Economy Class & Beyond

Airplane Art – Air France Airbus A320

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It's Sunday, and it must be time for some more airplane art. This week, taxing onto the apron at Manchester  Airport is an Air France Airbus A320 coming in from Paris Charles De Gaulle on an autumn morning. Air France operate a fleet of 46 Airbus A320-200 aircraft - operating across Europe and North Africa with orders for 6 more on the books. Air France - like … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: AA55 Manchester to Chicago O’Hare

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It's time for another snapshot of my travels, this time aboard American Airlines 55 between Manchester and Chicago O'Hare. What's the difference between a snapshot and a trip report? A snapshot is a very quick overview of a flight, a hotel stay, where a trip report segment is the full on blow-by-blow commentary. Today, it's a snapshot! Check in It seems AA enjoys … [Read more...]

Miles and points: Value is in the eye of the beholder 

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We all have our own valuations of points and miles - for some by the dollar, for some by the cent or penny. For me - it's actually never been either of those two. For me - it's been the experience of those miles can give me versus the cash cost. This can be summed up in my side-trip to Washington DC yesterday. An operant unity arose to kill a few birds in one stone - as … [Read more...]

Does Lufthansa know the way to San Jose? It will do from April 2016!

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It seems San Jose is the next hot spot, with Lufthansa following British Airways in launching a route to San Jose in California. Lufthansa Airbus A340-300 at Frankfurt Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The service between Frankfurt and San Jose commences on the 29th April with a five-day a week service. The timetable looks like this LH488 DEPART FRA 10:40 … [Read more...]

Delayed due to fish… 

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Like all of us, we've all encountered delays in our time. Today's fun delay at O'Hare is down to improperly packed fish. That's right fish. The plane that was meant to take me to DCA  It seems in flight, the container holding the fish leaked into the hold. Alas, the matinence crew have been aboard and determined the fish were in salt water. And salt … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines launches the A350-900 ULR… but will it work?

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Singapore Airlines seemingly wants its non stop services between Singapore and the USA back. So much so - it has gone to Airbus for a variant of the Airbus A350-900 - dubbed the A350-900ULR (Ultra Long Range). Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 ULR - Rendering, Airbus. From the pool of orders Singapore Airline has with Airbus for the A350-900, seven of them will be the … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways offers 10% off to launch their updated website

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For those of you like Qatar Airways, there's a useful promotion to celebrate the launch of their new web site. The launch of a new website is hardly anything to pop a party popper at. What is more interesting is a 10% discount. The magic code you need is: NEWLOOK2015 The voucher is valid with the following conditions: Valid in Economy and Business Class Valid … [Read more...]

CityJet turns to Sukhoi Superjet 100 for its fleet renwal

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CityJet have been in need of renewing their short-haul fleet for some time. At the moment, it is made up mostly of BAe/Avro Regional Jet 85s - which are starting to be past their prime. CityJet have been evaluating options - and have come down on which supplier they want their new planes from - and the spoil of war go to the Sukhoi Superjet 100 For Sukhoi this is an … [Read more...]

Adventures can be fun. Colds cannot be.

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Good morning from Manchester Airport, where I am on the beginning of another adventure to the USA. Why Manchester Airport? Well, I could argue convenience or ease of getting around, but a saving of £100 on an airfare verse the same route via Heathrow is pretty much a winner. That and it's cheaper by train and coach than Heathrow ever was. And the views are good too. … [Read more...]