Economy Class & Beyond

Bombardier delivers its first CS300 to Swiss

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Swiss recently became the first carrier in the world to operate both variants of the Bombardier CSeries - with the airline taking delivering of its first CS300 aircraft. The first CS300 for Swiss will be based at Geneva, operating from Swiss's West Switzerland base. Whilst not the first operator of the CS300 (Air Baltic was the first operator of the type), Swiss was the … [Read more...]

Pleasure and Business: Currywurst Nacht

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Pleasure and Business - Currywurst Nacht In this adventure... Pleasure and Business Mixing things together (again) Off to Heathrow Cathay Pacific Lounge and the American Airlines Lounges AA47 London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare, Main Cabin Extra aboard a 787 US Immigration Adventures Intercontinental Chicago North Michigan Avenue Deep Dish Pizza … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Germanwings Airbus A319 landing at Birmingham

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some airplane art. This week - coming into Birmingham Airport on a rather sunny May afternoon is a Germanwings Airbus A319 in landing configuration. D-AGWG is a pretty standard A319 in the Germanwings fleet, with it being a member of the 43 strong cadre flying for Eurowings (who operate 11 Airbus A319s). However, there's an … [Read more...]

Updated: British Airways IT Outage – Flights Cancelled until 18:00BST

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Update: British AIrways has now cancelled all flights from London Heathrow and London Gatwick  until 18:00BST @TimReidCE British Airways cancels all flights from Heathrow and Gatwick before 6pm today due to "major IT system failure"https://t.co/wU1tPIfdVX— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) May 27, 2017 It's going be a LOT longer to get out of London. And … [Read more...]

Delta’s first A350 takes to the air

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Let's turn our attention back to the Airbus A350 family, and to Delta Air Lines, who are waiting for their first plane. This aircraft conducted its first flight on Tuesday. Delta Airbus A350 conducting its first flight - Image, Airbus/Delta The plane itself hasn't been painted yet - although it doesn't take a close examination this will be a Delta aircraft - look at those … [Read more...]

Pleasure and Business – IBIS Budget St Pauli, Hamburg

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Pleasure and Business - IBIS Budget St Pauli, Hamburg In this adventure... Pleasure and Business Mixing things together (again) Off to Heathrow Cathay Pacific Lounge and the American Airlines Lounges AA47 London Heathrow to Chicago O'Hare, Main Cabin Extra aboard a 787 US Immigration Adventures Intercontinental Chicago North Michigan Avenue … [Read more...]

The end of the Travelex Supercard

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One of the bits of plastic I carry aboard is... well... was... The Travelex Supercard. However, for those who use Supercard, there's very bad news - with the product to be withdrawn after 24tht July 2017. The idea behind Supercard was simple - a card that could be used abroad, that charges your credit card, and avoid the annoying transaction fees that you can get on some … [Read more...]

Emirates to move Beijing to double-daily A380s

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It seems what works for one location will work for another, with Emirates to take its service to Beijing  and convert it into a double-daily A380 operation Emirates A380 preparing to depart Heathrow Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond.  The route is currently served with an Airbus A380 and a Boeing 777-300ER. This will move to double-A380 operations from the 1st … [Read more...]