Economy Class & Beyond

Etihad boosts A380 operations to London Heathrow

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Eithad is throwing its A380 into the mix on the Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow, with the majority of services to be operated by the Double-Decker Super-Jumbo plane from mid-November Etihad Airbus A380 in flight - Image, Etihad/Airbus Etihad currently operate two out of their three rotations between Abu Dhabi and London Heathrow with an A380 - the final rotation to change … [Read more...]

KLM to bring its World Business Class seats to their A330s

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KLM is continuing its internal refresh with the announcement that is its to refurbish its fleet of Airbus A330 aircraft with their latest World Business Class seat. KLM Airbus A330 in-flight - Image, KLM The re-fit of the new seat will be conducted during 2018, with the entire fleet being processed at that point. Currently, the new World Business Class seat is fitted … [Read more...]

Cebu Pacific adds an extra two Airbus A330s to its fleet

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Cebu Pacific are in the process of adding more long haul aircraft to their fleet, with the airline ordering two more Airbus A330-300 aircraft. Cebu Pacific Airbus A330-300 - Image, Airbus Currently, Cebu Pacific operate a fleet of six A330-300s, using them on destinations from the Philippines to the Middle East and Australia, as well as domestic and regional … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways digests more of IAG

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Qatar Airways is continuing its meal of IAG - the group that owns British Airways, Iberia, Vueling and Aer Lingus - with an increase of its shareholding from 15.67% to 20.01%. Qatar Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner landing at Birmingham Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The airline in the past announced it was interested in expanding its shareholding in IAG - and … [Read more...]

Jetstar Asia goes Singlish for a day! Confirm plus chop!

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Jetstar Asia earlier this year did a great April's Fool video about how it was going to introduce Singlish about its planes. Here's the video from it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaKz1yDJi5M Well.... it seems April Fools can sometimes turn into realities - as Jetstar Asia will be turning some its announcements into Singlish for a day on the 9th August Why? Apart … [Read more...]

Crossrail / Elizabeth Line trains break cover – coming in 2017

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Lets go back to railways - something I like to talk about on here occasionally. Today, we're going to look at the trains that are going to be running on Crossrail/Elizabeth Line from 2017. The trains themselves are built by Bombardier in Derby - and are designated as Class 345s. Elizabeth Line/Crossrail Class 345 in the shed at Bombardier Derby - Image, Transport for … [Read more...]

Hell freezes over: Allegiant to buy new aircraft

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There are various signs of the oncoming end of the world, be it the United Kingdom voting to leave the EU, a property mogul with a large mouth running for the US Presidency, or David Bowie passing away. Another sign is Allegiant Air is buying brand new aircraft - not second hand frames.  Yes - I repeat - the low-cost carrier is turning to Airbus directly to buy new … [Read more...]

Airbus rolls out the A350-1000

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It's time for another rollout - with the newest version of the Airbus A350 rolling out of the assembly shop for the first time - the A350-1000 The Airbus A350-1000 rolled out for the first time - Image, Airbus (via Twitter). So what's new? As you can probably guess and see - the A350-1000 is a stretch of the A350-900 that is currently in service with various airlines … [Read more...]

Alaska Airlines to retro-fit The Boeing Space Bin to their 737-900ERs

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At Economy Class and Beyond, I have some odd obsessions. One of them is overhead bin space - or if I'm travelling in the USA - the seeming lack of it on any plane I'm aboard. Well - for Alaska Airline flyers - there's good news as Alaska will be getting the Boeing Space Bin installed aboard 34 of their planes. Let's remind you of what a Boeing Space Bin looks like. … [Read more...]