at them. The airline will use the Thompson Aero VantageSolo seat (and being a launch customer for the seat). This seat is optimised for narrow-body business class … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (31st January)

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It's the end of January and things seem to be going as much as they can be expected. But it's also the end of the week - so it's time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. We had snow last week. St Philips Cathedral, Birmingham. Travel Restrictions Her Majesties Government has been busy announcing updated travel restrictions - with plans to introduce hotel … [Read more...]

UK Travel Bans: UAE added, along with other countries

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Whilst the Travel Corridors List is now moot for some time, the UK Travel Ban list is growing. Let's take a look at who is affected. Countries added to the UK Red List: United Arab Emirates Burundi Rwanda This will go into effect at 1pm UK time on 29 January. After this point, you will not be able to fly directly to the ">UK from the ">from these … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines to deploy its first Boeing 737-800

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As Singapore Airlines has sought to unify itself and SilkAir, the first Boeing 737-800 aircraft has come out of the paint shop in SIA colours, as well as the first route announced. Singapore Airlines Boeing 737-800 - Image, Singapore Airlines The Singaporean flag carrier will operate the first 737-800 to Phuket from4 March 2021 as the airline attempt to offer customers … [Read more...]

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