Economy Class & Beyond

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...]

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...]