Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – British Airways Boeing 747-400

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some airplane art. This week - waiting between duties on a cold New York winter - is a British Airways Boeing 747-400 at New York JFK International Airport as it awaits its return trip to London Heathrow Airport. British Airways operate an active fleet of 42 Boeing 747-400s in their long haul network. These form part of the … [Read more...]

Iberia offers 15% off all its flights!

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Apparently, it's World Tourism Day according to Iberia. Whilst that's nice and dandy, there's something for those who are booking tickets today - and that 15% off flights both today (Sunday 26th September) and Monday (27th September). The magical code if you're departing from the UK is WTD15GB (although I'm sure there are other codes lurking around if you're departing … [Read more...]

Norwegian plans Transatlantic operations to Boston, New York from Cork

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Norwegian Air Shuttle are ambitious. We all knew this when they launched their low-cost attack to the United States with Boeing 787s. It seems that Norwegian are  continuing to be ambitious, with plans to commenced operation from Cork. And Two of the Three Services will be TRANSATLANTIC with Cork to Boston and Cork New York JFK. An additional service to Barcelona will … [Read more...]

Selfie Sticks at JR West Stations are no longer welcome…

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I admit I hate the things. Those metal poles that extend, might have a mount and turns people into zombies. I am of course referring to Selfie Sticks. Selfie Stick bans have been many and varied, with Disney banning the things, football clubs, as well as various landmarks around the world. Well it seems that the Selfie Stick are now on the banned list on JR West … [Read more...]

United Airlines plans a route to Xi’an

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Network expansion is the name of the game, with United Airlines filling for to operate a route between San Francisco and Xi'an in China. United Airlines Boeing 787 taking off, Image (c) The Boeing Company. Plans for the first Trans-Pacific service between the USA and Xi'an would call for a seasonal service to be introduced 3 times a week during the Summer 2016 season. The … [Read more...]

Lufthansa to introduce Short/Medium haul in-flight WiFi in 2016

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WiFi  (or in-flight connectivity) in planes in Europe can best be described as "patchy" at best, and "hopeless missing" at worse, with limited carriers offering WiFi connectivity aboard their planes on European routes (with Norwegian Air Shuttle operating the most planes with WiFi aboard), and other airlines making token efforts as they dip their toes into the WiFi water … [Read more...]

Birmingham New Street completes its refurbishment

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Birmingham New Street has been a bit of a joke in the past. I've called it Mordor Haptbahnhof more than once due to how dark and dingy it was. Well, things have changed a bit. In 2013, the first half of New Street was refurbished. Now, they've finished the other half of the construction work. How does it look? Well lets take a look, as I approach the station from the … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – FlyBe Bombardier Dash 8-Q400

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for more airplane art. This week, it's taking off first thing in the morning is a FlyBe Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 departing London City Airport. FlyBe operate a fleet of 49 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400s in their fleet, operating from the from regional destinations across the UK to both domestic and European destinations. More Airplane … [Read more...]

A film about Birmingham…

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The City of Birmingham. It's 100 miles from London, and a world apart. It's also the place I like to call home. Dusk over Broad Street in Birmingham from the Hyatt Regency Birmingham - Image, Economy Class and Beyond In a lot of peoples minds, Birmingham is a concrete palace, with odd accents and more canals than Venice (it's technically correct, so there … [Read more...]