Economy Class & Beyond

KLM to offer Air-Rail Link between Schipol and Amsterdam Centraal

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Flying as we know is one part of the multi-modal mix of travel - it is normally combined with something else - be it driving, coach, train or metro. KLM is making one of those connections, with passengers being able to book a train ticket from Schiphol to Amsterdam Centraal Station with NS Dutch Railways. NS and KLM together - Rendering, KLM According to the airline, the … [Read more...]

UK to change requirements for entry: No LFT needed for vaccinated travellers

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It seems the UK Government is pushing ahead with reopening the country to visitors, as it prepares to remove the requirement for testing for eligible vaccinated travellers. In the move it has taken, all testing measures for eligible fully vaccinated travellers arriving in the UK will be removed from 4 am on 11 February. The move was announced on the 24th of January, … [Read more...]

Azorra Aviation signs for additional Embraer E2 aircraft

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Lessor Azorra Aviation (based out of Florida, USA), has signed a deal with Embraer for new E2 family aircraft. The lessor has signed an agreement for 20 new E2 family aircraft, plus a further 30 purchase rights. This flexible deal enables Azorra to acquire E190-E2 or E195-E2 aircraft. At list prices, the order is valued at USD 3.9 billion. Deliveries of … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at London Heathrow

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It's still Sunday somewhere in the world, so it must be time for some more Airplane Art. This week, we have a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 landing at its home base of London Heathrow after completing a long haul flight. Virgin Atlantic operate a fleet of 17 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners in its long haul fleet. The airline also operates the Airbus A330-200, Airbus A330-300 and … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (22nd/23rd January)

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We're getting to the end of the week, with the full January blues settled in. It's time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond. Maybe Google needs to learn to Undo things, after a week like this week. Travel Technology TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5i Chromebook – What are the compromises moving to ChromeOS? - What's the price of living in a Google … [Read more...]

SWISS to introduce its first Airspace by Airbus Aircraft

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With the new Airbus A320neo aircraft, Swiss International Air Lines is taking delivery of, there, of course, comes a new cabin. SWISS is taking this forward, with the Airspace by Airbus cabin. This will be present in their new Airbus A320neo family fleet. The aircraft will be deployed on short to medium-haul routes, with the first two aircraft to enter revenue service … [Read more...]

Ryanair prepares to scale up services at its Dublin base

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Whilst Ryanair enjoys closing bases, it also expands them too when there's a chance to make cash. And it seems it's going to expand at its home of Dublin Airport. Ryanair Boeing 737-800 departing Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Ryanair plans to serve 120 destinations and over 900 weekly flights from DublinAirport for the summer season. It will also … [Read more...]

TRAVEL TECHNOLOGY: Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5i Chromebook – What are the compromises moving to ChromeOS?

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Most of my IT interactions so far have been with either Microsoft Windows, Apple’s macOS or some sort of Linux distribution (most recently Manjaro, but sometimes Ubuntu).  But a few discussions I’ve had with people have made me cast my eye away at Google Chrome and their Chromebook range. It’s been some years since the first Chromebook came out - and … [Read more...]