Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Lufthansa Airbus A319

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It's Sunday again, and it must be time for some airplane art. This week, it's a Lufthansa Airbus A319 pushing back from the gate at Birmingham Airport as it prepares to return to Germany - with a Thomson Airways Boeing 757-200 in the background and an Aer Lingus Airbus A320 starting to sneak into shot. Lufthansa operate a fleet of 30 of Airbus A319s - used across … [Read more...]

Two for the Price of One: The Long Road Home

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Two for the Price of One: The Long Road Home In this epic... Two for the price of one? Or when two become one? Off to Manchester Airport on the edge of my seat... BA Domestic - BA1387 Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Heathrow Transit, American Airlines Flagship Lounge American Airlines - AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago, Main Cabin Streamlined … [Read more...]

It’s 7:20 in the morning. I’m still too old for this

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Good morning from Birmingham International airport... Where I swear I'm getting too old for early starts.  Coffee helps way to much.  It's time I got my backside in the air today, as I head off to Dublin for the day.  Why? Why not. It was a grand total of £29.95 return... Which seems as good an excuse as any.  Although the world decided it would … [Read more...]

Two for the Price of One: BA967 Hamburg to London Heathrow T5

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Two for the Price of One: BA967 Hamburg to London Heathrow T5 In this epic... Two for the price of one? Or when two become one? Off to Manchester Airport on the edge of my seat... BA Domestic - BA1387 Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Heathrow Transit, American Airlines Flagship Lounge American Airlines - AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago, Main … [Read more...]

Emirate to bring the A380 back to Moscow

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It seems that the economy is picking up in Russia as Emirates confirm they are to relaunch Airbus A380 operated services between Dubai and Moscow. Emirates Airbus A380 lining up for departure at London Heathrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Emirates will be deploying a three class A380 from the 1st December 2016 to Moscow Domodedovo International Airport after a … [Read more...]

Two for the Price of One: The Hamburg Dom

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Two for the Price of One: The Hamburg Dom In this epic... Two for the price of one? Or when two become one? Off to Manchester Airport on the edge of my seat... BA Domestic - BA1387 Manchester Airport to London Heathrow Heathrow Transit, American Airlines Flagship Lounge American Airlines - AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago, Main Cabin Streamlined … [Read more...]

KLM Paints one of its Boeing 777-300ER’s Orange!

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KLM last year asked a question to its Twitter followers: “Should we colour orange next year on King’s Day? #OrangeExperience” Well, it seemed the public have spoken - and with  30,000 likes and 2,500 positive, KLM revealed and rolled out a Boeing 777-300ER - painted in Orange, combining it with the national colours of the Nederlands and traditional KLM … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Boeing 737 wind-down begins

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Lufthansa will be bringing an end of its Boeing 737 operations on the 29th October 2016. With such announcements, final operations and such are now starting to be published. Lufthansa Boeing 737 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Lufthansa has operated Boeing 737s in some form since the launch of the type in 1968 - where it became the launch … [Read more...]