Economy Class & Beyond

easyJet ponders a launch of a Points based system

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Could easyJet be moving to a points based currency? It's entirely possible. EasyJet Airbus A319 coming into land at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Currently, the airline has two frequent flyer programmes that it offers to customers. easyJet Plus - A "Paid for" membership scheme that offers extra legroom seating, Flight Club, dedicated bag … [Read more...]

IcelandAir Group walks away from WOW Air takeover

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It seems things are not so wonderful between IcelandAir Group and WOW Air - with IcelandAir Group walking away from the takeover. WOW Air Airbus A321 at Amsterdam Schiphol - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Originally, Icelandair group looked to be the savior of WOW Air by purchasing it. However, it seems neither airline was able to meet the conditions for the … [Read more...]

Long Way Home – To Chicago with American Airlines and Finnair

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Long Way Home - to Chicago with American Airlines and Finnair. In this adventure: I’ve got to stop looking at odd routings and thinking they’re good ideas Sleep? What’s that concept? Off to Heathrow T3 Lounging around Heathrow T3 AA99 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare The Hyatt Regency O’Hare The Nutella Cafe Fooding … [Read more...]

Norwegian re-focuses its long haul network – Rio de Janeiro ahead, San Francisco and Miami too

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Norwegian has been busy today, with the launch of a new route to Rio de Janeiro, whilst changing some of its US long haul destinations - introducing San Francisco and Miami. Let's look a the Rio de Janeiro service first, which will be launching in Northern Summer 2019 (Northern Hemisphere). The route is planned to operate four times a week, with a rather complex … [Read more...]

Emirates announce double status points promotion for Skywards

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For those who are chasing status in the Skywards frequent flyer programme, Emirates has an offer that might interest you - if you can meet the requirements... and buy the right ticket... Emirates Boeing 777-300ER "Year of Zahed" arriving at Dublin Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The hoops Of course, if you thought this would be simple... it is. But you need to … [Read more...]

TAP Air Portugal takes delivery of its first A330neo

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Today Airbus delivered to TAP Air Portugal the very first A330neo – an A330-900. The first TAP Air Portugal Airbus A330-900 - part of the A330neo family. Image, Airbus. This is the first out of 21 aircraft to be delivered to the airline. If you’ve been looking at the blog for some time, you know we’ve been following the progress of the A330neo … [Read more...]

The battle for FlyBe: IAG begins sniffing around…

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It seems International Airlines Group (IAG – owner of Aer Lingus, British Airways, Iberia, LEVEL and Vueling) is joining the battle for FlyBe. Flybe Dash8 Q400 at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  As we all know, Flybe is in more than a spot of bother – with the airline placing itself up for sale. Virgin Atlantic has had declared its interest in the … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Ernest Airbus A320 arriving at Dublin Airport

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It's Sunday, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week week, we have an Ernest Airbus A320 arriving at Dublin Airport at the height of the summer. Ernest (or Ernest Airlines) is an Italian Low Cost Carrier carrier based out of Milan Malpensa Airport, primarily focusing on the Italian - Albanian Market, before expanding to Ukrainian markets. Since then, … [Read more...]

Last week at Economy Class and Beyond (25th November)

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Well, another week has been and gone at Economy Class and Beyond. Let's take a quick look what's caught my eye this week, and what I wrote about. Passenger Experience Joon to introduce “CosyJoon” family seats - Apparently Millenials have children. How can the passenger experience improve for them... and will the idea work? Routes and Network news Qatar Airways … [Read more...]