Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Aer Lingus Airbus A330 at Dublin Airport

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It's Sunday again, so it up must be time for some more airplane art. To celebrate St Patrick's Day, we have two Aer Lingus Airbus A330 aircraft at Dublin Airport, with EI-GCF coming into land, and an unidentified A330-300 lining up for take off. Aer Lingus operate a fleet of eight Airbus A330-300 (the payload optimised version) and five Airbus A330-200 (the range … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (17th March)

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We've come to the end of another week at Economy Class and Beyond, and it's time to look back at some of the fun we've been reporting on this week What has a British Airways FIRST seat got to do with me this week? Answers are in one of the trip report segments! Passenger Experience KLM to end tax-free sales aboard their services - It seems the aggressive airport … [Read more...]

TRIP REPORT: Widebodies and Short Routes – To the trains!

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To the Trains! 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 Back to … [Read more...]

Ryanair Sun to rebrand as Buzz

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Ryanair Sun (the Ryanair Polish-based fleet operating under its own certificate) will find themselves going in the paint shop soon - as the operation is being named Buzz Buzz Boeing 737-800 - Image, Ryanair The re-brand will occur in autumn 2019. Ryanair Sun is a standalone business unit of Ryanair Group (much like Laudamotion is) and  has obtained its own Air … [Read more...]

British Airways to launch its fourth retrojet – Welcome Negus!

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It's time for the British Airways retrojet I've been waiting for - and the final aircraft out of four to be repainted, celebrating British Airways 100. And the livery? It's the classic Negus livery. Welcome back Negus - Image, British Airways This variant of the Negus design flew from 1974 to 1980. It will be flown aboard a Boeing 747 - this time G-CIVB will be doing … [Read more...]

Swiss to launch Premium Economy Product in 2021

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Swiss International Air Lines is joining the Premium Economy game, with plans to introduce the product in 2021. The airline is planning to introduce their Premium Economy product in Spring/Summer 2021 timetable, with the cabin conversion occurring in the Autumn/Winter 2020/21 timetable They will be offering the premium economy product on their Boeing 777-300ER fleet … [Read more...]

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...]