Economy Class & Beyond

Emirates rounds out services to France, adds more Lyon and Paris services

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Emirates is continuing to round its French network with expansions to Lyon and Paris Charles de Gaulle. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER taxing at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond So we'll start with Lyon. This service is being boosted from five flights a week to seven fights a week - enabling a daily service between Dubai and Lyon. The service expansion … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-9 “Kung Fu Panda”

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It's Sunday again, so must be time for some more airplane art. This week - climbing out of Chicago O'Hare International Airport as it begins its long flight to China is a Hainan Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, painted in a special livery promoting Kung Fu Panda. Hainan Airlines operate a fleet of 17 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. It also operates 10 of the smaller Boeing … [Read more...]

Train vs Plane: Who wins in the battle of Train vs Plane?

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Who wins in the battle of Train vs Plane? In this … comparison. Yes. Let’s call it a comparison. Train vs Plane? What the blazes is this? Off to St Pancras on the Early Train (Virgin Trains Birmingham to London Euston), St Pancras Departures Lounge Eurostar train 9114 London St Pancras to Amsterdam Centraal A walk around Amsterdam Setting the … [Read more...]

OPINION: Is it time to let Alitalia just fade into history?

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In news that should be filed as "well, we couldn't see that coming <sarcastic sigh>" it seems the Italian Government wants to save Alitalia, by re-nationalising it in a 51%/49% deal with some unsuspecting airline. Alitalia Airbus A320 at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond I'm going to be honest, I've pretty much who has lost track trying … [Read more...]

The Airbus BelugaXL takes to the skies

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Yesterday, (and during Farnborough), Airbus took its newest plane to the skies - the Airbus BelugaXL. The Airbus BelugaXL in flight - Image, Airbus. The first of five BelugaXL aircraft to fly has landed at Toulouse-Blagnac,  after successfully completing its first flight lasting four hours and 11 minutes. The original Airbus Beluga on the left (based on the … [Read more...]

Farnbourgh 2018: Day 4 – the last orders

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With Day four of the Farnborough Air show drawing to a close, and the commercial side of the show coming to an end, it's time to see who ordered big on the last day of the 2018 show. Boeing Boeing has been booking in some interesting orders towards the end of the show. Hawaiian Airlines have firmed up their Boeing 787-9 order (and almost killing the A330-800 at the same … [Read more...]

Train vs Plane: Into London and Home

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Into London, stopping the stopwatch and Chiltern Mainline home - Train vs Plane! In this … comparison. Yes. Let’s call it a comparison. Train vs Plane? What the blazes is this? Off to St Pancras on the Early Train (Virgin Trains Birmingham to London Euston), St Pancras Departures Lounge Eurostar train 9114 London St Pancras to Amsterdam Centraal A … [Read more...]

Cathay Pacific to launch Hong Kong – Seattle Route

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After a few days of teasing, Cathay Pacific is to launch a new route - this time to Seattle Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900 departing Manchester - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Planned operation for the Hong Kong - Seattle route in from the 31 March 2019 is as follows: CX858 DEPART HKG 23:55 ARRIVE SEA 21:00 Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday CX857 DEPART SEA … [Read more...]

Farnborough 2018: Day 3

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Time to dive back into the world of orders at the Farnborough Air Show - with the traditionally quiet day 3 of the show throwing up a few orders of interest. Boeing VietJet signed a Memorandum of Understanding for 100 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, split between the double-stretch Boeing 737 MAX 10 (80 frames) and the baseline 737 MAX 8 (20 frames). VietJet Boeing 737 MAX over … [Read more...]