Economy Class & Beyond

TAP Portugal announces cabin upgrade programme – expect dense seating

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TAP Portugal today announced plans with Airbus to refit their cabins, as well as sharing seat upgrade plans. Trey Urbhan (TAP) and Xavier Bertran (Airbus) TAP are planning to roll out a three cabin offering in regional and international service - as well a trying to compete against the EasyJets and Ryanairs of the aviation world. So get ready - because TAP is … [Read more...]

The First A330neo “Airspace by Airbus” customer is…

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TAP Portugal! Trey Urbhan (TAP Portugal) and François Caurdron (Airbus) - images Economy Class and Beyond.  Yesterday - Airbus revealed its Airspace by Airbus mockup which I revealed yesterday. Well today, the first customer of the cabin is TAP Portugal. TAP will also be first to fly the Airbus A330neo. They will be having the Airspace by Airbus … [Read more...]

Looking at the Airspace by Airbus A330neo cabin….

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Airbus revealed the mockup of its A330neo cabin today - branded as "Airspace by Airbus". Airbus it seems are continuing to innovate in the cabin space by making it a lot more friendly than cabin have been in the past - and to create a signature brand for the cabins that are upcoming for the A330neo series aircraft. So what doers the cabin look like? I'm at Aircraft … [Read more...]

Emirates goes 4 times daily at London Gatwick

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Emirates are continuing their expansion of operations in the London area, with the addition of a fourth daily flight between London Gatwick and Dubai. Emirates Boeing 777-300ER landing at Birmingham Airport - Image, GhettoIFE This brings the total operations to 10 flights a day between the London area and Dubai operated by Emirates, with 6 flights from Heathrow, 4 from … [Read more...]

Airplane Art – Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747 and Ryanair Boeing 737

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Its Sunday again, and it's time for some more Airplane Art. This week - we head over to Manchester Airport with a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 preparing to taxi out to the runway, and in the background - a Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 coming into land on a wet runway. Virgin Atlantic's fleet is split across Heathrow, Gatwick and Manchester with ten Boeing 747-400s in the … [Read more...]

Brussels Airport to reopen to limited flights

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It's been a while, but the good news is that Brussels Airport (Zaventem) is to re-open to traffic on Sunday. The airport has put a new site up at http://www.brusselsairport2203.be/en/ detailing departure and arrival procedures. Map - Brussels Airport - http://www.brusselsairport2203.be/en/ Departing Passengers will be required to arrive by car or taxi, inspected. … [Read more...]

SNAPSHOT: American Airlines AA87 London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare

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Time for another Snapshot - this time, looking at American Airlines AA87 between London Heathrow T3 and Chicago O'Hare Transit and Security Clearance: Sadly, changing planes at Heathrow can never be a simple task - whilst it is a matter of following the signs and boarding the shuttle bus - there re a couple of complications - namely the American Airlines security and … [Read more...]

Alitalia 20% discount in Economy Class and Business Class

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Whilst First Class and Private jet will never happen, let's concentrate on things that will probably be more useful. This weekend, Alitalia have revived their 20% Discount offer in Economy Class and Business Class from the UK to destinations in Italy Europe and North Africa Alitalia Airbus A321 approaching Heathrow Airport - Image Economy Class and Beyond The magic code you … [Read more...]