Kevincm, Author at Economy Class & Beyond

More Pleasure, More Business: To Chicago and Hamburg with American Airlines and British Airways

18/04/2019 by Kevincm

More Pleasure, More Business. To Chicago and Hamburg with American Airlines and British Airways Featuring Aircraft Interiors Expo, The Crystal Cabin Awards, and a lot more. In this divided trip report Part One: The Pleasure Part 1 Two o'clock in the morning. I love this time of day. Honestly. The Cathay Pacific, American Airlines Lounges... and a … [Read more...]

SkyWise by Airbus – An answer to ensuring safety critical equipment is in place before flight?

18/04/2019 by Kevincm

At Aircraft Interiors Expo, Airbus demonstrated SmartCheck - a system that has the potential to save time in the cabin with cabin checks. We all know that there is a lot of emergency equipment in the cabin, and one of those checks before a flight to depart is to ensure that this kit is installed and waiting (such as life vests, O2 generators or containers and loose … [Read more...]

Easter Rail Works in the UK

18/04/2019 by Kevincm

If it's coming up to a public holiday (or series of them), you can lay money that the UK Railway will have some closures on it. Suprisingly, there's not a lot that's affecting travellers to and from the London area airports. Let's take a look at what's affected on the upcoming weekend: Heathrow Express Heathrow Express Service at Heathow - Image, Economy Class and … [Read more...]

Examining the Recaro CL6710 Next Generation – refining their Business Class Seat

17/04/2019 by Kevincm

The Recaro CL6710 finally turned into a flying product last year, with El-Al and TAP Portugal launching the seat into the skies. But Recaro isn't sitting still with the design, with them showing off some ideas and concepts in what it calls the CL6710 Next Generation seat. Looking down the demonstration layout Let's go through some of the ideas Firstly, there's a … [Read more...]

British Airways drops the Financial Times from its offerings. Virgin Atlantic trolls in….

17/04/2019 by Kevincm

It seems that British Airways has chosen to drop the Financial Times from its on-board paper selection. And it seems the FT isn't overly happy about it. The FT ran a half-page advert... and well... see below. British Airways cut ties with the FT and they’re not happy about it. pic.twitter.com/YEvhaPsQZ2 — Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) April … [Read more...]

Jin Air to fly Inflight VR onboard

16/04/2019 by Kevincm

Jin Air (Korea Air's low-cost offshoot and a Hanjin group company) are and InflightVR working together to deliver Virtual Reality experiences in the air. Jin Air will trial 10 devices on daily flights between Seoul, South Korea and Da Nang, Vietnam to get additional passenger insight on usage preferences and the adequate rental price before deploying it to their whole … [Read more...]

Embraer gets type certication for E195-E2

16/04/2019 by Kevincm

The Embraer E195-E2 took a major step forward into entry into service yesterday, with the type gaining certification with three bodies. The E195-E2 obtained type authorisation from ANAC, the Brazilian Civil Aviation Agency (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil); FAA (U.S. Federal Aviation Administration) EASA (European Aviation Safety … [Read more...]

The Acro Series 6LC – Giving good options for the short-haul market

15/04/2019 by Kevincm

At the start of AIX, I previewed the Acro Series 6LC - the follow up to the Series 3 seat. I spent some time with Acro during the show to examine the passenger experience it offers. The 6LC is aimed at the low-cost carrier, with the significant improvements and part reduction we've all come to expect from the seat aimed at the low-cost carriers. It borrows from the … [Read more...]

Emirates completes Boeing 777-200LR refit and waves goodbye to the 777-300 Classic

15/04/2019 by Kevincm

Emirates continues to streamline their fleet, with the refit of the Boeing 777-200LR (Long Range) marked as complete, whilst plotting an exit strategy for its classic Boeing 777-300 aircraft. Emirates Boeing 777-200LR on the Fort Lauderdale route launch - Image, Emirates The refit of the Boeing 777-200LR fleet started last year, with the planes configured in a superior … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Lufthansa Airbus A320 departing Hamburg Airport

14/04/2019 by Kevincm

It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, we have a Lufthansa Airbus A320 powering down the runway for take off at Hamburg Airport as it heads to its next destination. Lufthansa operate a fleet of 74 Airbus A320 aircraft. The airline is also a customer of the Airbus A319 (29 frames), A320neo (18 frames) and Airbus A321-100 and -200 … [Read more...]