Economy Class & Beyond

100th Airbus A350-900 – Delivered

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It seems in a blink of an eye that the A350 entered service. Yesterday, Airbus delivered their 100th A350-900 aircraft to China Airlines. 100th Airbus A350 delivered to China Airlines with Airbus and China Airlines staff - Image, Airbus It's been around 30 months since the first A350 was delivered to Qatar Airways - and since then, Airbus has been ramping up its … [Read more...]

Doughnuts On The Mound – A cheap ride home

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Doughnuts On The Mound - A cheap ride home In this epic day trip (and it t'was epic) Spotting for the day? Why not? Morning Manoeuvres at Birmingham Airport EI263 Birmingham Airport to Dublin Airport Donughts on the Mound... and a LOT of planes Back to Dublin Airport EI3276 Dublin to Birmingham Airport Cheap ride home sir? Community With the … [Read more...]

HOWTO: Renew your UK Passport Quickly

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For a lot of UK Citizens, there is one thing you have every ten years (or if you fill your passport up with stamps and Visas). It's to renew your passport. Old and new - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. There are quite a few ways you can renew your passport - depending on circumstances. Electronic Renewal - Amazingly, Her Majesty's Government have got … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines move forwards Copenhagen and Rome plans

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Singapore Airlines is adjusting their plans for Copenhagen and Rome - with equipment changes moving forward quickly. Let's focus on Copenhagen first, which is getting an equipment upgrade from a Boeing 777-200ER to a larger 777-300ER. Singapore Airlines Boeing 777-300ER landing at Manchester - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The airline will be upgrading the … [Read more...]

LEVEL to add three more A330s to its fleet

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Earlier this year, LEVEL commenced operations from Barcelona El Prat Airport with two Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Well, it seems that LEVEL appears to be doing well enough to assign another three aircraft over to it. According to the airline, they will be taking delivery of three Airbus A330-200 aircraft commencing Summer 2018. IAG has placed firm orders for three Airbus … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Aer Lingus Regional ATR72-600

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It's Sunday again - so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, resting after the short hop from Dublin is a Aer Lingus Regional ATR72-600 at Birmingham Airport Aer Lingus Regional (operated by Stobart Air) operate 12 ATR72-600s, used on short-haul routes on the Aer Lingus network. These are supported by two ATR42-300s for those routes which have a much … [Read more...]

Finnair introduce an A350 – with Marimekko painted plane

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Finnair are adding to their Airbus A350 fleet, with their 11th aircraft to come shortly to be delivered. However, rather than using the normal plain white, Finnair have teamed up with Marimekko for inspiration for their new plane. Finnair Marimekko Airbus A350 - Rendering, Airbus/Finnair So that's the rendering. But how does it look in the real world? Well, pictures of … [Read more...]

Swedish Train Operator names train “Trainy McTrainFace”

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In the UK, we like to laugh at ourselves... especially when we tried to name a research ship Boaty McBoatface...and failed (although a remote controlled sub was called Boaty McBoatface... so not a total loss).However it seems in Sweden, MTR Express are to name a train... wait for it ... Trainy McTrainFace.MTR Express Trainy McTrainFace  - Image, MTR ExpressTrainy … [Read more...]