Economy Class & Beyond

French ATC and German Ground Staff strikes

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Well if it's not SNCF, Govia Southern Railway, its Air Traffic Controllers and Ground handling staff. This time, two lots of strikes are in progress. Let's start off in France where French Air Traffic Control are due to walk out in a National Strike (so please expect other services to walk out too). Paris Orly Airport - Pretty much a certainty this airport is going … [Read more...]

French Rail Strike – 26th April

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It seems each time I write about France, there's normally a strike or protest going on. Well, it seems that the unions supporting the French Rail workers are going out on strike. All the major unions - CGT, Unsa, Sud and CFDT - are all heading out on strike. The strike is due to run from 25h April 2016 from 19:00, through the 26th April, with services resuming on at 08:00 … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – KLM Boeing 747-400M

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, parked at the gate is a Royal Dutch Airlines KLM Boeing 747-400 Combi at Chicago O'Hare International Airport after it completed its journey from Amsterdam. KLM operate a fleet of 15 Boeing 747-400 Combis - which as well as carrying cargo in the belly of the plane, they can carry cargo on the … [Read more...]

British Airways Sale – First and Club fares loaded

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It's that time of year again where British Airways has a sale to sell of some of its seats - this time, with Business Class and First Class long haul seats up for grabs. British Airways Airbus A380 being towed at Heathrow... and you could fly one of these in comfort in the BA sale. Image, Economy Class and Beyond. Most destinations are up for grabs in the sale, with … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: 2 British Airways Short Haul Segments

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Time for a two-for-one snapshot - involving British Airways. With the service identical between Heathrow - Hamburg - Heathrow, I'd thought I would lump them together, with the differing experiences on the ground. The Heathrow Experience: Terminal 5 remains a reasonable hub to go through. Not bad, but not excellent. At least security wasn't 10 miles long. I swear sometimes … [Read more...]

Swiss pencil in their first Bombardier CSeries Destinations and Flights

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Swiss International Airlines have announced the launch date and first routes for their upcoming Bombardier CSeries CS100 Swiss International Airlines Bombardier CSeries CS100 - Image, Bombardier The details were revealed in a tweet today from Swiss: On July 15 at 12:30 pm our new Bombardier CS100 will take-off for its first commercial flight from Zurich to Paris. … [Read more...]

GoGo’s 2KU takes to the skies with AeroMexico

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GoGo's 2KU today became live aboard AeroMexico's Boeing 737-800 aircraft. This represents the first time GoGo's 2KU has taken flight commercially, and will be operating aboard five of AeroMexico's  Boeing 737-800s. AeroMexico were one of the first airlines to sign for Gogo 2KU - and thus the first to deploy it. To start with, GoGo 2KU will be offered free of charge - … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: The Ibis Budget, St Pauli

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Time for a hotel snapshot which I know a lot of you have been looking forward to.. the IBIS Budget in St Pauli. Location: It's near St Pauli U-Bahn Station over the road from the Hamburg DOM. Pretty easy to reach via the Hamburg S-Bahn and U-Bahn. About 20 minutes walk from The Messe (or a 5 minute train ride if you have energy, 10 minutes and a change if you're a lazy person … [Read more...]

Garuda Indonesia signs for the Airbus A330neo

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Garuda Indonesia is set to grow its fleet with the airline signing with Airbus for 14 A330neos Garuda Indonesia have signed for 14 A330neo-900's for the airline to growth and expansion by using them for medium and long haul network work. These A330neo's will replace the an existing order for even A330-300s. Garuda will be getting their new A330neo-900s form 2019 … [Read more...]

Iberia to start Madrid to Shanghai Route

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Iberia is continue to expand its long haul operations, with plans to launch a Madrid to Shanghai. Iberia will operate the service three times a week to start with an Airbus A330-200 Iberia Airbus A330 - Image. Economy Class and Beyond The route will commence on the 28th June 2016, operating the timetable below: IB6889 DEPART MAD 12:50 ARRIVE PVG 07:10+1 Tuesdays, Fridays … [Read more...]