Economy Class & Beyond

Lufthansa orders Boeing 787s and A350s

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Lufthansa Group has been rather busy today, putting in an order for new aircraft with both Boeing and Airbus. Lufthansa Boeing 787 Dreamliner - Image - Lufthansa  Lufthansa Airbus A350-900 - Image, Lufthansa The group will be swapping four-engined aircraft out for twin-engined aircraft, with theorder is split down the middle - with 20 Airbus A350-900 and 20 … [Read more...]

Emirates to double London Stansted flights

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Emirates is adding a second daily flight from Dubai to London Stansted- increasing their London coverage to 11 flights a day. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER taxing at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The additional flight will commence on the 1st July. The combined operation looks like this: Dubai to London Stansted EK65 DEPART DXB 09:00 ARRIVE STN … [Read more...]

TRIP REPORT: Widebodies and Short Routes – Exploring a bit of Madrid

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Exploring a bit of Madrid Widebodies and Short Routes Let’s do a challenge Off to Heathrow Points to be Made vs Economy Class and Beyond - Two idiots race across Heathrow Heathrow Terminal 5 and The British Airways Galleries South Lounge IB3167 London Heathrow to Madrid (BUSINESS CLASS) Crowne Plaza Madrid Airport Exploring a bit of Madrid … [Read more...]

KLM to end tax-free sales aboard their services

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For some, it's the highlight of the journey. For others ,its just another trolly coming through the plane. It's of course, the in-flight tax-free shopping. For KLM flyers however, this is coming to an end. KLM Boeing 747-400 pushing back from Chicago O'Hare - You'll have until January 2020 to buy duty free onboard with the airline. Image, Economy Class and Beyond Duty … [Read more...]

Last week on Economy Class and Beyond (10th March 2019)

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We've reached the end of another week gain at Economy Class and Beyond. Time to see what I covered, and what stories have been breaking in the work of travel this week Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET602 Firstly, I'm sure we are all aware of the news of the loss of Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET602. At this time, we need think of the families of the crews and passengers aboard. … [Read more...]

Dear Americans: ETIAS is NOT A VISA – IT’S A TRAVEL AUTHORISATION

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So I see the media outlets have gone nuts over the announcement of ETIAS - "European Travel Information and Authorisation System"  (which I covered from a UK perspective here). But for the American Audience who is up in arms because they have to pay €7 fill in a form online , ETIAS is NOT A VISA. Let me reiterate that for you in large and friendly letters ETIAS … [Read more...]

Welcome back Landor! The next British Airways Retrojet arrives

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For a lot of people, this is the British Airways livery they've been waiting for - and it's the one designed by Landor Associates. G-BNLY fresh out of the paint shop in Dublin G-BNLY in Landor livery Images, British Airways. The plane flew in from Dublin Airport this morning (9th March), where it was repainted. This aircraft regains a lot of things from a … [Read more...]