Economy Class & Beyond

Book it Danno! Homeward Bound

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Book it Danno! Homeward bound Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City Airport British Airways BA001 London City Airport - Shannon, Shannon to New … [Read more...]

Airbus gets its heavyweight Airbus A330 certified by EASA… and plots the path to the A330neo

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Airbus has had its heavyweight Airbus A330-300 certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency  yesterday, paving the way for the introduction of the latest variant of the Airbus A330. Delta Airbus A330-300 242T Rolls out - Image, Airbus This heavyweight variant of the A330-300 is rather important - least of all for its 242 tonne Maximum Take-off weight limit. As well … [Read more...]

Air France-KLM signs for more Embraer E-175s and E-195s

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It seems Air France-KLM is finally pushing its remaining Fokker fleet out to pasture, with the group putting an order in for up to 34 Embraer E-Jets. Past and present: KLM CityHopper Embraer 170 (foreground) and Fokker F70 (background) at Amsterdam Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond KLM's regional fleet operated by KLM Cityhopper will be taking 17 extra aircraft, … [Read more...]

Ultra-long haul Air Passenger Duty drops from today (1st April)

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In good news, Air Passenger Duty for departures from United Kingdom changes today. In the past there has been four bands of Air Passenger Duty, split into two rates: Band A: 0 - 2000 miles Band B: 2001 - 4000 miles Band C: 4001 - 6000 miles Band D: over 6000 miles The two levels are: Reduced Rate - for the lowest class of travel on a plane (eg … [Read more...]

Book it Danno! A Five Hour Layover at Dublin

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Book it Danno! A Five Hour Dublin Layover Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City Airport British Airways BA001 London City Airport - Shannon, Shannon … [Read more...]

Norwegian Air Shuttle to take London Gatwick to New York Daily

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It seems Norwegian Air Shuttle is confident it can make headway in the London to New York market, with plans for the airline to operate the service daily between the two cities. Norwegian Boeing 787 - Image, Norwegian Air Shuttle, used under CC3.0 The airline will take its service daily from the 26th October, operating the following timetable: DY7015 DEPART LGW 17:10 … [Read more...]

Book it Danno! BA4462 London City Airport to Dublin

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Book it Danno! BA4462 London City Airport to Dublin Index: A Rock, A Hard Place and Tier Points To Birmingham Airport, Ryanair FR693 Birmingham to Dublin A morning around Dublin Dublin Airport, BA4467 Dublin Airport to London City Airport Travelodge, London City Airport A Morning at London City Airport British Airways BA001 London City Airport - … [Read more...]

15% off iTunes vouchers at Tesco

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It's coming up to Easter, so it must be time for an iTunes Voucher sale in Tesco. For those who need to top up on Tesco ClubCard points, and are also an owner of one or more Apple device - this could be up your street. Because none of us like paying full whack for credit for iTunes - not even me. Tesco are offering 15% off the any of their iTunes voucher in-store … [Read more...]