Economy Class & Beyond

Heathrow Rewards to go offline… and become part of My Heathrow – with a couple of stingers in the tail

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If you're pained enough to go through Heathrow Airport, one of the more useful pieces of plastic or barcode is the one for Heathrow Rewards, which allows you to earn rewards when you spend there. However, there seems to be some activity ahead with Heathrow Rewards to move to My Heathrow. The My Heahrow platform will merge Heathrow Rewards, Official Heathrow … [Read more...]

Scandinavian Airlines selects Starlink for inflight connectivity

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It seems SpaceX's satellite division - Starlink - has gained another aviation customer, with Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) becoming a customer. Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) Airbus A350 - Image, Scandinavian Airlines Starlink delivers internet all around the world and leverages advanced satellites to provide connectivity across oceans and remote locations, including … [Read more...]

Norse Atlantic Airways adds Athens to Los Angeles

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It seems that Norse Atlantic Airways is boosting its presence at Los Angeles International Airport, with the announcement of a new service to be started to Athens, Greece. With Transatlantic travel still being the cash cow that some airlines are seeing, Norse Atlantic is pitching this route launch to open more routes out of the US to Europe. Planned operations are as … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (25th January)

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As we head out into the last week of January, where the sun sets a little later each day and temperatures fail to even guess what they're doing, it's time for me to assemble a bunch of commentary and posts together. Welcome to Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.  Waiting for the inbound train - Solihull Train Station.  Routes and Networks Japan Airlines to add … [Read more...]

Lufthansa to send its A380 to Denver

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Lufthansa continues to break new ground with its Airbus A380 fleet - this time operating it to The Mile-High City, Denver. The Airbus A380 will operate out of its home base of Munich Airport to Denver International Airport. The planned operation is as follows: LH480 DEPART MUC 11:15 ARRIVE DEN 13:45 
LH481 DEPART DEN 16:15 ARRIVE MUC 10:50+1 

Commences with … [Read more...]

Jazeera Airways to serve Budapest Airport

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Budapest Airport continues to make strives in its network, with Kuwait-based carrier Jazeera Airways planning to commence operations for the summer season. The route - funded in part by Visit Hungary - will operate between Kuwait and Budapest twice a week between 5th June to 25th September 25, 2025 This will be provisioned by an Airbus A320 which offers 174 seats onboard in … [Read more...]

Icelandair takes flight with Geven Seating and Panasonic Astrova

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As part of Icelandair's recent Airbus A321LR delivery, there was a major uplift in the passenger experience, with seating provided by Geven Seating and the debut of Panasonics Astrova IFE system.  Geven Comoda-Materia seats with Panasonic 16" Astrova Screens installed - Imge, Geven This delivery introduces Icelandair as the first customer to feature Geven's New … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways adds Bogotá and Caracas to its long-haul network

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Qatar Airways continues its network expansion, adding two new long-haul destinations to its network, connecting destinations in South America.  Both Bogotá (Columbia) and Caracas (Venezuela) will join the network, being the airline's 15th and 16th destinations in the Americas,  This route will be operated as a triangular service, with the flights operating from Hamad … [Read more...]

Japan Airlines to add more international capacity

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Japan Airlines (JAL) has been readying its Summer 2025 timetable, with some new international capacity joining the network. Return to Chicago JAL's first move is to restore its connection between Tokyo Narita and Chicago O'Hare International Airport. Planned operations for this route (operated in conjunction with American Airlines) are JL056 DEPART NRT 18:155 ARRIVE … [Read more...]