Economy Class & Beyond

Another French ATC Strike

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It seems the French ATC Unions are really playing hardball - with yet another Air Traffic Controller unions strike in progress. Approaching Paris at near Paris Orly - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The Unions timing for this strike is pretty perfect as France hosts the UEFA European Championship Football tournament this month - piling on the pressure to the French … [Read more...]

SAS pilots go out on strike – distruptions ahead

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If there's a theme building for 2016, striking seems to be a big theme. This time SAS in Sweden are out on strike. SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System) Boeing 737-600 taxing at Hamburg Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The strike will run through to the 14th June 2016. SAS have announced that short and medium flights to and from Sweden are affected. SAS … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Germanwings Airbus A320

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing after rain has fallen at Hamburg Airport is a Germanwings Airbus A320 (now operated by Eurowings) The aircraft flies for Eurowings (the joy of airline rebranding as Germanwings was folded into Eurowings... the side effect being lots of planes still in Germanwings paintwork still) and is … [Read more...]

The ONE London Underground map you cannot do without…

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There are many different London Underground maps out there .... and I mean many. TfL Tube and Rail Map - Image, Transport for London - https://tfl.gov.uk/maps However, there's map buried away... and you won't use until its time. Or if you're crossing your legs. Or holding your bladder. It's an Underground Map... that shows where toilets are on the network. An … [Read more...]

Two for the Price of One: The IBIS Budget Hamburg St Pauli

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Two for the Price of One: The IBIS Budget Hamburg St Pauli 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 … [Read more...]

British Airways to pull hot meals on remaining short haul flights

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It seems that British Airways are giving up with hot meals on short-haul services according to Business Traveller - with hot meals being abolished on  its remaining short-haul flights. British Airways Airbus A320 with Sharklets - Image, Economy Class and Beyond These flights (known as Band 4 catered flights), are very much the longer short-haul … [Read more...]

Delta to restart Atlanta-Brussels operations in 2017

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As Brussels Airport continues to gain momentum after the awful attacks earlier this year, airlines have been returning one by one, and re-establishing their networks to the airport. One of those to support the return is Delta - with them announcing they will re-instate flight DL080/081 - their operation between Atlanta and Brussels. Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-300ER at … [Read more...]

KLM to wave goodbye to its Fokker F70 fleet in 2017

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As brand new more efficient airplanes join many an airline fleet, older ones must make way sadly. This is true for KLM who have announced that Fokker 70 operation will come to an end on October 2017. KLM Cityhopper Fokker F70 departing Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond KLM Cityhopper (A KLM subsidiary) is replacing its short-haul Fokker fleet used for … [Read more...]