Economy Class & Beyond

Air Berlin adds four new long haul destinations to the USA and Cuba

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Air Berlin is trying to improve its long haul network, with the planned addition of four new services in summer 2016. Air Berlin Airbus A330-300 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. So, which cities are the lucky recipients of new services? Step forward Boston, Dallas Fort Worth, San Francisco and... Havana, Cuba. These services will … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways Business Class Companion Deals are go!

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It seems Qatar Airways are selling off their latest round of companion fares at the moment, which reduces the price for two people to fly compared to paying two individual fares. Shopping time for those of you who can travel in pairs... Let's have a look what's on offer from where - offers are based on two people travelling together From London Birmingham … [Read more...]

American Airlines add New Zealand to its network map

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Demonstrating the strength of "long and thin" capabilities of the Boeing 787, American Airlines is to start a service between Los Angeles and Auckland in New Zealand. American Airlines Boeing 787 in flight - Image, American Airlines. The route was launched with a bit of glitz and glam with  American Airlines chairman and CEO, Doug Parker,New Zealand Prime Minister, … [Read more...]

Remembrance Day/Armistice Day (11th November 2015)

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"Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red" - the Poppy installation at the The Tower of London shot last year - Image by a kind contributor. On the eleventh hour on the eleventh day in 1918, then guns fell silent, signalling the end of hostilities on the western front of the First World War. In the UK, this is marked with two minutes of silence as we remember in that conflict, … [Read more...]

Singapore Airlines to add Düsseldorf to its network

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It seems Singapore Airlines is looking beyond the traditional hub airports with the launch of a new service between Singapore and Düsseldorf Airport next year. Singapore Airlines First Airbus A350-900 outside the Airbus Toulouse Paint shop (note - no engines installed in this picture)- Image, Airbus The new route will commence on the 21st July 2016 - as a three times … [Read more...]

Air Serbia adds Belgrade to New York route

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Air Serbia (what was known as JAT until a few years ago) is to make a little splash with a return to New York. Plans are afoot to use a single Airbus A330-200 aircraft between the two routes as part of the planned expansion. Air Serbia A330-200 - Renderings Air Serbia. Air Serbia aim to operate a service five times a week between Belgrade and New York. The service will … [Read more...]

Jet Airways goes to Boeing for up to 75 Boeing 737 MAX Aircraft

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News out of the Dubai Air Show has been... slow... to say the least with very few major orders announced in the past two days. The biggest order announced so far comes from Boeing who has gained an order for up to 75 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft Jet Airways Boeing 737 MAX 8 Rendering - Rendering, (c) The Boeing Company The order for the aircraft will be the for the 737 … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – American Airlines Boeing 737-800

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It's Sunday again, so it must be time for some more airplane art. This week - arriving in the dead of an early morning - is an American Airlines Boeing 737-800 with all of its lights on as it comes to the gate at Chicago O'Hare International Airport. American Airlines operate a fleet of 260 Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with orders for 44 more still on the books. With … [Read more...]

Remembrance Sunday

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Today is the closest Sunday to the 11th November - or Remembrance Sunday in the United Kingdom - - a time when the nation comes to remember their dead from conflicts past. Not just from the Great War, The Second World War, but also conflicts since then. Today - we take time to remember those. In solemn silence, at 11am, we remember those fallen. This year I'm … [Read more...]

The A330neo – to come with badass cockpit windows…

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One of the things that stands out with the A350 is that head-on, it does look rather badass - mostly due to the black surround around the cockpit. Qatar Airways Airbus A350XWB... with its badass black cockpit surround. Well it seems Airbus will be making a design tweak to the upcoming A330neo... and putting a black surround on the A330neo cockpit window. It will look … [Read more...]