Economy Class & Beyond

British Airways offer 50% bonus on purchased Avios

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If you're a little short of Avios in your British Airways Executive Club Account, now might be a good time to stock up on them, with British Airways offering a 50% bonus on Avios purchases (both for yourself and for gifting to others) The offer runs until 21st May and is valid on purchases of 1000 Avios upward to 200,000 Avios when buying Avios through the BA … [Read more...]

The Butterfly Seat – Examining the Advancements

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The Butterfly Seat has been a concept that has been going around the past few years - with the ability for a pair of seats to act as three things: A premium Economy seat, seating two people A business class seat, seating one person A business class bed Butterfly Seat concept shown at the Airbus booth, 2017 There were previous demonstrations of it at Airbus … [Read more...]

LEVEL to add Paris-Orly to Las Vegas

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If you need some bright lights in your life (along with resort fees to sink a bank account), LEVEL is opening up new route between Paris Orly and Las Vegas Level Airbus A330-200 taking off - Image, LEVEL The new route will commence on the 30th October, with a lead-in price of €99 each way. In terms of timings, the route will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays from … [Read more...]

Stelia Aerospace Celeste – advancing onwards

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We've come to the point of the Aircraft Interiors Expo coverage where I talk about my favourite short-haul business seat - The Stelia AerospaceCeleste. And again airlines, I have a singular message to you. Buy it. The seat is offerable on the A320 family - allowing airlines to deliver a cradle-comfort style comfort into the business cabin - with both a manual version … [Read more...]

TAP Portugal signs Panasonic to provide connectivity on the A321neo fleet

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TAP Air Portugal and Panasonic Avionics Corporation have announced an agreement to provide in-flight entertainment and connectivity for TAP's new fleet of 14 A321neo LR aircraft. Pansonic's X series IFE system will be installed as part of the line-fit at the Airbus factory onto the new aircraft. The system is an on-demand system, with HD screens fitted to the seat - … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Group eyes up Condor

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Lufthansa Group are keeping an eye on acquisitions, putting in a non-binding bid for Condor - the German unit of Thomas Cook Airlines. Condor Boeing 767-300ER Retrojet - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Lufthansa in a tweet said: Lufthansa unterbreitet heute ein nicht bindendes Angebot für die #Condor als gesamtes Unternehmen. „Wir glauben, dass wir der Condor eine … [Read more...]

Octoaspring  – Bringing a new form of comfort to the cabin

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One of the core components of an aircraft seat is the foams and meshes that make the base and back of a seat is the foams that you sit on. And you would think foam is a pretty simple thing. However, Octaspring Technology begs to differ - with foam that moves in a 3D space, whilst reducing the volume by 50% - and thus reducing weight to the seat. Octasprings Foam … [Read more...]